{"id":12741,"date":"2022-08-27T12:51:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T12:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights"},"modified":"2022-08-27T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:52:03","slug":"family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","title":{"rendered":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reach the African Court of Human and People\u2019s Rights. Pitseng Gaoberekwe died last December and his body has since been lying in a morgue as controversy between his family and the government over where to bury him raged.<\/b>
\nContinental Tribunal<\/b><\/p>\n

This week a spokesperson of Gaoborekwe\u2019s family, Moeti Smith, told The Botswana Gazette that although the case has reached the Court of Appeal in Botswana, they have their eyes on the continental tribunal in case they need to elevate it.<\/p>\n

The African Court of Human and People\u2019s Rights is an international court established by member states of the African Union (AU) to implement provisions of the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights. Smith added that while the initial legal battle was whether Gaoberekwe\u2019s body should be buried inside the CKGR as his ancestral home, the case has now turned into a land rights issue, hence their consideration of the African Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want this case to reach international courts because the Botswana Government does not want to appreciate that the deceased and BaSarwa currently living in New Xade lived inside the CKGR before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Native Rights<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government claims that we cannot reside in the CKGR because we are nomadic, yet we lived there and even have cemeteries where we buried our loved ones there. We should therefore fight for our native rights as BaSarwa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaoberekwe\u2019s body has been lying in the mortuary since December 2021 following differences between Ghanzi District Council (GDC) and the family over where to bury him.<\/p>\n

While the family wanted to bury him inside the CKGR in accordance with his wishes and as his ancestral home, GDC opposed them, arguing that Gaoberekwe became a resident of New Xade after he relocated there and should therefore be buried in new Xade.<\/p>\n

The family was eventually dismissed by the Gaborone High Court four months ago and subsequently took the matter to the Court of Appeal it is expected to commence in October.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reach the African Court of Human and People\u2019s Rights. Pitseng Gaoberekwe died last December and his body has since been lying in a morgue as controversy between his family and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,13,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-12741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-social","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nFamily of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\"},\"wordCount\":377,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"Social\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\",\"name\":\"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights - Botswana","description":"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights","og_description":"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights","datePublished":"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights"},"wordCount":377,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","Social","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights","name":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-27T12:51:05+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-27T14:52:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The marathon court battle in which BaSarwa tribes people are determined to bury the body of one of their own may reac ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_5-630a2f73a986e.jpg","width":1170,"height":600,"caption":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/family-of-deceased-mosarwa-may-resort-to-african-court-of-human-rights#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Family of deceased Mosarwa may resort to African Court of Human Rights"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}