The Business Day 22 August 2014 BOTSWANA’s government was instructed by the High Court in Gaborone on Friday to provide and pay for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV-positive foreign prisoners.…
Staff Writer25 August 2014
Al Jazeera Southern African nation dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment. Gaborone, Botswana – Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye are two of nearly…
Staff Writer11 August 2014
In May 2013 two young men were arrested in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. They were charged under section 155 of the Penal Code with the offence of having carnal knowledge of…
Staff Writer4 July 2014
New Zimbabwe TWO HIV positive Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana have lodged a legal challenge against the Gaborone government which introduced a policy to deny foreign inmates life-saving Anti-Retroviral Drugs. The…
Staff Writer30 June 2014
The Independent 20 June 2014 GABORONE High Court judge Justice Bengbame Sechele last week reserved judgement in a case in which two HIV-infected Zimbabwean prisoners took the government of Botswana…
Staff Writer23 June 2014
The Citizen Botswana’s decision to deny foreign prisoners anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) is irrational and puts their health at severe risk, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre said yesterday. Centre deputy director…
Staff Writer13 June 2014
THe Mid Week Sun 12 June 2014 Principal state counsel David Moloise has argued that it is in the public interest that government refuses to provide foreign prisoners with anti-retroviral…
Staff Writer13 June 2014
Star Africa 11 June 2014 The Botswana government on Wednesday revealed in court that it was refusing to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to foreign inmates because they have themselves to…
Staff Writer12 June 2014
News24 Harare – Zimbabwe’s top court ruled Tuesday that a woman who became pregnant after being raped could claim damages from the state after bungling by police and the courts…
Staff Writer27 March 2014