Tebogo Tau is a Botswana judge currently serving as the president of the Court of Appeal of Botswana. [1] [2]
She was appointed on 1 December 2021 by President Mokgweetsi Masisi. Previously, Tau served as a Lobatse High Court senior assistant registrar. [3] [4]
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Cardozie Darnell Jones II is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Botswana continued to address the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, beginning its vaccination process through the importation of vaccines. On November 11, Botswana was the location of the first documented case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021 also saw the discovery of two diamonds in Botswana that exceeded 1000 carats, becoming the third and fourth largest diamonds ever discovered. In relations with its neighbouring countries, Botswana continued to address violence at the Botswana–Namibia border, and it entered into the conflict in Cabo Delgado in support of the government of Mozambique.
Xola Mlungisi Petse is a retired South African judge who was the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal between 2019 and 2024. A former attorney, he joined the Supreme Court as a puisne judge in June 2012. Before that, he was a judge of the Eastern Cape High Court from July 2005 to May 2012.