Oliver Modise
17 April 2008
Not much progress has been made in the fraud case against former Gaborone City(GCC) Council employees Frank Molaletsi, Gilbert Sithole, Frank Stegling, Bitsang Abby and Daisy Loo cleaning company and its managing director Moemedi Dijeng. The case, which was adjourned last November, resumed on Tuesday. The four have been charged with conspiring to defraud GCC over P24 million.
On Tuesday, the second witness, Doreen Segoea, continued to give evidence for the state. While Molaletsi's lawyer Duma Boko has excused himself as he is out of the country, lawyers Tebogo Sebego for Stegling and Joao Salbany for Abby had to be excused yesterday because the duo had to attend a funeral in Molepolole.
The court has so far had the opportunity to inspect the area near Bull and Bush where Segoea said that she supervised industrial class council employees to collect garden waste and disposed it at the Gaborone Landfill.
By yesterday when the trial resumed late at 11am,regional magistrate Terrence Rannowane was forced to adjourn the case after Segoea revealed that she could not continue because she was feeling dizzy. Segoea currently works for the Lobatse Town Council (LTC) after her transfer from GCC in 2006.The trial continues today when Sithole's lawyer Dick Bayford is scheduled to cross examine some of the witnesses. Rannowane has indicated that the court will today set more trial dates for the case. Close to 50 witnesses are expected to testify. The case had been booked for three days this week.
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