The DPP has reportedly resolved to prosecute a perjury complaint linked to Botswana’s discredited P100 billion scandal.
GAZETTE REPORTER
Sources say the Directorate of Public Prosecutions has resolved to prosecute in a perjury complaint stemming from the discredited P100 billion scandal, potentially opening the door to accountability over allegations that courts later found were built on fabricated evidence.
The decision marks a major development in a saga that saw some of the country’s most prominent figures accused of involvement in what was presented as a massive financial crime, only for the allegations to later collapse in court as fabrication.
THE COMPLAINT
The complaint was lodged in March 2021 by former president Ian Khama against former Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime investigator Jako Hubona. Khama accused Hubona of giving false evidence under oath during investigations into the controversial P100 billion case.
The scandal implicated former DIS director general Isaac Kgosi, now late, intelligence officer Wilhelmina Maswabi and South African businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe Radebe, among others.
FABRICATED EVIDENCE
Once touted as one of Botswana’s biggest corruption scandals, the case later unravelled after courts found that key evidence underpinning the allegations had been fabricated.
Claims that billions of pula had been siphoned from the Bank of Botswana into offshore accounts linked to the accused failed to withstand judicial scrutiny. Throughout the controversy, the Bank of Botswana consistently maintained that no funds were missing from its accounts.
REPUTATIONS DAMAGED
Khama has repeatedly argued that those responsible for advancing the false allegations must be held accountable.
“What was done under that false P100 billion case was malicious and damaging and cannot be left unpunished. It destroyed reputations, strained relations between nations, and undermined public confidence in key state institutions,” Khama previously said.
The impending prosecution is expected to reignite scrutiny of one of the most controversial investigations in Botswana’s recent history and could pave the way for further accountability over a case that left reputations shattered and institutions embarrassed.