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DIS officers reject Magosi’s defence over P7.4m payout

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Former government security officers, now under the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), are maintaining pressure on the agency, insisting it should be held in contempt of a Tribunal order. This is despite explanations by Director General Peter Magosi that payments were made in good faith as per a ruling.

The case centres around the February 2022 ruling by the Tribunal on Intelligence and Security, which ordered the DIS to compensate 106 officers for unpaid employment benefits, including overtime, salary adjustments and housing allowances accumulated over several years.

Although the DIS later paid out about P7.4 million, the officers argue that the agency did not comply with the terms of the order, both in how the payments were made and in the amounts paid.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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