Women win inheritance rights in Botswana

A Botswana court made history on Tuesday by upholding the right of women to inherit under customary law. In a case heard by the appeals court in the capital city of Gaborone.  It was asked whether daughters can inherit family property under customary law. Edith Mmusi 80 years old argued that since she lived in the ancestral family home, and she and her sisters had renovated it they should inherit it.  Her claims were challenged by her nephew that he is the one who should inherit it because he is male although he had never lived there.  The judgement made it clear that women are not second class citizens in Botswana.