State revises Nchindo, Matome charges
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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The charges had been re-formulated after last month's death of Nchindo, who was the main accused person in the graft case.
Garvas and Matome now face 10 counts, down from the 35 charges, which were preferred against them before the death of the former Debswana boss and the withdrawal of Jacob Sesinyi who has become a state witness.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...