Botswana Petroleum Fund: Seretse challenges prosecutor’s authority
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Weekendpost
Botswanan businessman Bakang Seretse has appealed to the High Court to challenge anti-corruption official Thabo Malambane’s authority to prosecute him in the National Petroleum Fund case. Accused of several offences linked to the fund, he is seeking to have the ruling issued on 30 June 2026 and the indictment set aside, according to Weekendpost.
Botswanan businessman Bakang Seretse has filed an appeal with the High Court challenging anti-corruption official Thabo Malambane’s authority to prosecute cases, according to Weekendpost. Seretse had failed in an initial bid before the Broadhurst court, where Regional Magistrate Mareledi Dipate rejected his application on 30 June 2026.
The appeal seeks to remove Malambane, an official with the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), from the criminal case against Seretse. The case concerns allegations linked to Botswana’s Petroleum Fund. Seretse is thus challenging Malambane’s legal authority to conduct the prosecution.
