Botswana

Currency: Pula (BWP)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Major Cities: Gaborone

Botswana is a landlocked sovereign state in Southern Africa, sharing its border with Zambia and Zimbabwe to the Northeast, South Africa to the south and southeast, and Namibia to the North and West. The climate is semi-arid, characterised by warm winters and hot summers. The terrain is dominated in the southwest by the Kalahari Desert and is home to different wildlife, including elephants, antelopes, and giraffes.

The population of the country is approximately 2.3 million, comprising a diverse ethnic group such as the Basarwa, the Tswana, and the Kalanga, and the country’s official languages are English and Tswana. The country is politically stable with a democratic parliamentary republican type of government which is administratively divided into 6 town councils and 10 districts, including Gaborone —the state capital. The mining sector is the most important sector of the economy, and the major source of foreign exchange comes from diamonds, copper, beef, and textiles. In 2017, the country was classified as an upper-middle-income country by the World Bank. The principal objective of the country’s National Development Plan is to become a high-income country by 2036. However, the country faces the problems of drought and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

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Plant Diseases And Pests Act.

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an Act that provided for the prevention of the introduction into and the spread within Botswana of plant diseases and plant pests.

Botswana • 1959 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Boreholes Act

Botswana, Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

The Act pertains to the drilling of boreholes in Botswana and the keeping of related records and samples. The Act also provides for contractors deemed to be sinkers of boreholes, inspection by geological survey, and...

Botswana • 1956 • Utilities

Townships Act

Botswana, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

This Act provides for the creation of townships and cities. It established the Township Authorities’ authorities have the power to make bye-laws which is subject to the approval of the Minister

Botswana • 1955 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Acquisition Of Property Act.

Botswana, Ministry of Finance

This is an Act that makes provision authorizing the acquisition of property for public and other purposes, and for settling the amount of any compensation to be paid, or any matter indifference.

Botswana • 1955 • Finance

Hides And Skins Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

The regulations provide for various licenses controlling hides and skin.

Botswana • 1955 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Branding Of Cattle (Branding Irons) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

These regulations provide for the specifications of branding iron and prohibit the production of branding iron except the prescribed size.

Botswana • 1954 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Diseases Of Animals (Muzzling) Order

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This order provides that The Director, veterinary officers, livestock officers and stock inspectors may order any dog or other species of Carnivora or monkey in Botswana to be isolated, muzzled or destroyed.

Botswana • 1954 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Diseases Of Animals (Inoculation) Order

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This order provides that all bovines in Botswana shall be inoculated annually against anthrax.

Botswana • 1952 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Diseases of Stock (Poultry) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The regulations are directed towards the introduction of birds and poultry in Botswana. It is stipulated that “No poultry or birds shall be introduced into Botswana, except South Africa, without a written permit of authorization...

Botswana • 1941 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Control of Livestock Industry Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The act establishes a system of Chief’s permits in tribal and non-tribal areas to authorize the sale or disposal of livestock by persons, subject to the customary laws of Botswana. “No person shall purchase or...

Botswana • 1941 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Hides And Skins Export Act

Botswana, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

The Act makes make provision for the control of exports of Hides and Skins.

Botswana • 1939 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Cruelty To Animals Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an Act that makes provision for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Botswana • 1936 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Diseases of Stock (Quarantine and Compensation) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The regulations provide for the compensation of healthy cattle that come into contact with infected animals or herds. According to the regulations, all animals driven under supervision to a quarantine camp shall become the property...

Botswana • 1930 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Diseases of Stock Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The regulations make provisions for the prevention and fighting of animal diseases. Importation of stock shall be imported only after having obtained a permit from authorities, and a certificate from a government veterinary surgeon. The...

Botswana • 1926 • Health

Pounds Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an Act that established pounds and provided for the reception and care of trespassing stock and matters incidental thereto.

Botswana • 1925 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Locusts Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The Act relates to processes associated with the sighting of, and management of locusts in Botswana. It highlights the duty of land occupiers to notify authorities of locusts, steps to destroy locusts or eggs, and...

Botswana • 1923 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Registration Of Livestock

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an Act that makes provisions for the Registration of Farm Livestock and their Pedigrees.

Botswana • 1921 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Noxious Weeds Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The Act is directed at the management of lands and areas where burweed (Xanthium spinosum) is found to be growing. Areas and lands to which the act applies shall eradicate and destroy all burweed growing...

Botswana • 1916 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Tati Concessions Land Act

Botswana, Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

This is an Act to confirm the Tati Concessions, Limited, in the full, free and undisturbed possession as owners of all the land usually known as the Tati District.

Botswana • 1911 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources