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Mpho Mokwape
  • BDF in ‘Special Forces’ allowance dispute

    The commander is appealing and disputing that 14 employees carry duties of the Special Forces and therefore, qualify for the said allowance as alleged and wants the Court of Appeal to decide on the matter.The employees had initially won the case at...

  • Magistrate gives State ultimatum in Kgosi photo case

    The ex-spy man made an application seeking further particulars for his defence on the remaining lesser count where he is accused of obstructing the officers from carrying their duties. Magistrate Mathaka yesterday said the State had seven days to...

  • ‘Karma’ time for Khama?

    For a while, the State has been dancing around Khama accusing him of threatening national security and even going after his close associates including the former spy chief, Isaac Kgosi.The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) that has had a...

  • Khama’s no-show as others take the dock

    It is without doubt that the fully packed court was waiting with baited breath for the appearance of Khama even though many knew it was a far-fetched dream.The packed court with many even standing to catch the action maintained wishful thinking...

  • State, Seretse latest face off in NPF looting

    In its latest attempt to recover some of the funds in the missing P230 million belonging to the national treasury, the State through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said the very authorisation and disbursement of the funds was done...

  • BURS fights over P78m tax loss claim

    BURS on Tuesday approached the Court of Appeal (CoA) seeking to overturn High Court Judge, Michael Leburu’s judgement against the revenue services in which it had claimed an amount over P78 million in tax.In the judgement, Justice Leburu agreed...

  • Short notice pushes back Malete Land appeal

    The appeal was scheduled for the ongoing session but the parties requested a push back due to the short notice. Both parties felt it was short notice since they sought to engage advocates for the matter.At the time of postponement, the AG and Malete...

  • Limkokwing guilty of unfair staff sacking

    The university is now supposed to fork out payment for 52 former employees who were retrenched during a 2017 restructuring exercise reportedly carried due to the declining number of students admission. In a recent ruling by Justice Isaac Bahuma of...

  • Debswana spy scandal: Court zooms on liability

    Justice Tafa's call came after Debswana lawyer; John Carr-Hartley of Armstrong Attorneys called for the case to be thrown out of court citing strong prohibitive internal processes.One such was the one that played out in court when the former...

  • No justice for Montshiwa eight years later

    The murder trial is yet to see the light of day despite the police having long completed investigations and handed the case to prosecutions office and having pin pointed local lawyer, David Modise as the accused in the matter. This week the matter...

  • Makgophe troubles long overdue

    Makgophe has been reportedly under investigation for a long time in relation to the licensing of guns to both former president Ian Khama and the former spy chief Isaac Kgosi. For a long time, there has been rising reports of suspension, redeployment...

  • Police stop and search put officers in trouble

    The officers, inspector Kenneth Mange and constable Baakile Ramorethwa represented by the Attorney General, cited as the first respondent has been ordered to pay damages in the amount of P35000 to Martin Dingake for unlawful arrest and detention...

  • We are suing – SKI

    The brothers, Tshekedi and Anthony, who were detained since Friday, were reported to have cooperated with the security unit to hand over the items thereupon getting out of detention.According to a reliable source, the items taken from the brothers...

  • No chance for fired Air Botswana pilot

    The pilot, Keabetswe Sekgwama who has been challenging his dismissal from aviation made a final attempt at the Court of Appeal where he was trying to seek leave to appeal the decision of the High Court.He was trying to challenge the High Court’s...

  • Mmutlane villagers, government tussle over bogosi

    The villagers are reportedly irked by the appointment of Kgosana Ketlaareng Lekhutlile as the substantive kgosana for the village when there were no consultations prior to the appointment.In the latest court proceedings, the villagers, about 53 of...

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