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DIS officers seek tribunal authority over Magosi

The officers also address the legal threshold for contempt
The officers also address the legal threshold for contempt

The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) officers are now framing their legal battle with their spy unit as a broader fight over the rule of law, arguing that the agency’s failure to comply with a Tribunal order goes beyond unpaid money and strikes at the courts' authority.

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.

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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