Judge punches holes in lawyer’s defence

Segopolo gave Moitshepi little room to manoeuvre on Tuesday before delivering his judgement, which saw Ratlhaga lose the case with costs. Ratlhaga had sought the High Court’s intervention in a bid to remove the Botswana Football League chairperson, Nicholas Zakhem. But Segopolo pointed out that Moitshepi had failed to convince the court that there would be harm to his client if the “court did not grant the relief”. Moitshepi wanted the court to grant an interdict and hear the case on an urgent basis. But from the first minute, Segopolo set the tone and gave Moitshepi very little legroom.

Below are some of the highlights from the exchange between Segopolo and Moitshepi.