Then he received a pat from a number of people including businessmen and one ruling party MP, who is a former minister. But things took another twist for Nkate last Friday as youthful chief state counsel, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae gave him a torrid time and called him a liar bent on misleading the court. The re-examination, essentially became a cross-examination - with defence counsel Craig Webster now and then objecting and raising questions about whose witness Nkate was. Webster got a lot of "sit down" responses from the no-nonsense Ngakaagae. At one point Ngakaagae, who apparently took a dislike to Webster's attitude during his interjections that the state was "talking nonsense" earlier in the multi-issue case told Webster: "Sit down! We are equals in this court". It waould be well over two hours before Ngakaagae could let go of Nkate, but having ensured first that the state's case was thoroughly resuscitated and the former minister went home with the spectre of possible perjury charges hovering over his head. Below we produce excerpts from the court exchanges.
Ngakaagae: You would confirm that at some point DCEC director Tymon Katlholo visited you regarding a plot?
Nkate: I confirm
