I order as follows - Justice Rannowane #LegabiboCase

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High Court judge, Terrence Rannowane, delivered a landmark ruling last Friday, ordering the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs to register the Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana organisation. Within his judgement, Rannowane made several observations:

“I have read and re-read LeGaBiBo’s objectives with view to finding out if any of them offends against Section 7 of the Societies. In other words I have examined each objective with the primary aim of determining whether anyone or all of them are “likely to be used for any unlawful purpose or any purpose prejudicial to, or incompatible with peace, welfare and good order in Botswana.”

All of these objectives appear to me to be quite harmless and in fact promote good values such as the promotion of a culture of self-reliance, promotion of human rights of all people without discrimination, support of public health interest of members and education of the general public on issues of human rights etc.

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