Judges to sue gov't

The latest development arises from a controversy that engulfed the Judiciary five years ago. In September 2015, the then President Ian Khama suspended four Judges Professor Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang for alleged misconduct after it was found that they were paid undue housing allowances. Following that, a tribunal was later appointed to investigate their conduct.

The quartet had been at loggerheads with the then Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo, who had reported them to the Botswana Police Service for a probe for earning housing allowances despite being accommodated in government houses.