Butale suffers another loss

The High Court has dismissed ousted BPF president’s, Butale, urgent application to reclaim his leadership of the party. The stay of execution for the same was thrown out by Gaborone High Court Justice Itumeleng Segopolo on grounds that it was not properly before him.

Butale filed a review application before Justice Michael Motlhabi and wanted stay of the decisions of BPF and its National Executive Committee (NEC) to suspend and expel him, which was communicated in letters dated July 4, 2023 and July 13, 2023 respectively. The respondents in the current matter are the BPF, its NEC and current president Mephato Reatile.