The action as it happened

7.30am: It is Friday September 11. The day Chief Justice Julian Nganunu and two other High Court judges, Ian Kirby and Isaac Lesetedi are to deliver judgment in the case between Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) secretary general, Gomolemo Motswaledi and President Ian Khama. The case, which has kept the nation frozen in anticipation, is seen as a watershed in the history of not just the party but the country.

Those who see Khama's rule as authoritarian hoped that he would lose this one. His hardcore supporters hoped for a win so that he gets to run the party and the country the way he wants.