Bakang, Co seek recusal of Tau, Lesetedi in P42 million dispute

Sunday Standard Bakang, Co seek recusal of Tau, Lesetedi in P42 million dispute Bakang Seretse and his companies, Khulaco Proprietary Limited and M&B Properties, have applied to have Court of Appeal President Tebogo Tau and Justice Isaac Lesetedi recuse themselves from a pending appeal over interest earned on restrained funds. They argue that the two judges have already expressed views that create a reasonable apprehension of bias. The […] The post Bakang, Co seek recusal of Tau, Lesetedi in P42 million dispute first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Thobo Motlhoka

Aug 30, 2026 - 19:42

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Bakang, Co seek recusal of Tau, Lesetedi in P42 million dispute

Bakang Seretse and his companies, Khulaco Proprietary Limited and M&B Properties, have applied to have Court of Appeal President Tebogo Tau and Justice Isaac Lesetedi recuse themselves from a pending appeal over interest earned on restrained funds. They argue that the two judges have already expressed views that create a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The application arises from a dispute over who is entitled to interest generated from millions of pula that were frozen under the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act before being released following the collapse of the state’s forfeiture case against Seretse and his companies.

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