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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 extensi …
High Court rules against GUC, Bars students from Bar ExamsWeekend Post
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 extensi …
High Court rules against GUC, Bars students from Bar ExamsMmegi
… itating the return of the late Paul Rantao to the BNF.He also became popular in 2019 after it was alleged that the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) had stolen some ballot boxes and there were brought in a truck to Gaborone which was then escorted from Ghanzi to Gaborone High court …
Salakae remains loyal amid BNF turmoilDaily News Botswana
A 57-year-old police officer has been spared the death penalty after Gaborone High Court judge, Justice Oteng Motlhala on Tuesday sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife. …
Court sentences police officer to 25 yearsWeekend Post
… The writ of summons, filed at the Gaborone High Court on June 2, 2026, accuses the Gambling Authority of orchestrating a deliberate campaign to tarnish his professional reputation. …
Ex-Gambling Authority COO files P16.7 million defamation suitMmegi
The rights organisation has made an application before the Gaborone High Court to be joined in the proceedings filed in the ongoing case brought by Bonolo Omphile Selelo Tsholofelo Seele Kumile and another applicant. …
LEGABIBO says same-sex marriage exclusion is unconstitutionalMmegi
The application was filed before the Gaborone High Court, and the main case involves applicants Bonolo Selelo and Tshofelo Kumile, who are challenging decisions related to civil registration. …
UB law academic seeks to intervene in same-sex marriage caseWeekend Post
… Justice Itumeleng Segopolo of the Gaborone High Court confirmed that the matter concerning the provisionally suspended athletes is now scheduled for a hearing on August 10. …
Doping Case: Court schedules August hearingMmegi
The matter, before Gaborone High Court judge Justice Itumeleng Segopolo was due for status hearing yesterday but was missing from the roll. …
Doping case missing from High Court rollDaily News Botswana
… The trial continues today before Justice Matlhogonolo Phuthego in the Gaborone High Court. …
My Hands Are Clean Sithole Tells Court He Was Forced to ConfessGaborone High Court ruled against Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies, barring its law graduates from sitting the Law Society of Botswana bar examinations. The court sided with the LSB, which argued that GUC's franchised Leeds Beckett University qualifications do not meet the Legal Practitioners Act requirement for law practice in Botswana.
7 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
Gaborone High Court ruled against Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies, barring its law graduates from sitting the Law Society of Botswana bar examinations. The court sided with the LSB, which argued that GUC's franchised Leeds Beckett University qualifications do not meet the Legal Practitioners Act requirement for law practice in Botswana.
7 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Gaborone High Court ruled against Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies, preventing its law graduates from registering for the Law Society of Botswana bar examinations. The court sided with the Law Society's position that GUC's Leeds Beckett University franchise qualifications do not meet the Legal Practitioners Act requirement that only graduates from the University of Botswana or listed universities may practise law in the country.
3 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
Salakae, a senior BNF Member of Parliament and longstanding party activist since his youth, has remained loyal to the party through its turbulent periods, including the historical split with the Botswana Congress Party and recent internal turmoil.
21 August 2026 · Mmegi →
A 57-year-old police officer, Motlalekgosi Mogalakwe, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Gaborone High Court for the murder of his wife, Mmasabata Mogalakwe, in April 2020. The killing followed a domestic dispute over an unanswered phone call, during which he stabbed her multiple times in the chest and head.
16 July 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Potlako Mawande, former Chief Operating Officer of the Gambling Authority, has filed a defamation lawsuit at the Gaborone High Court seeking P16,729,000, alleging he was dismissed based on fabricated evidence and subsequently blacklisted by the Authority through a December 2025 letter to industry licensees that damaged his professional reputation.
16 June 2026 · Weekend Post →
The rights organisation LEGABIBO has applied to the Gaborone High Court to join proceedings in a case brought by applicants challenging the Department of Civil and National Registration's refusal to publish banns for a same-sex marriage, with the department having cited lack of legal support for the marriage arrangement.
15 June 2026 · Mmegi →
A University of Botswana law academic has applied to intervene as an amicus curiae in a Gaborone High Court case where applicants Bonolo Selelo and Tshofelo Kumile are challenging civil registration decisions; respondents include the Acting Director of Civil Registration, the Attorney General, and the Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana.
15 June 2026 · Mmegi →
The High Court scheduled an August 10 hearing in a doping investigation involving four Botswana track athletes after confusion over an earlier court date sparked public criticism and allegations of judicial misconduct. Justice Itumeleng Segopolo used an emergency session to clarify the postponement and defend the court's integrity.
9 June 2026 · Weekend Post →
A doping matter before Gaborone High Court was missing from the roll for a scheduled status hearing and has been postponed to August 10. The applicants' attorney said the delay frustrates his clients, who want the court to make a decision, noting there are disputes over test results between the parties.
2 June 2026 · Mmegi →
Lovemore Sithole, 41, accused in the 2022 disappearance and murder of 7-year-old Tlotso Karema in Lobatse, has recanted his earlier confession, telling the court he was beaten and suffocated into admitting to the crime and denying responsibility for the child's death. He testified in a trial-within-a-trial hearing that he was not arrested in Lobatse but at Sejelo Police Station in Kanye, where he claims he was invited by police.
22 May 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Zimbabwe immigrant Lovemore Sithole's attorney told Gaborone High Court that his client was coerced by police into confessing to the 2022 murder of seven-year-old Tlotso Karema, alleging Sithole was forced to undress, dressed in refuse bags, and suffocated at Sejelo Police Station before making a confession statement.
21 May 2026 · Daily News Botswana →