Also known as: Botswana's High Court · High Court in Francistown
Botswana's superior court handling civil, criminal, and constitutional matters, recently overturning asset restraints and managing high-profile cases involving prosecutorial authority and statutory disputes.
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Daily News Botswana
… Gazetted in July 2025, the Bill sought to amend the Constitution to remove constitutional jurisdiction from the High Court, providing a specialised court for constitutional interpretation and the validity of laws. …
Parliament enacts 17 bills to support development agendaDaily News Botswana
In a move aimed at modernising the country’s judicial system and strengthening its investment climate, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services has launched a dedicated Commercial Court division of the High Court. …
Commercial Courts To Enhance EfficiencyBakang Seretse and three others have filed an appeal against a ruling by Broadhurst Regional Magistrate Mareledi Dipate that permitted DCEC officers to continue prosecuting the National Petroleum Fund case. The defendants are facing 63 counts including stealing by agent, money laundering, forgery of an official document and conspiracy to defraud government.
12 October 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Bakang Seretse and three others have filed an appeal against a ruling by Broadhurst Regional Magistrate Mareledi Dipate that permitted DCEC officers to continue prosecuting the National Petroleum Fund case. The defendants are facing 63 counts including stealing by agent, money laundering, forgery of an official document and conspiracy to defraud government.
12 October 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Businessman Bakang Seretse is challenging prosecutors handling his 63-count case in a High Court proceeding that could test the legal foundation for delegated prosecutorial authority.
12 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Officers on E and F salary scales have grown frustrated as unions pursue court action against the government's Voluntary Separation Programme, with the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union taking government to the High Court to halt a recent exit process.
12 October 2026 · Mmegi →
Dawnbell, represented by Ndadi Law Firm, has filed an appeal in the High Court against a Magistrate's Court decision ordering it to pay over P38,000 in copyright royalties. The academy argues the court imposed liability without requiring COSBOTS to disclose the specific materials and authors on which the royalty claim was based.
9 October 2026 · Mmegi →
President Duma Boko swore in Justice Professor Tachilisa Balule to the High Court and Justice Tshegofatso Mogomotsi to the Court of Appeal, urging both to minimise errors in their decisions and recognise the weight their rulings carry for litigants, families, and society.
5 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Led by Arnold Rapula Somolekae, a group of GUC graduates has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment that closed the door on their bid to sit bar examinations, arguing the court misdirected itself and that the Law Society of Botswana acted unlawfully. The appeal escalates the dispute from a fight over 21 examination places into a wider legal battle over who controls entry into Botswana's legal profession and the validity of the Leeds Beckett University-GUC law programme.
14 September 2026 · Mmegi →
Bakang Seretse has requested that Court of Appeal Judge President Tebogo Tau and Justice of Appeal Isaac Lesetedi recuse themselves from a pending appeal involving disputed interest exceeding P50 million, arguing that critical remarks they made in a previous ruling about him undermine their impartiality in the current matter.
31 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The High Court has voided a restraining order that had frozen the properties of the late Isaac Seabelo Kgosi since 2019, ruling in favour of his estate and criticizing the state's investigative procedures and lack of procedural fairness in the ex parte proceedings.
31 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The High Court has ruled in favour of the estate of the late Isaac Seabelo Kgosi, dismantling a restraining order that had frozen his properties since 2019 and rebuking the state's investigative apparatus.
31 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Government has filed a preliminary challenge seeking High Court determination of whether Biggie Butale has legal standing to challenge the statutory removal of Penal Code provisions that once criminalised consensual same-sex relations.
26 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Attorney General's Chambers announced that the Director of Public Prosecutions has decided to conduct a full inquest into the death of Potso, who was killed in a Palapye police shooting. The inquest has been registered before the Palapye Magistrate's Court and is awaiting a hearing date.
26 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana's government told Parliament this week that allowing Pitseng Gaoberekwe to be buried in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve last December had set a precedent, framing the decision as "administrative mercy" and an act of restorative justice toward the San people. The government defended the move despite questions about whether it undermined court rulings or violated constitutional separation of powers.
24 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Government has appealed a High Court ruling that awarded the Basubiya Paramount Chief the E2 salary scale, arguing that succession under the Bogosi Act does not automatically confer the higher remuneration.
19 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Botswana Police Service to reinstate Superintendent Christopher Molobe to his former rank, ending a ten-year legal battle. The ruling, issued on July 31, 2026, found that police officials made irrational decisions and serious legal errors in disciplinary proceedings stemming from allegations of theft involving money held as evidence at Ghanzi Police Station.
18 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
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.
18 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Feedlot operators have taken government officials to the High Court, claiming losses of P27.8 million, but the government argues in its affidavit that the farmers seek to expose the public to the risk of Foot and Mouth disease spread for private economic benefit.
17 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Mogotsi, accused of robbing and fatally stabbing Magang outside Dladleng Entertainment Centre in 2015, expressed frustration in court over repeated postponements dating back years, including complaints about his own legal representation. Both the State and defence failed to file heads of argument as ordered, and the trial was postponed again with continuation set for the following day.
12 August 2026 · Mmegi →
The Court of Appeal dismissed construction company Black Cad Investments' bid to revive a long-running government infrastructure tender, ruling that procurement authorities acted lawfully when they cancelled the project for water and sanitation infrastructure in Morwa West, Kgatleng after years of disputes and investigations.
10 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana Defence Force retirees have escalated a long-running pension dispute, demanding permission to march to President Duma Boko's Office and threatening High Court action over the government's failure to respond for nearly two months to a request to deliver a petition about 1/375 Transfer Value Enhancement pension payments.
10 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Four BDP MPs—Mabuse Mopati Pule, Karabo Socraat Gare, Kagiso Thomas Mmusi, and Palelo Keitseope Motaosane—have filed an affidavit in the High Court admitting they forgot about a legal requirement and did not know the consequences of failing to comply.
3 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Judge Mokwadi Gabanagae granted an order on July 24 allowing four BDP MPs to submit their election expense returns after the 90-day statutory deadline, requiring submission within 30 days of the order or the relief lapses.
3 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Justice Ranier Busang rejected Cassius Tamaki's bid to review his forced retirement at age 60, finding he failed to establish that the government's decision was unlawful or breached legitimate expectations. The ruling confirms that public officers who move from teaching into non-teaching positions become subject to the retirement conditions of their new posts.
3 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana's two largest feedlot operators have told the High Court they have lost P27.8 million and exhausted bank funding, with 6,609 market-ready cattle stuck in feedlots for over 100 days and at risk of dying from hunger and organ failure. The firms seek urgent court relief to either have the cattle slaughtered by the BMC or exported immediately, warning of imminent business collapse and threats to hundreds of jobs and the wider beef value chain.
3 August 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana's Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision and granted summary judgment in favour of Government for P42 million against Mr Seretse and Khulaco, a company that received the amount as a transactional services fee from a P250 million transfer from the National Petroleum Fund in 2017. The court found that Mr Seretse, through his involvement in multiple entities, had failed to disclose his interests and that the respondents provided no credible defence to allegations of breached fiduciary duties.
3 August 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court order that had frozen funds linked to the Modipane-Mabalane Road project and restricted Pro-Serve from managing aspects of the contract, ruling that Tau Grading & Building Construction failed to satisfy legal requirements for an anti-dissipation order. The dispute arose after Pro-Serve terminated its agreement with Tau Grading on the government-backed road project.
31 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Prominent attorney Biggie Ganda Butale has taken the Attorney General to the High Court, challenging the legality of a 2026 administrative order that removed the "unnatural offences" laws from Botswana's statute books without a final vote in Parliament. Butale argues the Statutory Instrument No. 41 of 2026 bypassed parliamentary authority, contending that only Parliament has the power to repeal laws under Section 86 of the Constitution.
27 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2025, adopted by the National Assembly to establish a Constitutional Court, now awaits a referendum before presidential assent. Debate focuses on whether the timing is appropriate given the country's economic situation, with proponents arguing a dedicated court protects democratic governance and human rights by ensuring constitutional questions are properly determined.
27 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
The trial of four suspects accused of the 2022 murder of Kopong Junior Secondary School teacher Barulaganye Aston is scheduled to begin on August 9 before Justice Oteng Motlhala after years of delays. The accused—Oageng Moagi Letsholo, Leufty Gaolemogwe Kosie, Outlwile Aston, and Kebaleboge Ntsebe—face murder charges, with Letsholo also charged with rape related to the incident.
22 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Four opposition Members of Parliament have approached the High Court seeking condonation for failing to submit mandatory election expense returns, raising doubts about the legal status of legislators who may have continued sitting and voting in Parliament despite being disqualified under the Electoral Act.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The government has been accused of flouting the rule of law and deliberately delaying payment of millions of pula owed to 32 judge drivers over unpaid standby allowances. The judge drivers have accused the Attorney General's Chambers of attempting to evade its financial obligations despite a court award.
14 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →