Butterfly gets another shot at 'justice' :: Mmegi Online

Suspended Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) agent, Welheminah ‘Butterfly’ Maswabi had mixed fortunes before the Court of Appeal when some of her pleas were granted while others were dismissed. What was to be determined in the appeal is whether the High Court was correct in upholding the several special pleas and exceptions raised by the various respondents in her suit.

Maswabi approached the court to seek to vindicate her reputation against alleged defamatory publications made by officials of the state in laying criminal charges against her in October 2019 and an affidavit deposed to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) by Jaco Hubona in resisting her (Butterfly’s) bail application in those criminal proceedings.

Maswabi is demanding a huge sum against Hubona (first respondent), the Director of Public Prosecutions (second respondent), DCEC (third respondent), Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) as fourth respondent, Botswana Police and the Attorney General as fifth and sixth respondents respectively.

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