Judiciary crippled as judges go to war

In his founding affidavit filed in court Wednesday, one of the suspended judges, Justice Key Dingake, revealed that each one of them has a minimum of 300 active files. Dingake said this translates to 1,200 files that would need to be managed and/or reallocated among the remaining Gaborone and Lobatse judges thus rendering their already heavy workload impossible.

Recently, President Ian Khama suspended four judges: Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang and appointed a tribunal to inquire into their conduct.