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News Botswana Justice: Botswana: Babirwa Calm Under FMD Cloud

Published on: Friday 02 August 2019
Botswana: Babirwa Calm Under FMD Cloud
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908020625.html

President Dr Masisi informed a packed Bobonong kgotla that the area MP, who is also Minister of Defence, Justice and Security ... development budget despite Botswana being a developing nation. ...

News Botswana Justice: Botswana: 'Money Laundering Not Prevalent in Botswana'

Published on: Wednesday 31 July 2019
Botswana: 'Money Laundering Not Prevalent in Botswana'
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908010090.html

Gaborone — Chief Justice Mr Terence Rannowane says cases of money laundering are not prevalent in Botswana's jurisdiction. Welcoming participants at the bi-annual judiciary conference in ...

News Botswana Justice: Botswana: The Dubai of Africa

Published on: Wednesday 31 July 2019
Botswana: The Dubai of Africa
News source: https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/botswana-the-dubai-of-africa-30159981

had the same values as the current President Mokgweetsi Masisi in promoting democracy and justice while at the same time promoting fast sustainable economic growth. Botswana has the same potential ...

News Botswana Justice: Chasing sunsets and lions in a splendid Botswana

Published on: Wednesday 24 July 2019
Chasing sunsets and lions in a splendid Botswana
News source: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2019-07-24-chasing-sunsets-and-lions-in-a-splendid-botswana/

It was for long a disputed territory between Botswana and Namibia until the International Court of Justice ruled in 1999 that the fluvial island belongs to Botswana on establishing that the main ...

News Botswana Justice: Botswana: Switzerland Valuable

Published on: Thursday 04 July 2019
Botswana: Switzerland Valuable
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907040561.html

She congratulated Botswana for continuing to be an oasis of peace and stability in the African region and for being a lighthouse in issues of international criminal justice and human rights at the ...

News Botswana Justice: The decriminalisation of same-sex activity in Botswana is a victory. But the struggle for equality continues

Published on: Wednesday 03 July 2019
The decriminalisation of same-sex activity in Botswana is a victory. But the struggle for equality continues
News source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/decriminalisation-same-sex-activity-botswana-victory-struggle-equality-continues/

Botswana recently became the latest African nation to decriminalise ... sections of the penal code and how they’ve been interpreted. Before a packed courtroom, Justice Michael Leburu said: “there is ...

News Botswana Justice: Botswana: Doubt Over IEC Preparedness

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Botswana: Doubt Over IEC Preparedness
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906260292.html?bcmt=1

Analysis - Doubt has been cast on the level of preparedness of the elections management body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in delivering free and fair elections come October amid an avalanche of challenges.

News Botswana Justice: The Day Botswana stopped being an African Country

Published on: Monday 24 June 2019
The Day Botswana stopped being an African Country
News source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/06/24/the-day-botswana-stopped-being-an-african-country/

On June 11, this year, the Lobatse High Court in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, returned a verdict in an appeal case that reverberated beyond the country’s borders.  The case had been wending its way through the Botswana legal system for, at least, five years.  The most recent significant step towards the resolution this year was taken in November 2017 when“21-year-old University of Botswana student, Letsweletse Motshidiemang filed papers in the Lobatse High Court challenging the constitutionality of Section[s] 164 (a) and 167 of the Penal Code, which criminalise homosexuality.

News Botswana Justice: Botswana: Security Concerns Know No Boundary

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Botswana: Security Concerns Know No Boundary
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906260177.html

Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Mr Shaw Kgathi has reaffirmed government's strong commitment in maintaining peace and stability and improving governance in the African continent.

News Botswana Justice: Botswana SA Relations Remain Strong

Published on: Thursday 09 May 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905100115.html?bcmt=1

Dr Dow reaffirmed Botswana's commitment to continue working ... when they demonstrated that a balance could be struck between justice and reconciliation, between acknowledging the wrongs of ...

News Botswana Justice: Ireland bars Christian fundamentalist pastor from entering country

Published on: Monday 13 May 2019
News source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/13/ireland-bars-christian-fundamentalist-pastor-steven-anderson-entering-country

Steven Anderson, left, after being issued with a deportation order by authorities in Botswana in 2016 ... due to travel to Dublin on 26 May to preach in the city, but the Irish justice minister, ...