Advocate Sadique Kebonang

Advocate Sadique Kebonang is a Member of Parliament for Lobatse Constituency and appointed to Cabinet as the Minister of Mineral Resources Green Technology and Energy Security . Quotes It is also worth mentioning that my ministry has just been restructured, resulting in changing the name from Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources to Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security. With these new changes, more emphasis is put on green technology and energy security and this is in order to be aligned to international trends. Affordable reliable energy possible,DailyNews(16 November 2016) I fear the DISS and so does some ministers. Even you as members of the PAC have expressed such fear as per the media reports we have seen recently. We all fear the DIS – Adv. Kebonang, Botswana Guardian Sun(16 April 2016) Mpathi is going back to work, if they have a problem with it they must contact me. Not only did I SMS him about the decision to reinstate Mphathi, I also sent him a hard copy of the letter confirming cabinet’s position on the same day. We don’t have any. We are not friends. Other than that, he is representing the other shareholder, I know very little about him. ‘This is the same guy who at times texts me asking for a meeting and now he complains when I use the same mode of communication that was introduced by him. I represent a sovereign state here and this guy must offer me some respect. ‘I have no personal relations with Mphathi. I don’t know the guy personally but I cannot sit and watch as he is being unfairly dismissed. Forbes told me he was firing Mphathi because their relationship had broken irretrievably. He accused him of insubordination even as Mphathi had not expelled the Finance Manager but only suspended her pending a disciplinary hearing. Can you believe I first heard of Mphathi’s sacking through an enquiry from a journalist and I laughed it off as a joke. Kebonang fights for Mphathi’s survival at BOTASH,Botswana Gazette (30 November 2017) I can tell you that all these political leaders in the ruling party and in opposition have been receiving money from Seretse as a matter of routine. And for the greatest part that money went through me as a conduit. I was a practicing attorney before I joined politics. I was a director at Choppies. And the properties making all this noise, I acquired them during my time at Choppies. When Seretse showed interest in buying my houses in Johannesburg and here I did not hesitate. DCEC came to my office and we gave them all the files on BCL liquidation. I had nothing to hide. What I can tell you is that there are big names with vested interests in what is happening at Morupule B. the same applies for solar power and the Tshele fuel storage project. They want me to do their dirty bidding and I am looking the other side. BDP and opposition parties’ snouts in the same feeding trough,Sundaystandars(10 December 2017)