State throws Masisi under the bus
Friday, May 24, 2019
President Mokgweetsi Masisi PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
The donation was in the sum of over P2 million. The prosecution authority also confirmed in the new charge sheet that Seretse made yet another P300, 010 donation to Masisi through the same law firm.
Seretse made the donations through his company Basis Points Capital. The company is one of the fourth accused in a high profile criminal money laundering case involving the NPF. The NPF’s P250 million money-laundering case will be mentioned today at the Broadhurst magistrate’s Court with new faces in the dock.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...