Former Permanent Secretary to the President, Carter Morupisi’s appeal against his conviction has been postponed to April by the Court of Appeal (CoA) panel consisting of Judge President Tebogo Tau, Singh Walia, and Bess Nkabinde. The court postponed the matter to address whether Morupisi’s sentence should be included in the appeal. The appellant did not […]
The Bulb World starts operations in South Africa
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Homegrown LED light manufacturing company, The Bulb World, has kick started operations in South Africa, setting in motion the company’s ambitious continental expansion plans.
The Bulb World, which was partly funded by Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) at the tune of P4 million, to manufacture LED lighting bulbs for both commercial and residential use in 2017, announced last year that it will enter the South African market in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of North West province under the auspices of North West Development Corporation (NWDC).
The company has already secured a deal with South Africa authorities which entails production factory shells and tax incentives arrangements.
16th February 2021
Timothy Marsland’s ploy to defeat the ends justice has collapsed. Marsland who co-owned liquidated Capital Management Botswana (CMB) with Rapula Okaile has been languishing in jail since 2019. His appeal for unlawful detention was thrown out by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal last week. He is co-accused with his liquidated company of defrauding the Botswana Public Officers Pensioners Fund (BPOPF) millions of Pula. Delivering judgement, the Court said the core issue for determination in the appeal was whether a provisional arrest of the Extradition Act 67 of 1962 (the Act) had lapsed, for the reason that the Minister of Justice (the Minister) neither personally received the relevant extradition request nor issued a notice in terms of the Act, within 30 days of the arrest.