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SA court rules in favour of DPP

Maswabi
Maswabi

The South African courts have given a lifeline to the Butterfly case and have ruled in favour of Botswana government in the rescission application by the South African government.

The judgement delivered this week Wednesday has upheld an earlier court order, and directed that the South African government should assist Botswana with its request for information.

According to the judgement by Justice Joseph Raulinga, the South African government even after being given the opportunity to settle the matter out of court “still dilly-dallies and failed to offer a solution to get the matter settled.

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