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4th March 2021 Phakalane Estates has lost its appeal case against Water Utilities Corporation (WUC). The estate sought the Court of Appeal (CoA) to hold the national water utility liable for footing the bill of setting up infrastructure at its environment. The Court dismissed the claim. It ordered Phakalane to pay 70 percent of the costs. The dispute, which arose more than 20 years ago, was with respect to who should bear the costs of the infrastructure which was installed to provide water to Phakalane area located in Gaborone North. The infrastructure in question allows the residents of Phakalane suburb to be supplied with water. Phakalane is private property belonging to the Magang family which they developed into a township by selling plots for many years. It was later incorporated into Gaborone. ....
Letlole La Rona is bolstering its board of directors after it lost key board members last year. On Friday, the Botswana Stock Exchange listed company unveiled two new independent non-executive directors, leaving one more space to fill. LLR’s board of directors is made up of seven members of which three are independent and four are non-executive. The company has appointed Onthatile Tiny Ogotseng, the head of legal and a company secretary at Sir Keitumile Masire, to its board. She holds a master’s degree in Finance and Investments from the University of the Witwatersrand, an LLB from the University of Botswana. ....