The European Union (EU) placed Botswana on its money laundering blacklist because former President Lt Gen Ian Khama's administration allowed politicians and their relatives to launder millions of pulas in dirty money from the Botswana construction industry – Sunday Standard investigations have established.
Did Kebonang twins steal a leaf from the ESAAMLG report?
Former Minister Sadique Kebonang and his twin brother Zein benefitted from weaknesses in Botswana's money laundering regime a few months after the weaknesess were exposed by the Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG).
Government is said to be investigating the reasons behind the multi-million tender cost escalation for the construction of the Mahalapye Prison fence.
The fence was constructed by Defence Concepts which was one of the preferred suppliers of Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) when its former director Isaac Kgosi was at the helm of the intelligence entity.
The newly acquired jet by Air Botswana, Embraer E-70 will not fly any time soon as it has to satisfy certain conditions.
This is according to a statement issued by Air Botswana Corporate Communications Manager Thabiso Leshoai.