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
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
'EXTRADITE BOTSWANA FUGITIVE'
In South Africa, the Constitutional Court heard arguments in a case involving Botswana nationals
- FEBRUARY 10, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Gotlhalosamang Gabaokelwe will face the hangman after the Court of Appeal...
Gotlhalosamang Gabaokelwe will face the hangman after the Court of Appeal...
- JANUARY 31, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: DEATH ROW INMATE HANGED
In Botswana, death row inmate Zibani Thamo convicted of murder was hanged in the morning.
- JANUARY 1, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
- AUGUST 14, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
the Court of Appeal in Botswana commuted the death sentences of three men to jail sentences, according to sources within the Botswana Prison Service. The three were identified as Benson Keganne, Raymond Leshomo and Arnold Masango.
AUGUST 14, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: FOUR PRISONERS STILL ON DEATH ROW
four men remain on death row in Botswana, according to sources within the
- AUGUST 1, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: CONVICTS ESCAPE HANGMAN'S NOOSE
Benson Keganne had his death sentences commuted by Justices Moore, Ramodibedi and Howie of the Botswanan Court of Appeal to 18 years in jail, backdated to the first day of his incarceration.
- MAY 1, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: SA MAN ON DEATH ROW SPARED THE NOOSE
South African national Michael Molefe, 50, was saved from the gallows after successfully appealing his death sentence to the Botswana Court of Appeals.
- APRIL 9, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA STEADFAST OVER DEATH PENALTY
on April 15, South African Michael Molefhe and Brandon Sampson will appeal against their death sentences in the Court of Appeals in Gaborone, Botswana.
- MARCH 15, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Terrence Rannowane of the Botswana High Court sentenced Thamo Zibane to death for murdering his lover Sihle Dube...
- JANUARY 1, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
- AUGUST 20, 2010BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN “PASSION KILLING” CASE
in Botswana, Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo sentenced Golebaganye Kefakae to death for the murder of his former girlfriend, Mammie Dikube, on 5 October, 2005.