Tribunal to oversee DISS fails to meet

An inaugural meeting of this tribunal is scheduled for December 9, the Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Penolomi Venson- Moitoi who was speaking on behalf of the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse, told parliament yesterday.

The mandate of the tribunal is to preside over complaints from members of the public about ill treatment from the intelligence agents.  Venson-Moitoi stated that members of the tribunal in Intelligence and Security were appointed on April 10, 2008 as according to terms of a section of the Intelligence and Security Act. The members include Issac Seloko, Adolf Hirschfeldt and Tsetsele Fantan. However, the minister stated that the tribunal has not received any complaints from members of the public.