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St Engenas ZCC, which revealed that it has been in and out of court concerning the alleged imposter church, is facing a daunting task with the Societies Act in its attempt to register. "The church was registered in Botswana on September 17, 1974, and...

About 144 agents have taken the Attorney General on behalf of Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) to court for reasons that there has been breach of public service regulations. The agents, who say they work through shifts, contend that...

She was subsequently arrested at one of the spy unit's offices at the Commerce Park area in Gaborone and taken in for questioning, then later suspended. Following her suspension, she had back-to-back legal battle with the State up until 2021 when...

Following a recent announcement from the Ministry of Defence and Security that the exercise to pay retired BDF soldiers has commenced, Minister Kagiso Mmusi indicated that of the 9,300 expected beneficiaries, 321 soldiers have already being paid and...

According to a recent communication from the Ministry of Defence and Security, payments of recalculated pension benefits commenced on August 15, 2024. However, the development comes amidst an ongoing case in which the retired soldiers aren't...

Justice Lekorwe asserts that judges are entitled to protect their independence and that there was no basis for the State to seek his recusal.In the application, the Attorney General (AG), (first applicant), Chief Registrar and Master (second...

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...