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The Attorney General (AG) representing the DIS appeared before the CoA last Thursday, appealing a judgment that ruled in favour of former Director-General of DCEC. Tymon Katlholo had taken the DIS to court in protest over the raid, which occurred in...

Delivering an address at the official opening of the Legal Year on Tuesday, Abram explained that there has been a review of rates for legal costs by practising attorneys in order to curb high litigation costs. “Statutory Instrument No. 1 of 2021,...

“Judges cannot defend themselves; they cannot go to a freedom square and start speaking on attacks. In this context, I wish to request members of the public to refrain from attacking judges in the private press and social media platforms. This is a...

The Board is currently seeking to overturn a judgment favouring nine former employees involved in a clash over land allocation.The former employees, some reinstated and others with pending cases, accused the Land Board of failing to subdivide and...

Estate Construction, owned by one of Sebina brothers, had dealings with the council over the construction of a bus terminus in Molepolole before things turned sour.In its defence against an appeal filed by the KDC before the Court of Appeal (CoA),...

The intelligence agency was disputing damages awarded to the Sebinas after they won against the Directorate in a civil suit for reputational damage and humiliation. The DIS had accused them of criminal dealings with former head of the Directorate,...

The former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) has filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal (CoA) seeking for his conviction to be overturned and given a free lease on life on reasons that the State failed to produce evidence on the charges...

Ntsuape, who was convicted last year after pleading guilty to two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder, said this on Thursday when he appeared for mitigation before Gaborone High Court judge, Barnabas Nyamadzabo.The convict has been...

The State believes that Seretse, who was at the time the managing director of Kgori Capital, an asset management company that was tasked with administering the NPF since winning the tender in January 2016, connived with the former director of energy...

Seretse, who was fingered as the 'mastermind' in the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) financial scandal before his acquittal and discharge, lost his assets around September 2021.The properties were initially held under a restraining order...

Moses Kanika was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2021 by Judge Lot Moroka of the Francistown High Court for murdering Wanani Tafila on January 16, 2016 in Selibe-Phikwe reportedly after years of a toxic relationship.Kanika, who appears...

The back and forth altercations between the parties and its effects have been talked about the most and recently Jystice Zein Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court weighed in on how the impasse has affected the running of many things in the country....

Justice Zein Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court has told the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that charges against former spymaster, Isaac Kgosi are just abuse of power and done in bad faith.In a recent ruling between the Attorney General,...

Legal minds believe that justice equates to fairness. When one talks about justice, people expect to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law and by those tasked with creating those laws.Justice prevails when laws are made...

Mokobela, who was 25 years old at the time he committed the heinous crime, was on a previous court appearance found guilty without any extenuating circumstances for allegedly sexually assaulting the minor and later killing her by slitting her throat...