Magosi, DIS top brass slapped with contempt charges
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 470 Views |
Magosi. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The officers, Pulane Kgoadi, Kuda Malikongwa, Paul Setlhabi, Sebuweng Mukani, and Mpho Molokwane, on Friday filed papers at the Lobatse High Court seeking to have Magosi and 15 of his deputies charged with contempt of Justice Boipuso Makhwe’s December 2024 judgment.
In that ruling, Justice Makhwe found that the Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Emma Peloetletse, had acted unlawfully by ordering investigations into DIS employees. The court held that under the Intelligence and Security Service Act (ISSA), only the DIS Director-General or the President, in cases of conflict, has the authority to institute such probes.
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...