Commander of BPS Air Support Branch, Tapuzani Gabolwelwe, said that the former minister put his signature, as chairman of board of directors, on a compliance certificate authorising his younger brother Bathusi Seretse, to sign all documents relating to the tender.
He told the court that he was the project manager for the establishment of the air branch and was tasked with designing, budgeting and implementation of the project and he did that with other committees such as departmental tender committee. He said that only Tetech South Africa and RFT Botswana (Pty) Ltd bid for the project and the former company was disqualified at the initial stages after failing to avail all necessary documents that are required in a tender. However, RFT passed all the remaining stages and was subsequently awarded the tender. He said that the team did everything independently and there was no external influence, no favouritism, no leaking of information to any of the bidders.
