End of the road for Paledi
Monday, October 10, 2022 | 6110 Views |

Victor Bruno Paledi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Paledi told The Monitor on Thursday that his civil service spanning more than two decades ended last week. “I was hired on a contract which ended last week but it was not renewed,” Paledi briefly confirmed to The Monitor.
The embattled former top civil servant is currently facing some criminal offences together with other bigwigs. Paledi is alleged to have aided former president Ian Khama and former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss, Isaac Kgosi, to acquire ammunition and weapons of war. Sources told The Monitor that the charges are the straw that broke the camel’s back.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...