BOPRITA, BOPRITU ruling expected today
Friday, June 17, 2011
BOPRITA lodged a case againt BOPRITU after the latter transformed their First National Bank account into their own name. According to BOPRITA, officials of BOPRITU have been withdrawing large sums of money from the account and some of the funds may have been misappropriated.
The founders of BOPRITU are also founder members of BOPRITA. In the application, BOPRITA wants the respondents to be restrained from carrying out transactions on the FNB account.
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....