Red Cross Tussle Could Return To Court
Saturday, May 29, 2021
The two parties being the aspiring office bearers and the society, and its secretary-general are not in agreement in interpreting a Court Order that saw elections being held.
On January 30, Maipelo Mophuting and Nelson Rammala were granted an order to interdict the society’s election of three positions being president, and two vice presidents on the Annual General Assembly agenda until the matter is finalised. The society through secretary-general Kutlwano Mukokomani late last year invited members to express interest in the National Executive Committee, to be elected on January 30, 2021.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...