Saturday, February 8, 2025

Gaolathe buys his honor for P1,3 million

Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe last week decided to pay P1,3 million plus legal costs, in an apparent bid to keep his name out of the multi-million Pula Capital Management Botswana (CMB) scandal.

Gaolathe last week dodged the bullet when the Court of Appeal allowed him to withdraw his appeal against an adverse High Court ruling in the CMB scandal.

According to court documents which surfaced recently when the matter was scheduled for hearing before the Court of Appeal this week, Lobatse High Court judge Justice Matlhogonolo Phuthego had ruled that Gaolathe should refund the P,3 million paid to him by CMB.

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