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Komboni halts Rannowane in his tracks

CJ Terence Rannowane
CJ Terence Rannowane

Gaborone High Court Judge, Justice Gabriel Komboni has stopped Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane's plans to move his case from Maun to Gaborone.

This followed a case in which Komboni had launched an interdict challenging his transfer to another work extension, the Francistown High Court. It is said that Rannowane had attempted to move the case to Gaborone High Court and appointed Justices Dr Godfrey Radijeng, Tshegofatso Mogomotsi and Ookeditse Maphakwane to preside over the matter in a decision that Komboni likened to forum shopping.

This prompted him (Komboni) to launch the latest proceedings. This week, Maun High court judge, Jusitce Professor Bugalo Maripe ruled in his favour, interdicted and restrained the chief justice from executing his decision to transfer the case to Gaborone High Court.

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