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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
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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