Weakened judiciary spoils Xmas mood

This year alone it has been no different with tensions rising further between the government and the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) regarding the judicial independence and its ability to administer justice independently without any interference from third forces.

In his Legal Year Opening speech former LSB chairperson, Lawrence Lecha threw the last dice into the already weakening judicial system by taking a jab and questioning the appointment of Court of Appeal (CoA) judges as he took time to give a typical example and named one the judge publicly who was at that time recently appointed.