29 Oct 2020

 The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through the Department of Tribal Administration collaborated with the office of the Attorney General to embark on a series of capacity building initiatives in relation to law which includes customary courts.

  Responding to a question, Minister Eric Molale told Ntlo ya Dikgosi that presiding officers in Districts such as North West, Chobe and Part of Central (Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Tonota, Bobonong) had already been trained and that the training would continue to be undertaken on annual basis to cover other districts.

      He further said the ministry was also in discussions with Botswana Public Service College to develop training modules for Dikgosi which would commence in 2021/22.

  Specially elected Kgosi Oatleng Setlhodi had wanted to know if the ministry had plans to capacitate customary courts presiding officers on legal studies or introduction to law. ends