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Mpho Mokwape
  • LSB defends Mothusi ban

    Mothusi was again disbarred from practice last year October through a High Court order, a barring that came just six years after he returned to practice through a court order. He was first barred in 2008 for failing to abide by LSB regulations.In the...

  • Khama fights for his belongings

    Khama, the brother to former president, Ian Khama had his property including a rifle, which used to belong to Kgosi Sekgoma and personal laptops taken by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS).In his latest filing at the CoA, Khama wants...

  • Montshiwa drug use, dealings come to light

    Montshiwa, who was killed at his Block 6 home in October 2015, is said to have been allegedly derailed from his initial business of large scale importation of cigarettes to drug dealing, which could have led to his death as he was also alleged to...

  • DIS wants to destabilise DCEC – Katlholo

    Katlholo who has taken the war to the spy unit and refused to release classified investigation files, accusing the unit of expanding its footprint to the internal affairs of the DCEC, which subsequently experienced an unprecedented leakage of...

  • AG tactic just a ploy – DCEC

    The DCEC and the AG were before the Lobatse High Court once again as the agency said the AG's no-show at their offices for the scheduled collection of files at the DCEC for safekeeping at the High Court, was a way to stall the process.The DCEC...

  • DIS messy acts exposed

    The DIS, who has come under the spotlight from the anti-corruption unit for among others alleged corruption and misuse of power, have been allegedly trying to conceal their ‘dirty’ deeds by accessing the investigation files leading to a messy tug...

  • Election fraud whistle-blower reinstated

    Tlhalefang Kolobetso, a cleaner at Gantsi District Commissioner at the time, was on Friday reinstated by the Maun High Court.Kolobetso was charged for contravening the Public Service Act (PSA) and was later dismissed from her job in June 2021 after...

  • PTA fund collection leaves teacher jobless

    Orebonye Baitseng, who was stationed at Palapye Junior Secondary School, was fired in February 2019 for collecting P3,545 contrary to the principal’s instruction and, as a result, was charged with willful disobedience of lawful order.Following her...

  • BURS gets P78m tax claim

    The lower court judge at the time allowed the review of the tax claim after agreeing with the judicial manager that BURS acted in bad faith by imposing a re-assessment and penalties solely based on the bank statements of the company. But now the...

  • Taxman pounces on Seretse’s property

    Through the move, the BURS has taken all the funds amounting to P67, 734,260.00 that the State has been holding saying it was due for tax while there is little said about other properties.The same amount and properties including plots of land and...

  • No allowance for BDF's Ceremonial Guard Unit

    The 14 soldiers lost their claim for allowance on Friday following an appeal lodged with the Court of Appeal by their boss, Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo and the Attorney General.The appeal came after the soldiers were awarded the Special Forces...

  • Court awards woman 27-month windfall

    This follows Sidilega having given Modisadife an employment contract and told her they would tell her to report for work, but the hospital never made the call. Now, Sidilega will have to fork out for work she never did. While waiting for the call,...

  • State vs Seretse ‘guessing game’

    Brand on Friday explained that the case has not even established any criminal doing by Seretse but boiled down to a breach of trust by Kenneth Kerekang, the former director of energy in the then Ministry of Minerals and Water Resources.Bakang and...

  • State fails to stop Kgosi seized guns case

    The State reportedly filed an application on Tuesday, a day before the scheduled arguments for the matter seeking a stay of proceedings in a case where Kgosi wants the return of his firearms and ammunition that were seized from his house by the State...

  • Rari defends attempted ouster by BOSETU members

    Rari, who is accused by four members Tshetsana Motsatsing, Namwaka Shamukuni, Carthage Kenosi and Matthews Masole of altering the union’s constitution for his own benefit, says the members knew the alleged acts for a period of eight years but did...

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