Botswana: Court Decides Khama's Appeal

Lobatse High Court judge Abednigo Tafa will on Thursday pass judgment granting or rejecting a request by President Ian Khama, Speaker of the National Assembly and Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to suspend the execution of orders he recently issued nullifying the appointment of Court of Appeal judges.

Two weeks ago, justice Tafa concurred with arguments by manual workers union and ruled that the current practice where Khama appoints appeal judges is unconstitutional, as powers to determine the number of CoA judges rests with Parliament.

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