Butterfly’s final plea for P30 million ‘compensation’

Advocates Mack, Budlender and de Beer consulting to each other during court case PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Advocates Mack, Budlender and de Beer consulting to each other during court case PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

On October 17 2019, Wilheminah ‘Butterfly’ Maswabi was accused of financing terrorism. She would then have her name cleared by 2021 when some charges against her were dropped.

Maswabi would later seek redress in the form of a P30 million lawsuit. But she failed at the first instance and has now approached the Court of Appeal for an opportunity to be heard by the High Court.

Maswabi is demanding the huge sum from former Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) investigator Jako Hubona (1st respondent), Director of Public Prosecutions (2nd respondent), DCEC (3rd respondent), Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) as 4th respondent, Botswana Police and Attorney General as 5th and 6th respondents respectively.

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