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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Diseases of Stock Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

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

Botswana • 1926 • Health

Pounds Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an an Act that established pounds, and to provide for the reception and care of trespassing stock, and for 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 notifying 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 make 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 burweeds 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

Importation Of Bees Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This act provide that bees will not be imported from any place without the written permission of the President. And powers of the president, an administrastive officer or anyone so authourized to inspect, disinfect or...

Botswana • 1910 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Importation Of Bees Order

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This order apply to provisions of section 2(a) of the Act that it shall not apply in respect of the importation from Zimbabwe of bees native to Zimbabwe or in respect of the importation from...

Botswana • 1910 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Railway Land Act

Botswana, Ministry of Transport and Communications

This regulation provide that that the areas of land which, prior to 11th March, 1908, were the property of Chief Khama and are more particularly described in the Schedule and delineated on diagrams signed by...

Botswana • 1908 • Transportation

British South Africa Company Land Act

Botswana, Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

The act vests specified land in the British South Africa Company Limited and makes provision for certain rights of the company, the President of Botswana and the Minister in respect of the vested land.

Botswana • 1905 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Railway (Compensation For Livestock) Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This is an Act that makes provision as to the compensation of owners of stock killed or injured by trains running on lines of railway.

Botswana • 1904 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Transfer Duty Act, 1891

Botswana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

The Act establishes the gidelines for all activities related to the payment of transfer duty.

Botswana • 1891 • Finance

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Conveyance of Products) Order

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The order specifies the vegetable and animal products likely to convey or spread foot-and-mouth disease. The products include: hay, manure, bedding, fodder, hides, skins, milk or cream, and bones.

Botswana • Health

Boat (Import, Registration and Movement) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Transport and Communications

The regulations guide the use of boats on Botswana waters. No boat may be operated on any surface water unless it has been registered as prescribed in these regulations. The procedures for boat registration and...

Botswana • Transportation

Customary Courts Act

Botswana, Ministry of Justice

This is an Act that consolidate and amend the law relating to customary courts. It provides for the establishment and recognition of customary courts. It makes provision for the civil and criminal jurisdiction of customary...

Botswana • Justice

Plant Protection Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This Act makes provision for the establishment and functions of National Plant Protection Organization. The organization shall perfrom the following function among other; implementation of the IPPC and the international standards for phytosanitary, issuing of...

Botswana • Agriculture and Rural Development

Statistics (Farming Production and Accounts) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This regulation relate to farmers. Farmers in this regulation means any person who is, or at any time after the 1st July, 1969, was, engaged in farming operations on his own account on land registered...

Botswana • Agriculture and Rural Development

Sleeping Sickness Act

Botswana, Ministry of Health and Wellness

This Act make provision for the sleeping sickness area, the restricted areas and those exempted, preventive measures in place and the administrative order for the prevention of the sickness.

Botswana • Health

Control of Goods (Animal Feeds Additives and Growth of Promoters) Regulations

Botswana, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

This regulation provide that no person shall purchase, supply or sell hormones and gestrogens, anabolic sterroids, zearonal, antibiotic feed additives and animal feeds containg antibiotics for the purpose of promotig growth in any animal except...

Botswana • Trade, Industry, and Investment