Newsmaker of the year - Judges suspension: Litmus test to our democracy

Arguably the suspension of four High Court Judges by President Ian Khama was not only a test to our stable democracy but the most shocking news story in Botswana ever.

 

Never has it happened since independence in 1966 that separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary would be tested to that limit. The suspension of Justices Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang brought the Judiciary into paralysis as about 1, 200 files were affected by the suspension of the quartet until the matter is resolved.

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Batswana need to do better to stop FMD

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...

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