Parliament of Botswana

Joined the Commonwealth: 30 September 1966

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1962 (as Bechuanaland); 1 January 1966 (as Botswana)

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - National Assembly (65)

Parliament/Legislature website: Parliament of Botswana

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 16

• Public Accounts Committee; Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises Committee; Subsidiary Legislation Committee; Finance and Estimates Committee; Wildlife, Tourism, Natural Resources and Climate Change Portfolio Committee; Agriculture, Lands and Housing Portfolio Committee; Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice, Security and Government Assurances Portfolio Committee; Finance, Trade and Economic Development Portfolio Committee; Communications, Works, Transport and Technology Portfolio Committee; Labour and Home Affairs Portfolio Committee; Health and HIV/AIDS Portfolio Committee; Governance and Oversight Portfolio Committee; Public Service and its Management Portfolio Committee; Education and Skills Development Portfolio Committee; Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee; Local Governance and Social Welfare Portfolio Committee

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees:
Committee of Selection; Standing Orders and Reforms Committee; Committee on National Assembly Staff; Committee on Member's Rights, Interests and Privileges; Business Advisory Committee; Committee on Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees

Recent Articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Three - Report of the Botswana Parliamentary workshop attended by the CPA Secretary-General

Recent activities:

- In November 2023, the Parliament of Botswana undertakes first ever joint CPA Benchmarks and Gender Sensitive Parliament (GSP) self-assessment - a CPA Headquarters team visited the Parliament of Botswana to support the first ever joint self-assessment undertaken by a Parliament. Read more about this visit.

- In July 2023, the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Chairperson, Hon. Dr Zainab Gimba, MP (Nigeria) led a delegation of the CWP Africa Region on a visit to Botswana ahead of the forthcoming elections when she met with the Speaker of the National Assembly and CPA Botswana Branch President, Hon. Phandu Chaka Skelemani MP; Executive Committees of political parties in Botswana as well as women's groups within the parties and also met with women’s civil society organisations and NGOs . Read more about this visit.