Gaborone High Court — Botswana's senior court handling civil and criminal cases including defamation, same-sex marriage challenges, and murder trials.
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Zimbabwe immigrant, Lovemore Sithole, was not the last person seen with deceased seven-year-old Tlotso Karema and therefore could not have been his killer, the Gaborone High Court heard on Tuesday. …
Hidden hand behind Tlotso's Death - Defence LawyerGaborone 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 →