The price of justice

The judges also made a damning observation that lawyers do not fully represent their clients and that the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) must do something about it if it wants the profession to be held in high esteem in society.

The court presided over 78 cases that they had to be complete within the four weeks they were allocated. Among the cases were two civil matters brought by former Debswana managing director, the late Louis Nchindo and his co-accused persons who were challenging decisions made by the lower courts in denying them access to witnesses, documentation, and that his defence team should interview some of the state witnesses, among them Justice Newman and Nicky Openheimer of De Beers.