Gaborone - Shorts, tight skirts and suggestive T-shirts are out and, in stifling local temperatures, men must wear long-sleeved shirts, according to new dress regulations for civil servants issued by Botswana authorities.
In an arid, largely desert nation where daytime temperatures soar to 38ºC, the government has said that its employees in breach of the dress code face unspecified disciplinary action.
Botswana's public services directorate drew up the code and circulated it this month. No reason was given by the nation's traditionally conservative officials.