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Lebogang Mosikare
  • Ketlogetswe refers joinder application to another judge

    The case was instituted by the AG against Ketlogetswe. When the case resumed, Justice Ketlogetswe told all parties in the matter that he would not be presiding over a matter in which he is cited as a respondent because the situation would be akin to...

  • Elections may not be held in 2024 – IEC

    The IEC was recently taken to the High Court by the UDC on a certificate of urgency.The UDC wants its agents to observe and monitor the voters’ registration process, but the IEC denies that saying that what the former wants is not provided for by...

  • More drama as IEC seeks expedited appeal

    The Commission in the notice of motion filed before the Court of Appeal (CoA) wants an expedited appeal. One of the UDC attorneys, Owen Nsala, told members of the press late on November 21, 2023, that the UDC received documents from the IEC that were...

  • Judges’ drivers cry foul over standby allowance

    The drivers, who spoke to Mmegi on condition of anonymity for fear of possible victimisation by their employer, said the 120 days that the AoJ was given by Moesi to have complied with the order have elapsed. They bemoan that they are yet to receive...

  • ‘Jacaranda School gratuity scammers busted’

    According to the charge sheet, Jennepher Arbi, 59, and Fatima Natalie Jackson, 38, who are director and PRO of Jacaranda respectively, on a specific date unknown to the prosecution in 2019 in Francistown, acting jointly and in concert, forged the...

  • Sparks fly in UDC vs IEC case

    The applicant in the interim application is the UDC while the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth respondents in the matter are CJ, Acting Registrar of the High Court, Attorney General (AG), Justices Bengbame Sechele and Taboka Slave, and...

  • Banika, Shamukuni hail major land victory

    Banika, who is recognised as the supreme traditional leader of San tribes in the Chobe District (CD) in the Ntlo-ya-Dikgosi, was challenging the decision of the Chobe Land Board (CLB) to reserve only 458ha of land to the Pandamatenga community...

  • UDC to observe voters registration – Court reaffirms

    After postponing the registration, which was scheduled for November 1 to 30, 2023, the Independence Electoral Commission (IEC) has been interdicted and restrained from preventing the UDC from observing and monitoring the national elections...

  • Herdman on trial for 'murdering' another herdman

    The third prosecution witness, Tshephang Nokaneng, told the court that he knew the accused, Lempiditse Sebeti who is also known as Baile Lekokone because he (Sebeti) was his herdman.Sebeti is on trial for allegedly murdering Ontshabile Banda Sentsho....

  • UDC, IEC case to be decided on November 10

    The UDC is battling against the country’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), in the high stakes matter. The lead UDC attorney in the matter, Advocate Duma Boko, who is also the president of the organisation, told the court...

  • Eyewitness' testimony convicts murderer

    Machacha allegedly stabbed his then live-in girlfriend with a sharp object on the abdomen and other body parts on December 15, 2019. Fourteen years later she succumbed to the injuries she sustained from the stabbing on January 16, 2020 at the...

  • 'Israeli-Palestine war may increase global fuel prices'

    On October 7, the Palestine group Hamas launched a brutal terror attack from the Gaza Strip killing hundreds and wounding many and also prompted Israel to retaliate by airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. Israel has now launched a ground force...

  • Mphathi ‘P1.4 million swindlers’ denied bail

    The men, two locals, Hendry Lowe, 41, Marlon Lowe, 22, and Junior Moyo, 21, from Zimbabwe, are accused of falsely obtaining P1.4 million from Mphathi on 12 occasions between June 2020 and March 2023.When delivering ruling on an application that was...

  • Chamber of Mines to resume scholarship programme

    Speaking to The Monitor on the sidelines of the BCM Inter-Mines First Aid Competitions that were hosted by Botash mine here on Saturday, although cagey with details, Siwawa said the BCM will resume the scholarship programme in due course. Asked when...

  • Personalisation of power leads to BNF resignations

    This has however, not stopped conspiracy theorists to posit that Nkoane’s resignation has something to do with Boko’s leadership style. Nkoane said she stepped down from her position in the BNF in order to “focus my resources and energy on my...

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