Court grants Mogwera chance to fight for control of BOPEU'S purse
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Masego Mogwera PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The matter relates to the control of BOPEU's bank account held at Standard chattered Bank. The case resumes on Friday for arguments.
Mogwera threw her hat in the ring after the rival faction had successfully secured a temporary order to force the bank to reopen the bank account and allow the opponents to continue as signatories.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...