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Last year August Justice Bengbame Sechele ordered the government to provide foreign inmates with ARVs free of charge. Two Zimbabwean prisoners, with the help of Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) sued the government for refusing...

The company provided lawyers to advise BTC and Botswana Fibre Networks Limited (BOFINET) in the transaction, causing a conflict of interest. “Neither BOFINET nor BTC were aware of this conflict until March 30, 2015. The onus on declaring...

Disclosing the difference, Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Kgotla Autlwetse said UB pays lecturers between P16,975 and P29,164 per month, while BIUST pays P32,060.  Moreover, BIUST can pay up to a maximum of 40...

“We are very pleased and humbled that the highly regarded Advocate Wim Trengove SC will lead us in the LSB and Motumise vs President Ian Khama and Judicial Service Commission application. He has decided to assist pro bono because he considers...

The student, Setlhomo Tshwanelang, had filed an urgent motion against UB and attorney Parks Tafa in his capacity as the UB Council chairperson.  Dismissing the case yesterday afternoon, Mothobi said he was not satisfied that the matter was...

LSB had earlier this week served a statutory notice to the Attorney General after the Judicial Service Management (JSC) had recommended Kebonang to Khama for the position of acting judge, pending finalisation of a High Court case between LSB and...

Yesterday morning attorney Kabo Motswagole filed the notice of motion on behalf of Setlhomo Tshwanelang against the UB and attorney Parks Tafa in his capacity as the UB Council chairperson. Tshwanelang is a second year UB student and a candidate in...

The BCPYL is expected to hold an elective congress on April 25, 2015 in Francistown. Raditlhokwa said her decision was borne out of her beliefs as espoused in the BCP founding document, Democratic and Development Programme (DDP), the constitution...

BDP secretary general Mpho Balopi had told a press conference that the admission was in recognition of the BDP’s sterling performance in people development, health, education, eradicating poverty and social programmes. Firstly, the Botswana...

Senior attorney Omphemetse Motumise and the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) plan court action to challenge the refusal of President Ian Khama to appoint him as a judge. The two parties will file papers at the High Court today to fight Khama’s...

Musa Isabirye and Timothy Yamin have also written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Nairobi and Geneva about what they claim is “consistent harassment”. Through their attorney Martin Dingake, the...

Among the raft of proposed amendments to the Churches’ Act is a hotly debated proposal to raise the number of people required for the registration of a religious organisation from ten to 250. Government says the change is to prevent the...

The restructuring exercise comes in the wake of the firm’s loss of the lucrative P9 billion-management contract of Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF). Attorney Kabo Motswagole, representing the 37 employees, stated in a letter to...

The LSB and Motumise will further approach the High Court to review the decision of JSC that its role is ‘advisory’ and therefore to accept the decision of the President. This follows the reports that Khama rejected JSC’s...

On Wednesday, Francistown West MP Ignatius Moswaane broke his glasses in protest against the Amendment Bill. Minister of Health Dorcus Makgato threatened to strip naked if the amendment was not passed while Assistant Minister of Local Government,...