High Court slaps Salakae with P21, 000 bill

Salakae at Gaborone High Court. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Salakae at Gaborone High Court. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Former MP for Ghanzi North, Noah Salakae Constituency is expected to pay the High Court over P21, 000 as costs for election materials that were availed for his election petition court case.

The materials were supposed to be used as part of evidence had the case gone on trial.

Salakae’s case, in which he complained about irregularities during the counting of ballot papers on election day was supposed to go on trial yesterday before a High Court bench of Justices Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe, Itumeleng Segopolo and Omphemetse Motumise but he withdrew the matter.

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