Government of Botswana — Executive authority involved in litigation over public service policy, health insurance coordination, gender-based violence funding, and diplomatic citizen protection matters.
… His activism culminated in a landmark legal challenge in 2002, when the FPK, under his leadership, took the Government of Botswana to court to seek the return of relocated community members to the CKGR. …
… The headline figure is staggering even by the standards of grand graft: P272,378,310.96, drawn from the Central District Council and originally earmarked by the Government of Botswana under its Economic Stimulus Programme for the Tutume Infrastructure Project, Tender No. …
… The structural basis of NHI is already primary health care with a costed benefit package, strategic purchasing, a payment model and phased pilots proposed (Parliament of Botswana, 2025; Government of Botswana, 2026). …
… BONGANI MALUNGA What began as a constitutional battle between a same-sex couple and the Government of Botswana has widened into a broader courtroom contest involving LGBTQ+ rights activists, religious organisations and constitutional questions over marriage…
Parliament’s call for an additional allocation and the Minister’s Cabinet-level funding explanation point to the same urgent need: a properly costed, coordinated national response The Government of Botswana has committed to setting aside funds for the national response to gender- …
… According to a whistle-blower report presented to the Public Accounts Committee of Defence a Finance, a copy of which has been passed to the Sunday Standard, “In 2024, the Government of Botswana entered into what was publicly described as a donation from the US Government: the pr …
… Anglo American, which owns 85 percent of De Beers while the Government of Botswana holds a 15 percent stake, noted that De Beers and its partners still account for roughly one-third of global rough diamond production by value, despite ongoing weakness in international diamond mar …
As South Africa marked June 30 amid heightened anti-immigration protests, the Government of Botswana has assured citizens living in the neighbouring country that those with valid immigration documents have nothing to fear, while urging all Batswana to remain law-abiding, avoid pr …
The National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union has taken the government to the High Court in Maun, seeking to prevent implementation of its Leadership Transformation Programme among union members without prior negotiation. The union argues the programme is a modification of the existing Botswana Public Service Early Exit Policy adopted in December 2008, which cannot be unilaterally amended.
The National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union has taken the government to the High Court in Maun, seeking to prevent implementation of its Leadership Transformation Programme among union members without prior negotiation. The union argues the programme is a modification of the existing Botswana Public Service Early Exit Policy adopted in December 2008, which cannot be unilaterally amended.
The University of Botswana will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters on Roy Sesana, an internationally acclaimed San rights activist, during its 44th Graduation Ceremonies on 21–23 October 2026, in recognition of his lifelong commitment to defending the rights and cultural identity of the San community. Sesana, born in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, co-founded the First People of the Kalahari in 1991 and has spent decades advocating for indigenous rights.
Prosecutors allege that seven people and three companies defrauded the government of over P272 million in a Tutume village infrastructure project, using forged bank letters, false references to a Chinese construction firm, and inflated invoices to secure the tender under false terms.
Botswana's National Health Insurance policy is structurally built on primary health care with a costed benefit package and phased pilots, but practical coordination gaps remain unresolved. Government Notice No. 742 of 2024 transferred clinics to the local government ministry while primary hospitals and NHI design stayed with the Health ministry, creating ambiguity over who funds clinic operations and supervises referrals while claims are pending.
A constitutional challenge by two women seeking civil marriage recognition now includes LGBTQ+ advocates, religious groups, and a human-rights scholar, widening the dispute beyond the original case between the couple and the Government of Botswana.
The Government of Botswana has committed to setting aside funds for the national response to gender-based violence, with the President directing that resources be submitted for Cabinet consideration. An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been tasked with preparing a properly costed proposal to ensure coordinated, multi-sector implementation.
The Attorney General has formally approached the High Court seeking directions on how to proceed in a case challenging the administrative removal of sodomy laws. Biggie Ganda Butale, an attorney and President of the Botswana Republican Party, argues that the Attorney General overstepped his legal authority when issuing Statutory Instrument No. 41 of 2026, which removed provisions criminalizing "unnatural offences," despite courts having declared them unconstitutional in 2019 and 2021.
A whistleblower report alleges that Botswana's 2024 acquisition of a C-130 military cargo aircraft from the United States, described as a donation, required approximately US$20 million in payments plus an additional US$6 million anticipated for maintenance by 2026, totaling over US$26 million by 2027. The report characterizes the transaction as functioning economically as a sale or lease rather than a true donation.
De Beers contributed an estimated P11.31 billion to Botswana's economy in 2025 through taxes, local procurement, wages, and shareholder returns, slightly below the previous year's P11.47 billion despite continued global diamond market weakness.
As South Africa faced nationwide anti-immigration protests on June 30, the Botswana government assured citizens with valid immigration documents they have nothing to fear and urged them to remain law-abiding and avoid protest hotspots. Botswana's High Commissioner stated the government had received no formal diplomatic communication from Pretoria directing foreign nationals to leave, and stressed that Batswana legally residing, studying, or working in South Africa remained protected.