Five judges to decide colleagues' recusal

A panel of five Court of Appeal judges will sit in a case in which three of their colleagues have been asked to recuse themselves. The case involves a former Debswana Mining Company employee who is suing the company.

Donald Gaetsaloe is seeking court intervention to order the company to pay him outstanding payments and bonuses for performing additional duties as acting officer for several months before he left the company.

Judges Seth Twum, Stanley Moore and Craig Howie have been requested to recuse themselves from the case on allegations of bias towards Debswana.

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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