‘Magosi behind secret recording’

Calistus Bosaletswe

Botswana’s head of intelligence, Brigadier Peter Fana Magosi, arranged to secretly record the meeting where top spies, detectives and prosecutors discussed the investigation of former president Ian Khama’s alleged involvement in large-scale corruption and money-laundering, allege two well-placed sources.

President Masisi and the illusion of change

Botswana security agents on Thursday afternoon detained two journalists from the Weekend Post newspaper who are accused of taking pictures of an unmarked building allegedly belonging to the Directorate on Intelligence Services (DIS).

DCEC officer caught up in bitter Magosi, Mathambo fight

Calistus Bosaletswe

Top corruption investigator trailing a high-profile money laundering case – that involves former President Ian Khama and former head of secret service – has allegedly been slapped with a charge of insubordination by his supervisors.

Family demands answers after near-fatal DIS shooting

Calistus Bosaletswe

Three Botswana teenagers allege were shot at – and one was hit in the leg and the side – after they unwittingly parked outside the home of Peter Fana Magosi, the head of the country’s feared spy agency, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS).