Two Zimbabwean nationals who fraudulently obtained Botswana identify cards (Omang) have been sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Extension II Magistrate, Joy Brown, sentenced the two, Gugulethu Ndebele and Thulani Nxube, to six months imprisonment this morning after they were found guilty of acquiring the Omang fraudulently.
The two were arrested last year in March after having been found in possession of identity cards at the Immigration Department in Gaborone.
The magistrate informed the court that though the two pleaded guilty, the court could not give them suspended sentences because they had deprived the government of Botswana some benefits that were meant for citizens.
 She stated that had the two not been apprehended, they had intended to use the identity cards to access services as Botswana citizen. The magistrate further noted that non custodial sentence will not be appropriate for the two Zimbabwean nationals.
Brown added that the two intended to have life-long benefits while they knew very well that they were not beneficiaries.  Both the accused were sentenced to six months imprisonment.
In a different case, the magistrate sentenced two young men, Nkane Itumeleng and Mompoki Kaote, to prison for burglary.
The two were sentenced after they were convicted of stealing goods worth P6 242, 40 from a house belonging to Barbara Sheiks in White City last year.
The magistrate sentenced Itumeleng to 3 years imprisonment while Kaote was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment.
She told the court when passing sentence that the accused, which have previous convictions, should be sent to jail to deter them from committing more criminal offences. 
Brown also granted bail to Nkosana Maveric Mpula, a computer technician, who works at APTEC Computers in Game City, after he was remanded for infringing on Microsoft Corporation Copyrights.
According to the state, Mpula was charged with a single count of criminal infringement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights.
The state further stated that Mpula in September last year and without the authorisation and rights of Microsoft Software, unlawfully distributed Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Microsoft office.
The state also informed the court that Mpula installed the software on computers for monetary consideration.
The magistrate postponed the case to September 14.
