The Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) has expressed shock at the Administration of Justice’s decision to assimilate one of its bench clerks to
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has bowed down to pressure from the civil society, after cabinet agreed to recall contentious provisions that give investigation authorities blank cheque to spy on citizens under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Controlled Investigations) Bill.
A number of Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 2019 election funders and some of the former cabinet Ministers are said to be supporting the party Secretary General Mpho Balopi’s purported chairmanship bid. The party is expected to hold its national elective congress later this year and some members of the party are already warming up to wrestle for party positions.
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed Justice Dr Godfrey Radijeng's judgment in which he had ruled in favour of asset manager, Bakang Seretse in his P82 million civil forfeiture application case against the State.