WHO’S BOSS?
BBS boardroom brawl turns nasty
BOTSWANA Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL) has moved swiftly to halt the trading of BBS equity securities as the bank management and the board public brawl played out on social media this week.
A wide circulation of a stronglyworded press statement by BBS MD, Pius Komane Molefe, defying the board’s directive to vacate office became the talk of the town, sending shockwaves among shareholders on Wednesday.
The couple had allegedly fought after Mhateng, 43, accused his wife, Ramotsumi, 42, of misusing money. The police attended to the dispute and advised the couple to resolve the matter at home.
A few hours later, the cops received a call from the wife reporting that her husband had been attacked and stabbed by unknown assailants.
Ramotsumi told the police she had gone to the neighbour’s house and when she got back her husband was not in the house.
She further reported she later heard him screaming outside the pit latrine, and when she went to investigate, she found he had been stabbed.
The police went to the scene and rushed the victim to the hospital where the doctors certified him dead.
Confirming the incident, Woodhall Police Station Commander, Elias Magosi, said the victim was stabbed with a sharp object on the chest.
“Our investigators went to the scene and the victim was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead. The investigating officers recorded the wife’s statement and the story had a lot of holes in it so she was arrested as a suspect,” said Magosi.
Ramotsumi was remanded in custody and will be back in court on the 5th of May for mention.