Matome back in jail

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Joseph Matome will spend the next 16 days in jail before he applies for bail pending appeal to the Court of Appeal. This is after his appeal against conviction and sentence was dismissed by the High Court yesterday.

While Matome will be adorning prison attire, his co-convict, Louis Garvas Nchindo will be smiling all the way to his new home, Plot 3084 Gaborone, after the High Court judge Steven Gaongalelwe overturned the forfeiture order by then Magistrate Lot Moroka.

Gaongalelwe ruled against the conviction on the charge that Matome and another not before court conspired to prevent the free and lawful disposition of Plot 3084 Gaborone by Debswana Diamond Mining Company for its fair value.

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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