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BTC offers BnR P55k settlement

BnR Organisers. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BnR Organisers. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A letter seen by Arts&Culture reveals that Botswana Telecommunications Corporation offered Born and Raised organisers P55,500 as part of a proposed settlement for their long-running legal dispute.

Whilst BTC has denied the existence of settlement negotiations between the parties, Mmegi is in possession of a letter from the former, addressed to BnR co-founder, Goaba Mojakgomo. The letter which is signed by BTC acting chief executive officer, Boitumelo Paya, references a meeting held on August 14, 2024, between the parties where the “possibility of a settlement” was discussed.

According to the correspondence, the discussions centred on resolving outstanding claims which Perfect Steps Proprietary Limited trading as Born and Raised had against BTC, particularly relating to “reputation and goodwill” as highlighted under paragraph 89.5 of the court judgment, as well as legal fees.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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