University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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The history and development of Accounting: an emphasis on Botswana
(University of Botswana, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bjb, 2017-06-05)The accounting profession has contributed significantly to the development of institutions and economies worldwide. Researchers and practitioners continue to engage in various projects which are intended to continue shaping ... -
Reflections on Botswana’s 2015 Land Policy
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2018-07-06)This is a study and an interrogation of the Botswana Land Policy approved by the National Assembly on 16 July 2015. This is a review from a legal perspective, appropriately so, because if the Policy prescriptions are faithfully ... -
Removing a High Court Judge for misbehaviour under the Constitution of Botswana: proposals for reform
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2018-07-06)There is too much executive control in procedures for removal of judges of the High Court under the Constitution of Botswana. It is the President who determines whether or not a question for the removal of a judge ought ... -
The role of the judiciary in enhancing constitutional democracy in Botswana
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2018-08-09)This article highlights the important role that the judiciary has played in safeguarding Botswana’s constitutional democracy. This role is primarily located in and can be discerned from the courts’ decisions as well as ... -
Statutory intervention on the duty of disclosure in insurance contracts in Botswana
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)One of the most contentious issues in insurance law is the duty of disclosure ininsurance contracts. An insurance contract is dubbed as a contract “uberrimafi dei,” meaning that it is a contract which must be entered into ... -
Open justice and broadcasting of legal proceedings in Botswana: the need for reform
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)The principle of open justice is a central tenet of the administration of justicein Botswana. Open justice requires that, as a general rule, courts of lawmust conduct their business publicly unless this could result in ... -
The doctrine of competence-competence and the Botswana Arbitration Act of 1959: the need for reform
(University of Botswana Law Journal, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)The summative intent of this article is to offer an assessment of the conformity or otherwise of the Botswana Arbitration Act of 1959 to the requirements of modern international commercial arbitration. The article indicates ... -
The trajectory of citizen economic empowerment in Botswana after fifty years: an endless road of hapless policies
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)Citizen economic empowerment is one of the most aged policies of the Government of Botswana, as was implied in Botswana’s first national economic plan - the Transitional Plan for Social and Economic Development of 1966-1971. ... -
Damages for wrongful dismissal in Botswana: High Court and Court of Appeal at loggerheads
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)The law exists to govern human affairs – to perform this function; it mustpossess the virtue of clarity and certainty. Courts have a duty to ensure that thelaw is clear and certain. An employee whose contract of employment ... -
Planning legislation in Botswana and the quest for inclusive human settlements
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)This paper explores the extent to which Botswana’s planning legislation supports the country’s quest for inclusive human settlements. Inclusivity features prominently in current policy debates and civic discourses on cities ... -
Law and the sexes: modernity and the metarmophosis of the legal status of women in Botswana
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)One of the intractable issues that Botswana has had to grapple with since independence is the question of gender equality. The establishment ofParliament set two rule making systems on a collision course; the traditional ... -
‘Lunacy Defence’ in Botswana’s Criminal Law: Reflections of a Mental Health Practitioner
(University of Botswana Law Journal, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)This article refl ects on the lunacy defence in Botswana from a mental healthpractitioner’s vantage point with the hope of adding to the discourse on thenation’s jurisprudence. In particular, the paper asserts that the ... -
A critical examination of developments in the regulation of the Insurance Industry in Botswana
(University of Botswana Law Journal, ttps://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj, 2017-09-13)A vibrant and well-regulated fi nancial services sector is one of the factors thatlead to the sustainable development and economic viability of a country. Thenon-banking financial services sector is one of the largest ... -
Evolution and development of the legal framework for the Southern African Customs Union
(University of Botswana Law Journal, https://journals.ub.bw › index.php › ublj, 2017-09-13)For the entire period of its existence as an independent state; in fact, from not long after its founding as British Protectorate, Botswana has been party to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU. SACU is reputed to be ... -
Major developments in intellectual property law in Botswana
(University of Botswana Law Journal; https://journals.ub.bw › index.php › ublj, 2017-09-13)This paper seeks to provide for an overview of major developments inintellectual property law in Botswana over the past fi fty years, with specificreference to patent law. It traces major developments in patent law at ... -
Successful spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in an African patient with Takayasu's arteritis
(African Field epidemiology network (AFENET), https://www.afenet.net, 2018-08-20)Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease affecting mainly the aorta and its main branches. We report a case of a 24-year-old primigravida, an African patient, with TA planned for caesarean section ... -
Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections in Botswana: findings and implications
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2018-03-23)Background and aims: Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is known to reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSI) as well as shorten hospital stay. However, there is currently a scarcity of data on antibiotic prophylaxis ... -
Diagnosis and surgical management of congenital intestinal malrotation presenting with midgut volvulus in an adult: high index of suspicion (case report)
(African field epidemiology network (AFENET), https://www.afenet.net, 2018-03-15)Congenital intestinal malrotation is a gastrointestinal anomaly whose most serious complication is midgut volvulus. More commonly, it presents as an incidental finding at laparotomy, or as a finding on diagnostic imaging ... -
Head trauma: a significant public health concern among young men in Botswana. Etiology referral patterns and opportunities for interventions
(Page press, https://www.pagepress.co/, 2018-10)This study aims to present and discuss acute Head Injury (HI) presentations including etiology, referral patterns and disposition in patients presenting to a major referral hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Cross-sectional ... -
Patient-centredness: meaning and propriety in the Botswana, African and non-Western contexts
(Aosis, https://aosis.co.za/, 2014-02-20)Patient-centredness is a key principle in Family Medicine. It is covered in a Family Medicine textbook by McWhinney and textbooks edited by Goh et al., Rakel and Rakel3 and Mash and Blitz-Lindeque, to name but a few. ...