Terence Rannowane is a Botswana judge who served as chief justice of Botswana from 2018 to 2025. He judicial career started in 1990, and he was appointed to the High Court of Botswana in 2008. Rannowane also served as chair of the National Parole Board and National Delimitation Commission.

Early life and education

Rannowane graduated from the

University of Botswana The University of Botswana (UB) was established in 1982, as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university currently has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. The Unive ...

with a

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degree in 1990, and from the

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with a

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degree in 2003.

Career

Rannowane became a Magistrate Grade II in 1990, and rose to become a Regional Magistrate in 2005. He was appointed to the High Court of Botswana in 2008. He was appointed as chair of the National Delimitation Commission, which was in charge of drawing new parliamentary constituencies, in 2012. He also served as chair of the National Parole Board and the Botswana Magistrates Welfare committee. President

Mokgweetsi Masisi Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (; born 21 July 1961) is a Motswana politician who served as the fifth president of Botswana from 2018 to 2024. He served as the eighth vice president of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was ...

appointed Rannowane to succeed Maruping Dibotelo as chief justice and swore him into office on 1 May 2018. Rannowane stepped down as chief justice due to medical reasons and was succeeded by Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe on 18 January 2025. In 2014, Rannowane ruled in response to a petition filed by Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) that LGBT people could register their organisations due to freedom of association. LEGABIBO applie for registration in 2012, but were rejected under the claim that the

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did not recognize homosexuals and that recognising them would violate the Botswana Societies Act.

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