Botswana can learn form Pistorius case

Even us who are beyond the South African judicial jurisdiction have gotten more information on the events leading to Oscar’s killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013. We have even taken sides.  All this can be attributed to the power of information sharing and dissemination - a live broadcast of the case, something very rare the world over.

The broadcast came to live after an application by MultiChoice, digital satellite television service provider arguing that the athlete, Oscar, is an international star, and therefore the international audience needed to watch his trial to the end.  The court weighed all the arguments and ruled in favour of a live broadcast.