03 Mar 2026

Two men accused of making forged new limited edition commemorative P50 currency note bearing serial number: AR 0656562 appeared before Lobatse Magistrates court on Monday.

The accused, a Zimbabwean national Wilson Juma aged 33 and a Motswana man More Bojong aged 40, who both reside in Lobatse, faced two counts of offences which included making of counterfeit currency contrary to section 362 of the Penal Code, and being found in possession of forged currency notes contrary to section 354 of the Penal Code.

According to the charge sheet, both the accused in February in or near Lobatse, without lawful authority made 18 papers, words and figures, letters, marks and lines resembling the P50 currency note.

Juma, on one hand, is also charged with an offence of possession of forged 18 fake P50 currency notes without lawful authority after he was caught on February 26 at Peleng in Lobatse during a police stop, question and search exercise. The accused will appear again on March 16. ENDS