Bobirwa council employees face embezzlement charges
Friday, March 12, 2021
In what looks like a typical inside job, officers are runnung helter-skelter with the cops in hot pursuit. Two council employees and three alleged accomplices were seen whisked away.
The police later allegedly recovered the alleged stolen money from the suspects’ personal banking accounts. They were also found awash with unexplained hard cash and homes adorned with goods bought with the allegedly stolen money.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....