Our client, Bakang Seretse, wishes to respond to a front-page story carried in your issue of the 18th February, 208 (Issue 262) headlined “ Seretse Questioned by SA Police”. Citing a South African Publication, a suggestion is made that our client could have possibly caused the death of the deceased on account of differences over a “suspicious” account. Client wishes to state, unequivocally, that there is no connection between the case running before the Broadhurst Magistrate’s Court and the death of his former business partner, Vusi Mhlanzi. No facts have come to light, within the context of the case, on the basis of which any connection could be drawn between the two. Early this month, , our client brought to the attention to the Commissioner of the Police information that elements within the main government intelligence agency (DIS) were promoting a story, in South Africa, at public expense, against him in terms whereof he could be held responsible for the killing of Vusi Mhlanzi. The design was, and still is, to stoke anger and vengeance in the family of the deceased the ultimate objective being to have client killed by the deceased’s person’s family thereby quelling the fires surrounding the…