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Justice Kebonang recently recused himself from a case involving the DIS and former top investigator of Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Tsholofelo Bareetsi, who is suing the State for defamation. In a detailed judgment in which...

Ntsuape, who is already facing death by hanging for the previous murder of his ex-girlfriend's mother, was sentenced by Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo of the Gaborone High Court. He was given two life terms for the double murder and 15 years each...

“In particular, prior to the arrests, we had been jointly charged by the President Dr Masisi, with an investigation. The instruction was issued to us personally by the President and had to do with allegations of wrongdoing wherein the Director of...

Following their suspension, the agents said they were subjected to a series of unlawful arrests, detention and searched by the same joint team of DIS officers and the Botswana Police Service (BPS) officers over the same allegations of leaking...

Kgosi, the founding Director General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), died an innocent man despite having had numerous criminal charges levelled against him since leaving office in April 2018.He was fired from his position by...

Justice Mercy Garekwe said the appeals court has on numerous occasions encountered the lack of compliance with Rules of the court. “A practice has developed in the High Court in terms of which some of the judges issue orders without providing...

Ntsuape, who is already facing death by hanging for a previous murder of his ex girlfriend's mother, was sentenced today by Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo of the Gaborone High Court. In his ruling, Nyamadzabo said there were sufficient extenuating...

This came after the Court of Appeal (CoA) upheld an appeal by government ruling the compensation as determined then by the Minister of Agriculture was adequate and reasonable. The heavy blow to the farmers comes after being taken to the CoA to appeal...

Justice Reuben Lekorwe of the Lobatse High Court reviewed the minister's decision calling it flawed after residents complained. The residents had raised complaints that a Kgosana was appointed and later recognised by the minister without them...

The chairperson of Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has been decrying the fact that he was being forced to continue with the appeal despite his desire to forego it. Morupisi’s attorney, Busang Manewe, told the bench of Justices, comprising Lakhvinder...

Justice Boipuso Makhwe suspended the tender by granting Net Builders, a construction company, an interdict following its decision to approach court after suspecting that its tender document was tempered with. According to the judgment, the company...

He appeared before the Court of Appeal (CoA) on Friday with the hope that his litigation would come to an end but the bench of justices, Baaitse Nkanbinde, Singh Walia, and the apex court President Tebogo Tau refused to grant him his wish. Morupisi,...

Although the intra party elections were less chaotic than the previous ones, many potential voters say they feel cheated as they were "denied the right to vote for their preferred candidates". In Mogoditshane East, a relatively new constituency, one...

Badubi at the time he was fired on February 20, 2023 was accused and found guilty of security breach. He and three others were accused of leaking President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s security vehicles. He later filed a review application to set aside the...

By neglecting his constituents and slacking in Parliament debates and hardly bringing forth the struggles of residents of Molepolole, Oabile Regoeng sealed his fate in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s Bulela Ditswe over the weekend. According...