http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200427-165047-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/constitutionalism-in-a-time-of-crisis-botswanas-reaction-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Constitutionalism in a Time of Crisis: Botswana’s Reaction to the COVID-19 Pandemic Dinokopila, Bonolo Ramadi eng 2020-04-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Botswana Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Botswana, a country with a population slightly over two million, has recently joined countries that took stringent measures necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19. On the 31 March 2020 President Dr. Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi declared a state of public emergency. This was the second time a state of public emergency was declared since Botswana attained independence in 1966.