Local businessman, Bakang Seretse, this week was back in court demanding his multi-million Pula assets that have been seized by the State after alleging that they were acquired through proceeds of crime.
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is adamant that multi-million assets owned by local businessman Bakang Seretse were purchased through money from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) and that High Court was right to order forfeiture of the assets.
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.