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Mpho Mokwape
  • Morupisi, an example for would-be corrupt officers

    In the history of the country, no senior government official has been successfully tried for white collar crime and went to prison for it. As much as there have been cases nothing comes to the fore that has successfully sent an official to jail or...

  • Magosi interdicted from top agents disciplinary hearing

    The agents, Pulane Kgoadi, Paul Setlhabi and Kuda Malikongwa, Sebuweng Mukani and Mpho Molokwane who some of them were on various occasions arrested and detained by the DIS and the Botswana Police Service (BPS) officers recently made an interdict...

  • Bidders battle over P296m water smart meter tender

    The reason Melco Structure is taking Hitong Holdings and Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) to court is that it entered into a Distribution Agreement between them in which it was given the exclusive mandate to advertise, market, and solicit clients...

  • Genesis of the multi-million smart meters tender war

    Melco Structure being the aggrieved party contends that it put in the work for Hitong Holdings which is the manufacturer of the Smart Meters.The complaint company following its Distribution agreement with Hitong Holdings was tasked with advertising...

  • Court agrees ‘DIS obtained statement’ was under duress

    Bakoko Bakwena, an employee of the Ministry of Education, was recently reinstated by Justice Omphemetse Motumise with full benefits including arrears from the date of dismissal following his review application. “The decision of the Permanent...

  • Former BPOPF acting CEO acquitted, discharged

    Moakofi, who in 2021 was charged with a single count of corruption was last week acquitted and discharged by Magistrate Mareledi Dipate of Regional Magistrate’s Court on reasons that the State failed to prove its case against her. “The court...

  • Brave Heart demands payment for Boko inauguration

    The company, which provides Conference & Event Technology, was reportedly engaged during the inauguration to supply sound and audio equipment, a service they allege has not been paid despite numerous demands. In a letter of demand addressed to the...

  • Morupisi faces possible jail time

    The three judges panel, CoA President Tebogo Tau, Justices Baaitse Nkabinde, and Lakhvinder Singh Walia, say they are having a hard time comprehending the sentence because on all the counts Morupisi faced the High Court did not give any reasons for...

  • CoA resoundingly backs High Court on Morupisi verdict

    A panel of three judges, CoA president Tebogo Tau, Justices Baaitse Nkabinde and Singh Walia agreed that trial court cannot be faulted for having ably connected the dots looking backwards at the intricate web of evidential material.“The drawn-out...

  • Masisi, Magosi implicated in controversial Karakul procurement

    The procurement, which was revealed in one of spy unit’s agent Kuda Malikongwa’s lawsuit is alleged to have been ordered by former President, Mokgweetsi Masisi using the DIS to avoid any leak as he was certain the unit operates in secrecy.It is...

  • ‘State purchased bulls were for Masisi’s farm’

    Masisi, who has been dragged to court by specialist cattle breeder and farmer Peter Chiepe’s in a joinder application is said to have abused the latter’s intellectual property for his own personal gain.According to Chiepe’s joinder application...

  • 'CEDA has no right to sue for defamation'

    This was after CEDA obtained a temporary interdict against one Setlhomo Tshwanelang, who the agency accused of publishing several "false, malicious, and defamatory" statements on his social media platforms alleging over-the-top corruption. CEDA...

  • Molepolole water crisis a test for the new gov’t

    Under the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)-led government, the Gamononyane-Molepolole North South Carrier (NSC) was meant to alleviate water crisis in the village and surrounding areas but still today the village is still under a dry spell. Now ,after...

  • Will the Advocate-cum-President reform the Judiciary?

    Duma Boko, as a learned human rights lawyer and an Advocate, has experienced the dark side of the Judiciary and has spoken publicly about it. Now, as the election results euphoria wears off, on the political scene they have started pondering on what...

  • DIS costs gov’t millions in legal fees

    In a lawsuit where one spy unit agent, Kuda Malikongwa is seeking P2.2 million in compensation for unlawful arrest and detention, she has pointed fingers at the Director General (DG) of the DIS, Peter Magosi, for undermining the DIS legal office....

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