KBL's 'urgent' case looks set for August
Monday, July 12, 2021
The country's largest brewer raised both technical and constitutional arguments in its pleadings filed last week. The Attorney General is cited as the first respondent, President Masisi as the second and Health Services director, Malebogo Kebabonye cited as the third.
The pleadings were laid before Justice Tshepo Motswagole.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....