DPP's things fall apart

Bakang Seretse PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Bakang Seretse PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The National Petroleum Fund (NPF) case, which the Directorate of Public Prosecutions was hoping would signal its commitment and ability to tackle big money cases, appears to be slipping further from prosecutors’ grasp.

A week after two high profile accused, former Cabinet minister, Sadique Kebonang and Judge Zein Kebonang, had their criminal charges in the matter quashed, the chief accused, former asset manager, Bakang Seretse won back his forfeited cash from the State.

By now, Seretse, who had his assets seized in highly publicised raids in the past two years, will have gotten back P82.8 million being cash that Lobatse High Court Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe ordered must be returned to him. On December 3, before chief magistrate Kamogelo Mmelesi at Extension 2, Seretse, former director of energy Kenneth Kerekang and several others will find out whether their application to set aside the corruption charges in the NPF case, is also successful.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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