UB drops charges against deputy director

UB Admin Block. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
UB Admin Block. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

University of Botswana (UB) has apologised and dropped charges against its deputy director in the Department of Human Resources after charging her with misconduct and putting her on suspension.

The deputy director, Beatrice Makhwade was accused of taking contract letters from confidential files of some of the former university directors and was to go before disciplinary hearing when she successfully interdicted the proceedings through a court order that was done by consent on February 4, 2020.

Makhwade, who has been employed by UB since 1995 and served in various positions before being promoted to deputy director in 2016, received a letter of withdrawal of charges yesterday.

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