Khama throttles Parliament

The High Court has postponed to November 6 an urgent application in which the Attorney General wants amendments to parliamentary Standing Orders that allow for secret ballot voting of the Vice President, declared unconstitutional.

A panel of three judges consisting of Justices Singh Walia, Michael Leburu and Tebogo Tau ordered that the respondents are to file and serve on the applicant their answering affidavits or any other answer to the applicant on or before October 31, 2014.

They also ordered that the applicant should file and serve on the respondents her replying affidavit on or before November 3.

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The time is now to relax adoption laws

Over the years, there has been many reports of infants being abandoned by parents. Many factors can contribute to child abandonment, some of which may stem from mental health issues and lack of support, but other reasons may be that one could have made better choices with proper education. Some parents abandon their infants due to financial difficulties and the fear of having to provide for a newborn. Many developed countries have come up with...

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