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The NPF and other tales

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae.PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae.PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Prominent criminal lawyer, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, has emerged as the new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) sending the nation into jubilation with the hope that he will be of great service to the State. KABO RAMASIA reminisces on what has been a decade of drama, fear and anxiety writing about the celebrity attorney and his clients in the infamous National Petroleum Fund (NPF) case

The name Kgosi Ngakaagae is not strange to Botswana politics. Although not a politician himself, the “celebrity lawyer” as often dubbed by his social media fanatics has seen it all.

Ngakaagae has stood at the heart of a nation’s history as it unfolded. From rising through the ranks to serving as State prosecutor in the widely-publicised late Louis Nchindo corruption case, to cementing a legacy as a go to attorney in town, the man surely has a story to tell.

Editor's Comment
Child protection needs more than prevailing laws

The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...

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