Awarding damages for cheating recalls an era when a man had ‘proprietary interests’ in his wife.
Two appeal court decisions offer a glimpse of a system eroded by rank apathy and abuse of power.
Appeal court judges question why a betrayed spouse should be compensated for ‘humiliation’.
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/ 6 November 2007
The Botswana Department of Prisons and Rehabilitation has confirmed the hanging of death row inmate Sepeni Thubisane Popo, the Mmegi (the Reporter) newspaper reported Monday. It was Botswana’s 39th execution since independence from Britain in 1966.