The Day Botswana stopped being an African Country
Published on: Monday 24 June 2019
On June 11, this year, the Lobatse High Court in Gaborone, Botswanaâs capital, returned a verdict in an appeal case that reverberated beyond the countryâs 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 whenâ21-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 source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/06/24/the-day-botswana-stopped-being-an-african-country/
