The richest dustbin on land

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At the start of last weekend, this dustbin had exactly P50,000 in hard cash stashed inside like trash. The dustbin belongs to the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Prince Maele. It is at his unoccupied house at Plot 39044, Block 6, Gaborone. Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) said they got a tip-off about the money in the bin and moved in to raid the house on Saturday morning.

On Sunday the once richest dustbin was just a metal scrap not even worthy to carry rubbish and just lying down there with fallen ripe guavas.

Read more on the story here: P50,000 Found Inside Maele's Dustbin

Editor's Comment
The State apparatus must be sanitised

When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...

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