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together with Government to develop and administer a regime of
co-regulation to deal with inappropriate content and authorised
access.
o Similar arrangements can be made with telecommunications
service providers operating under the authority of the Botswana
Telecommunications Authority.
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The Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, in
consultation with the Ministry of Education and stakeholders such as
education leaders, parent groups, importers, retailers, and arts and
entertainment industries examine the development of a rating system
for computer games and similar electronic content that may be
inappropriate for certain ages or in certain circumstances.
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The Minister responsible for policing ensure the establishment of a
specific cyber-crime unit in police authorities; training of police
authorities in cyber-crime issues and resourcing of computer experts
as necessary.
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The Attorney General’s Chambers, in consultation with policing
authorities, citizen groups, the Law Society, the Directorate on
Corruption and Economic Crime, the Botswana Telecommunications
Authority, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation and other
telecommunications service providers, Internet Service Providers,
civil liberties groups, and other interested stakeholders, review
provisions for lawful access and develop proposals to deal with
lawful access in an electronic environment.
8.0 Ancillary Matters
8.1
Objective:
• Ensuring that the legal and legislative policy environment in
Botswana continues to move forward to meet the objectives of
Maitlamo.
8.2
Issues:
• Ensuring that the tax structure does not either lose revenue from ecommerce transactions with a sufficient taxation nexus to Botswana
or, conversely, does not double tax transactions and thereby
discourage use and innovation.
• Ensuring that the Botswana intellectual property regime remains not
only up-do-date in an evolving connected world, but also is
appropriately enforced to encourage innovation and creative efforts.