The High Court of Botswana has brought a close to the protracted legal battle between Choppies co-owners Ottapathu Ramachandran, Ismail Farouk, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Botswana), along with former lead auditor Binedel Rudi.  On September 1, 2026, Justice Tapiwa Kganyago formalized a draft consent order that ended the proceedings. The order confirms that Ramachandran and Farouk have withdrawn their claims against PwC and Rudi, effectively concluding the case. Regarding legal costs, the parties agreed to generally bear...

Botswana’s cattle population has taken a notable hit over the past decade, shrinking by 6.1 percent according to the latest Agricultural Census released for 2025. The count stood at 1,638,543 cattle, down from 1,744,166 in 2015.

They have shared a roof, a life, a future – but not a signature on a registry. And in the eyes of Botswana’s newest employment law, that omission could cost them dearly when a family crisis hits.

QUOTE – Two narratives – one of diplomatic grace, the other of judicial exoneration – collide over a Botswana woman’s release from a Bangladeshi death cell. The truth matters more than either side seems willing to admit. By the time Lesedi Molapisi walked out of a Bangladeshi prison after more than four years on death row, the story of how she got there had already been told a dozen different ways.

Prominent businessman Bakang Seretse has called for the removal of two senior judges from a Court of Appeal case involving more than P50 million in disputed interest. On August 18, 2026, Seretse, alongside Khulaco Proprietary Limited and M&B Properties, filed an urgent application requesting that Court of Appeal Judge President Tebogo Tau and Justice of Appeal Isaac Lesetedi recuse themselves from hearing the pending appeal. The applicants contend that Tau and Lesetedi should be disqualified...

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Ngwato Land Board to pay a Palapye farmer the outstanding sum of P655,407.29 for the expropriation of his farm, putting an end to a long-running legal dispute over land taken for the Morupule Coal Mine expansion. The unanimous judgment, delivered by Justice of Appeal Michael Leburu alongside Justices Leatile Dambe and Tshepho Motswagole, marks a significant win for ordinary citizens facing state-backed land acquisitions. The court emphasized that...

For three years, the body of Pitseng Gaoberekwe lay in a mortuary refrigerator, caught between the ancestral claims of his family and the legal objections of the state. When he was finally laid to rest last December on the red scrubland of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, it was not merely a burial – it was, the government now acknowledges, a turning point. In its first formal acknowledgment of the consequences of that decision, Botswana’s...

For more than a decade, the FINITE Magazine Women Appreciation Awards has handed out trophies to women across Lesotho, celebrating their contributions to business, community and profession. But Ntsepeng Tsita Tikiso, the awards’ founding architect, has grown impatient with the optics of celebration alone. “That criticism is valid when an awards programme begins and ends with presenting trophies,” she said flatly. “We have deliberately developed FWAA into a broader women’s economic empowerment platform.” Her point...

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Botswana Police Service to immediately reinstate Superintendent Christopher Molobe to his former rank, ending a decade-long legal battle that nearly destroyed the senior officer’s career. The ruling, issued on July 31, 2026, exposed what the court described as irrational decisions and serious legal errors by the nation’s top police officials. The saga began over ten years ago at the Ghanzi Police Station, where Molobe served as Station Commander,...

The legal battle between prominent Biggie Ganda Butale and the Government of Botswana has reached a crucial procedural milestone. In the latest development in the high-profile challenge against the administrative removal of sodomy laws, the Attorney General has formally approached the High Court to seek directions on how the case should proceed. A Filing Notice dated August 5, 2026, reveals that the Respondent has submitted an “Application for Directions” under Order 28 of the court...