Seretse beats corruption charge

Vincent Seretse
Vincent Seretse

The High Court quashed one of the two corruption charges against the Acting Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Vincent Seretse, on Friday.

When making the order Justice Tshepo Motswagole, said “count one of the amended indictment is quashed for being prejudicial to the accused”.

The hearing on Friday was to deal with two matters. The first issue related to a ruling made by Justice Motswagole on June 13 which ordered DPP to furnish the Accused with further particulars relating to the charges made against him. The second matter related to the application by the accused to have the charges against him quashed.

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