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Oarabile Mosikare
  • BOPEU counter-punches: demands P20m from Motsamai

    Motsamai had in November 2017 slapped his former employer with a claim of P2,101, 456.01 plus 10% interest. The former president of Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), filed his suit before Justice Abednego Tafa after his contract was...

  • How Seretse failed to discredit the DPP case

    Seretse had opposed the interim order granted having anticipated it. In terms of the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) affidavit, P230 million was disbursed from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) by the fund managers, Kgori Capital (Pty)...

  • Seretse, co-accused fear possible assassination

    In a letter delivered to the Commissioner of Police, Keabetswe Makgophe on Wednesday, written by attorney Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, the accused persons raised concerns over their personal safety. The letter has also been copied to the Directorate of...

  • Behind Seretse's P42 million commission from DIS

    This was revealed in an application in which the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) wants Seretse to be restrained from disposing of some of his properties and credit account balances. Seretse and two others are facing money laundering...

  • Ngakaagae rubbishes case against Seretse

    Seretse and two others are facing money-laundering charges before the Regional Magistrate's Court. He made an urgent application to contest what Ngakaagae has branded "a stolen restraining order granted by Justice Godfrey Dijeng few weeks ago". The...

  • Seretse's transactions exposed

    These are bank accounts of interest to the investigation of the DCEC regarding Seretse and two others for money-laundering. Seretse, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang were recently granted bail by the Gaborone Regional Magistrate and will appear in...

  • Motsamai Demands P2m Payment From BOPEU

    Motsamai, who spent close to a decade as the larger-than-life BOPEU president, filed his suit on November 29, 2017 through attorney Gabriel Kanjabanga. Justice Abednego Tafa is presiding over the matter. Motsamai’s contract was controversially...

  • Judge orders ministry to comply

    On September 22, 2014 and December 9, 2014, Letsididi ordered that each of the 22 industrial relations officers who had taken the Director of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the Ministry to court be assessed and considered for...

  • Pilane accepts BMD ordinary membership

    The UDC president, Duma Boko has refused to accept the current leadership of the BMD led by Pilane and called on the troubled movement to hold a fresh congress. In a recent letter to the BMD, Boko wrote: “The UDC NEC took the following...

  • DIS targets Judge Moroka

    The DIS and AG were apparently sent to Francistown to look into Moroka’s hotel stay after his transfer. It is alleged that the Administration of Justice (AoJ) said Moroka committed a crime for staying more than 14 days and that he was...

  • Former gov�t employee wins big in scarce skills suit

    Acting Justice Kabelo Lebotse yesterday ordered that the Ministry of Transport and Communications pays Judah Buisanyang a 25% scarce skills allowance retrospectively from date of implementation of Directive No. 2 of 2008 until March 31, 2014, which...

  • EVM case demise

    This worry comes after Justice Phadi Solomon ruled against four Judges who refused to apologise to Chief Justice (CJ) Maruping Dibotelo for the now infamous 2015 petition that purportedly undermined his authority. The quartet, Justices Tshepo...

  • Khama appoints Makgato Industrial Court Judge

    Makgato replaces former Industrial Court Judge Virgil Vergeer who resigned from his position earlier this year and rejoined private practice. Vergeer is now a partner at Collins Newman and Company, a leading law firm he worked for seven years...

  • Judges consider petition against Dibotelo closed

    Recently, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary, Michael Motlhabi wrote to the quartet to show cause why the petition which they endorsed and that which allegedly undermined the authority of Dibotelo should not be referred to President Ian...

  • Motsamai betrayal

    Motsamai who is employed as Babereki Investments executive chairperson was finally slapped with 10 days suspension letter on Wednesday. This was amidst talks of rampant abuse of resources and poor business decision at the Babereki Investments, a...

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