Botswana
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- September 30, 1966
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman and Dutch law and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Representatives (House of Chiefs) and National Assembly (National Assembly)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court, Court of Appeal, and Magistrates' Courts (one in each district)
RELIGIONS
71.6% Christians, 6% Badimo, Other
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The 13 Namibian secessionists sought by their government...
The 13 Namibian secessionists sought by their government for terrorist attacks are in prison in Botswana awaiting extradition to Namibia
- AUGUST 1, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana...
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana to face a murder charge, Northern Province police said
- JULY 27, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo...
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a South African man who had been sentenced to death for murdering a police officer in a shootout
- MAY 17, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's...
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's retrial, a South African man who was due to hang for murder
- APRIL 30, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs...
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs Chris Bishop resigned over government attempts to control news broadcasts
- APRIL 30, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs...
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs Chris Bishop resigned over government attempts to control news broadcasts
- APRIL 23, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The husband of Marietta Bosch, Martinus "Tennie" Woolmarans,...
The husband of Marietta Bosch, Martinus "Tennie" Woolmarans, claimed that he has been denied the opportunity to see his wife's grave
- APRIL 23, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director of Information and Broadcasting, Andrew...
The Director of Information and Broadcasting, Andrew Sesinyi, blamed his department for the failure to broadcast a documentary on Marietta Bosch, and exonerated the Office of the President, which ordered the last minute cancellation of the documentary
- APRIL 12, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Journalists with Botswana Television (BTV) protested...
Journalists with Botswana Television (BTV) protested the decision by authorities to stop the broadcast of a scheduled documentary on Mariette Bosch
- APRIL 6, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for convicted killer Mariette Bosch, called...
Lawyers for convicted killer Mariette Bosch, called for an independent commission of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her hanging
- APRIL 4, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana President Festus Mogae reacted to the controversy...
Botswana President Festus Mogae reacted to the controversy sparked off by the execution of Marietta Sonjaleen Bosch by asserting that he was a "retributionist by conviction" who shall always uphold the laws of his country
- APRIL 2, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the...
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the execution stating that: "it is unacceptable that judges from abolitionist states intervene on behalf of countries that ask them to apply the death penalty