22 Jul 2024

The state intends to call seven witnesses to prove its case against Thipe Kgosiemang for causing death by obstructing traffic. 

The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent Kenyaditswe Mafoko of Jwaneng police told Jwaneng Magistrate’s Court on Monday that they were ready for trial and that all witness statements had been given to the accused person. 

The accused, a resident of Mosekaphofu ward in Mabutsane, is facing a single count of causing the death of another person by leaving a motor vehicle on the road in such a manner that constituted danger to public, thereby contravening Section 50 (4) of Road Traffic Act Cap 69:01 of the Laws of Botswana. 

The charge sheet indicates that he left a motor vehicle in a position that contributed to an accident that caused the death of one Hope Moengele around Phohushadi area along the Trans Kalahari Highway on the night of March 17, 2021. 

The accused reportedly obstructed a truck which caused the accident that claimed the life of the deceased person. 

The matter was scheduled for commencement of trial on September 3. ends