18th February 2021
Silas Motlalekgosi, the former Commissioner of Prisons, was not just retired his sacking, it would appear, emanates from a disputed tender.
He had hoped to receive P 3 million and several hundred thousands from a government tender until the levers of power were cocked into action to circumvent his impending windfall.
The State was about to purchase his property for P3,700,000.00 (Three million seven hundred thousand Pula but reneged at the eleventh hour.Â
President Mokgweetsi Masisi fired Motlalekgosi seven days after his intention to challenge the legality of a decision by the Directorate of Intelligence and Services (DIS) to cancel a tender that the directorate had awarded him, documents leaked to
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18th January 2021
A case in which Debswana is accused of installing spy cameras to eavesdrop on its employees has branched off into a new row with the mine workers union demanding the sacking of acting managing director Lynette Armstrong. The Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) demands that she be relieved of her duties for failing to, among others, resolve the case in which Debswana is being sued for over P100 million by a company identified as Infortrac for allegedly failing to honour its financial obligation. This comes in the wake of unconfirmed reports that Debswana has fired all suspended staff members implicated in the falsification of a damning report implicating a former managing director.