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Delivering his budget speech yesterday Matambo said: “With regard to employment creation, it is important to clarify that the principal role of the Government is not to create jobs directly, but to provide a conducive macroeconomic environment to...

The objective of the Bill is to amend the Citizenship Act among others to “resume Botswana citizenship of persons who ceased to be citizens of Botswana as a result of acquiring citizenship of another country as a consequence of marriage” and...

More voices are weighing in to the public debate on the recent shocking JCE examinations in which 66% of learners were graded D, E and worse. UB senior education lecturer, Dr Philip Bulawa says studies have previously been undertaken on the factors...

Addressing a press conference yesterday BOFEPUSU secretary general Tobokani Rari said in 1997 the government under the regime of Mogae ratified some International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions that support the existence of trade Unions and...

Nonetheless, the then president Sir Ketumile Masire with the cooperation of the Commander of the BDF, Mompati Merafhe took steps to limit Khama’s influence. “…A senior officer – an ally of Merafhe – was promoted recently to Khama’s rank...

In his address at the opening of the January 2017 CoA session, Kirby said during 2016, as in previous years, there has been some commentary in the press about “executive-mindedness” in the Judiciary, and particularly in CoA. “First, there is...

The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) attorney Mboki Chilisa says it is not a surprise that in the High Court his clients sought to join, as amicus [friend of the court], proceedings in which four suspended Judges sought to review and set aside certain...

In a statutory notice dated December 5, 2016 to the IEC secretary Keireng Zuze, chairperson Justice Abednego Tafa and the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Eric Molale, the BCP wants the court to declare “that...

Keetshabe, who is now the Director of Public Prosecutions, served as Molokomme’s deputy six years ago before he was appointed general counsel in the Office of the President (OP) in May 2011. Sources in the legal circles are of the view that...

The two have a few things in common. Both are former city mayors. From 2004 until 2015, Moswaane was the Francistown city mayor while Nkaigwa was the Gaborone City mayor from 2012 until 2014. They both speak out of turn. Earlier this year, Nkaigwa...

The motion wants Parliament to resolve to amend the provisions of the Penal Code (Cap 08:01) to be in line with the provisions of the Children’s Act (Cap 28: 01). In a brief interview, the youthful legislator said the motion would “probably...

The Lobatse High Court based Radijeng will replace Justice Singh Walia who has reached the retirement age of 70 and whose contract ends December 31, 2016. However, Walia will stay on for a further six months to complete his part heard matters. Four...

This was after the Francistown-based High Court Judge had, before being retired, had taken a “sabbatical” leave. The President apparently asked Solo to retire a month or so ago. There are no reasons advanced for his retirement, but Solo is in...

In a memo written to all practitioners LSB says the Legal Practitioners Act (LPA) provides that it is a misconduct for an attorney to assist in any way a non-attorney to charge, recover or receive a fee or derive any remuneration for performance of a...

“It is now more than a year and four months since the judiciary of this country was thrown into a crisis that saw 12 Judges of the High Court petition the Chief Justice (CJ), Maruping Dibotelo, over generalised discontent at the state of the...