Customary Courts must explain people's legal rights - CCA

"At times they bring forth complaints that they have been denied the right to legal representation and so we at times realise that the Customary Courts do not inform the complainants of their rights as enshrined in both the Customary Court Act and the Constitution of Botswana," stated Kgosi Masunga

He said that Section 15 of the customary court states that the customary can administer the customary law and the provisions of the written law which those  courts may be authorised to administer. He said that in administering the written law, customary courts shall give effect to section 10 of the constitution of Botswana, which calls for the right to legal representation that is afforded to all Batswana.