20 Mar 2017

Regional Magistrate Court (North) Magistrate Mr Masilo Mathaka has sentenced a 39-year-old man to three years imprisonment wholly suspended on condition that he does not commit any corruption related offence within this period.

A news release from the DCEC states that the accused, Dick Mavuka, was also fined P7 000 which should be paid on or before April 28, 2017 and that failure to pay will result in him serving a sentence of six months imprisonment.

The release states that Mavuka  was charged with one count of corrupt transactions with agents contrary to Section 28 (2) as read with Section 42 and punishable under Section 36 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act.

The court learnt that Mavuka, in the period between August 25 and 28, 2012 at Sowa, corruptly gave Mirriam Raborokgwe, an agent of Botswana Ash (Pty) Ltd a valuable consideration in the form of a cheque amounting to P13 500 as an inducement for the aforesaid agent to show favours and prioritise dealings with LCK Marketing whilst performing her duties of procurement at Botswana Ash.

Lesedi Seloka of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) appeared for the state while the accused was represented by Morris Ndawana of Ndawana and Company Attorneys.

In a related matter, a 44-year-old woman was recently arraigned before the Jwaneng Magistrate Court charged with four counts of obtaining by false pretences contrary to Section 308 of the Penal Code.

Investigations conducted by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) revealed that Keitumetse Itani, on October 24, 2006 in Jwaneng with intent to defraud obtained P5 000 from Golden Bridge Enterprises by falsely representing to the said Golden Bridge Enterprises that Thatayaone Lore applied for a loan, when in fact the accused person knew at all material times that Lore never applied for a loan as it was the accused who applied for the loan using Lore’s personal details without his consent. ENDS