Return Seretse’s P82m, assets-State ordered

Justice Radijeng dismissed the state’s forfeiture application in which it sought to hold onto the money and assets while carrying investigations relating to the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) case. According to Radijeng, the state cannot continue hiding behind the law to hold on to Seretse's property. He explained that the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act (PICA) that the state was using to keep the property has timelines.

“Given the scope of restraint defined in PICA, the property is restrained for a particular purpose and statute defines the timelines within which secondary activity following the restraint must be commenced,” he said.