Magosi evades contempt papers

The matter arose from a court ruling in which four DIS agents successfully challenged the legality of their scheduled disciplinary hearing and obtained an order directing that no action be taken on it. The officers, Pulane Kgoadi, Kuda Malikongwa, Paul Setlhabi, Sebuweng Mukani, and Mpho Molokwane, had filed papers at the Lobatse High Court in February seeking to have Magosi and 15 of his deputies charged with contempt of Justice Boipuso Makhwe’s December 2024 judgment.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament…