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A little-known provision in Botswana flips the burden of proof; and raises questions about justice and rights In most criminal cases, the state must prove you did something wrong. In Botswana, under a powerful and contentious anti-corruption law, the opposite can be true: you must prove you did nothing wrong. Section 34 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act, a provision that legal scholars call one of the broadest “illicit enrichment” laws on the African...
Botswana’s state regulatory and intelligence agencies are embroiled in a high-stakes legal dispute with Riotrade Enterprises (Pty) Ltd and its Managing Director, Isaac Danda, who allege unlawful actions aimed at crippling their business. The conflict involves the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), and the police. Court documents reveal the saga began in June 2026, with Danda’s arrest and escalated when BURS sealed Riotrade’s bonded warehouse, halting the movement...
The Botswana Entertainment Promoters Association (BEPA) and the Botswana Nightclubs and Bar Association (BNCBA) have pushed back against the government’s proposal to implement a 24-hour economy. Both industry groups have engaged in a series of unproductive meetings with Minister of Trade and Industry Tiroeaone Ntsima, Minister of Sport and Arts Jacob Kelebeng, and officials from the Office of the President. In response, they submitted a position paper to the Ministry of Trade and Industry addressing...
Notice is hereby given that the 2026 Annual General Meeting of BOTSWANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION LIMITED (“BTC”) will be held at Fairground Holdings Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana on Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 at 09:00hrs, to transact the following business: Agenda: ORDINARY BUSINESS To read the notice convening the Ordinary Resolution 1 Presentation of Annual Financial Statements and Auditors Report To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2026,...
Botswana telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) has announced and awarded Ms Natefo Labane as the grand prize winner of the #MyBestOffer Competition, walking away with a monthly salary of P10,000 for six months. The MyBestOffer Buy and Win Competition was launched to reward customers who purchased eligible #MyBestOffer bundles, giving them opportunities to win daily cash prizes, weekly trolley dashes, monthly cash prizes and a grand prize of a P10,000 monthly salary for six months. While...
By the time the referee’s whistle carved its shrill punctuation into the North London evening, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal had delivered something more persuasive than three points – they had delivered a thesis. On a sun-dappled Sunday at the Emirates, the Gunners came from behind to dispatch Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea 2-1, and in doing so offered a masterclass in the art of refusing to blink first. The match began as a cautionary tale written in Chelsea...
Botswana’s energy story has, for decades, been written in coal. That chapter is beginning to turn, and one of the companies now helping to write the next one is KP Energy, part of India’s KP Group, which is setting up in Botswana under a landmark renewable energy partnership with the Government of the Republic of Botswana. The Group’s local entry is a BITC-accredited and facilitated project, and it comes with scale to match the ambition:...
In a landmark judgment delivered at the Gaborone High Court on Tuesday, the court ruled against Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies (GUC), effectively barring its law graduates from sitting the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) bar examinations and, by extension, from practising law in the country. The ruling, delivered by Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa, brings to a close a protracted legal battle that has gripped Botswana’s legal fraternity for months. The case centred...
