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Motswana in illegal possession of pangolins in SA

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FRANCISTOWN: A 45-year-old Motswana man, Lesego Siana, has allegedly been arrested at a mall in South Africa for the attempted illegal sale of two pangolins at R200,000 (about P140,000).

However, the Botswana Police Service (BPS) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Dipheko Motube said that they are not aware of any Motswana arrested in the neighbouring country.

“The police in South Africa would have informed us if we were interested parties. They are not obliged to inform us since we have no interest in the case,” Motube said. According to South African (SA) media reports, Siana was allegedly arrested alongside SA nationals, Kabelo McDonald Batsi, 36, Tebogo Kodwa, 28, and Zimbabwean national, Deon Clamans Mubhada, 33.

Editor's Comment
Accounting officers should be held accountable

Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...

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