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Top DIS agents’ fear arrest, detention

Parks Tafa and Kgosietsile Ngakaagae consulting each other at Lobatse High Court. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Parks Tafa and Kgosietsile Ngakaagae consulting each other at Lobatse High Court. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Three ‘powerful’ agents of Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) who have fallen out with the agency following numerous arrests now say they fear being re-arrested and detained again pending their interdict application.

Yesterday the top agents, Pulane Kgoadi, Paul Setlhabi and Kuda Malikongwa appeared before Lobatse High Court judge, Justice Boipuso Makhwe after filing an urgent application against Commissioner of Police, DIS Director general (DG) Peter Magosi and the spy unit seeking court protection for the alleged harassment.

Though the main application could not be argued because the defendants’ senior attorney Parks Tafa indicated that they were served with court documents late yesterday and needed time to file their response, the trio said their liberty was hanging in balance and needed assurance that no arrest will be carried out.

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BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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