CMB bosses face investor firing squad

CMB director, Okaile
CMB director, Okaile

The two directors of mothballed asset management firm, Capital Management Botswana (CMB), are due to spend three days next month facing questions from creditors who are tracing more than P500 million that went missing under the firm’s management.

The firm’s provisional liquidator, John Little, has reportedly issued subpoenas for CMB directors, Tim Marsland and Rapula Okaile as well as possible “others” who will only be known on the date of the enquiry.

The face-off will be held before the Master of the High Court in Gaborone, as part of the fact-finding provisions of the Companies Act.

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Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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