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LSB, Justice Ketlogetswe take Masisi to court

Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe
Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe

The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) and High Court's Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe have taken President Mokgweetsi Masisi to court over his decision to refer their complaint and allegations against Chief Justice (CJ) Terence Rannowane.

Masisi has chosen the complaint and allegations to be heard at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

For LSB, it has filed an application seeking a review of President Masisi's decision not to deal with allegations against the Chief Justice after he was reported to him by Judge Ketlogetswe about interference in one of the cases he was handling that involved Lobatse legislator, Thapelo Matsheka.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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