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Botswana High Court to determine whether law allows the compulsory acquisition of a tribe’s freehold land

19 March 2021 - On 22 March 2021, the High Court of Botswana will hear a counter-application brought by the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe, represented by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko, and the Gamalete…
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19 March 2021
SALC Journal Article: Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts and the Botswana Constitution: Letsweletse Motshidiemang v The Attorney-General (LEGABIBO as amicus curiae) ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

SALC Journal Article: Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts and the Botswana Constitution: Letsweletse Motshidiemang v The Attorney-General (LEGABIBO as amicus curiae)

In the African Human Rights Law Journal, SALC's Tashwill Esterhuizen, examines the recent judgment in Letsweletse Motshidiemang v The Attorney-General in which the High Court of Botswana decriminalised consensual same-sex…
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13 January 2020
News Release: LEGABIBO is disappointed by the Attorney General’s Decision to Appeal the Unanimous Decision of the Botswana High Court to Decriminalise Consensual Adult Same-Sex Acts in Private BotswanaEquality Rights LGBTIQ+

News Release: LEGABIBO is disappointed by the Attorney General’s Decision to Appeal the Unanimous Decision of the Botswana High Court to Decriminalise Consensual Adult Same-Sex Acts in Private

In a unanimous decision, on 11 June 2019, Justices A.B Tafa, M Leburu and J. Dube decriminalised same-sex sexual acts/conduct among consenting adults in private. Sections 164, 165 and 167…
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25 September 2019
SALC IN THE NEWS: Incremental gains and public activism pave the way for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual conduct in Botswana BotswanaEquality Rights LGBTIQ+

SALC IN THE NEWS: Incremental gains and public activism pave the way for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual conduct in Botswana

The Daily Maverick Incremental gains and public activism pave way the way for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual conduct in Botswana By Tashwill Esterhuizen The recent Botswana court victory, which will…
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13 June 2019