DIS officers seek tribunal authority over Magosi
Friday, April 10, 2026 | 550 Views |
The officers also address the legal threshold for contempt
In fresh court submissions, the group of 106 applicants led by Lucky Kgabeng shifts the focus away from calculations and payment disputes, insisting that the central issue before the Tribunal on Intelligence and Security is whether a state institution can ignore a court order without consequence.
“The rationale for contempt of court is that it is vital to the administration of justice that those who are affected by court orders obey them. Disregard to the court order cannot be tolerated,” the applicants state in their papers.
“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...