Police wins dismissal case

Keabetswe Makgope PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Keabetswe Makgope PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Botswana Police Service (BPS) has succeeded to overturn a Francistown High Court decision which ordered the commissioner to reinstate dismissed police constable, Herbert Nkgasapane.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) last Friday, ruled in favor of the commissioner of Police, chairperson of Police Council and Attorney General, reversing the decision by Justice Ookeditse Maphakwane to reinstate the former crime scene investigator to work back in February 18, 2020. According to the background of the application, Nkgasapane was dismissed from BPS on April 16, 2018 by the commissioner of Police following his conviction on disciplinary offences by a Class II Disciplinary Board and later confirmed by the Police Council. 

At the time of his dismissal, Nkgasapane worked as a crime scene investigator based at Gerald Police Station.

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