Zuze pushed out of IEC
The Executive Secretary of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Keireng Zuze left the controversial election management body -after being at the helm for just five years. Zuze’s departure from...
View ArticleOperation save BDP!
Masisi faces unhappy BDP caucus An unhappy group of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MPs is headed for a showdown with party Chairman Slumber Tsogwane over the floor crossing Bills that will be brought...
View ArticleSoldiers terrorise Okavango residents
Tension is brewing between communities residing in the Okavango Delta and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers deployed on anti-poaching missions in the NG 32 concession, over complaints about...
View ArticleKWA NOKENG OIL donates P300 000 fuel
It is with great delight and honour to receive P300 000.00 worth of fuel today from Kwa Nokeng Oil. My Ministry, through Central Transport Organisation (CTO), which is charged with ensuring...
View ArticlePriscilla Moswaane laid to rest
Priscilla Moswaane, wife of controversial MP for Francistown West Mr Ignatius Mokwaledi Moswaane for 30 years, was laid to rest on Saturday, July 25th 2020 in Francistown after battling with arthritis...
View ArticleMorupisi's 10 days of Hell
By the end of trial next week, former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Carter Morupisi, who had grown accustomed to comfort and power mongering at government enclave, will be thoroughly...
View ArticleDPP foil corruption cases
With corruption taking deep roots in Botswana especially within government ministries and State Owned Enterprises, graft busters at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) complain that...
View ArticleKia donates to Serowe council
The registration of new Novel Corona Virus cases around the world and in Botswana are evidence that the disease here to stay. The government is currently overwhelmed by the pandemic in every department...
View ArticleBeSafe App underutilised!
Local retailers in Francistown have observed that since the launch of the BeSafe contact tracing application in June, majority of their customers still opt to queue for manual registration over the use...
View ArticleKgatleng Council denies Bakgatla tenders
Many tendering companies registered in Kgatleng are reportedly struggling to make it in business as the Kgatleng District Council is accused of starving them tenders preferring to award projects to...
View ArticleChina-developed COVID-19 vaccine produces immune response in phase II human...
Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates, one from China and the other from the UK, have proven safe for humans and produced strong immune reactions among patients involved in two separate clinical trials, the...
View ArticleOvercoming Economic and Social Challenges amid and after COVID-19
According to the latest World Economic Outlook by the International Monetary Fund, China will become the only major economy to achieve positive growth in 2020. A series of recent macroeconomic data...
View ArticleMinister Kgafela worried about projects’ delays
The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development Hon. Mmusi Kgafela recently visited projects executed by this Ministry across the country. Among the projects that he visited were those relating...
View ArticleMASISI UNVEILS CEDA REVICED GULDELINES
HIS EXCELLENCY DR. MOKGWEETSI E. K. MASISI PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REVISED CEDA GUIDELINES • Director of Ceremonies; • Minister of Investment Trade...
View ArticleHundreds of jobs to go as Covid-19 forces Media24 to fold two newspapers and...
Media24 will close some of its magazines and newspapers, proposing a reduction of close to 660 positions out of a total of 2,971. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Benjamas Sremugda Media24 is considering the...
View ArticleWUC pays SA suppliers directly
Industry players within the construction industry have expressed shock at how Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) disregarded their own procurement rules and regulations, and even national policies when...
View ArticleCosts for Boatle Plant escalate
The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) are hoping that they will not at a later stage perhaps clash with a contractor engaged for the Boatle Water Treatment Plant project in Ramotswa Constituency over...
View ArticleGhost employees cost MoBE millions
The Ministry of Basic Education is losing millions of pula due to ghost employees who continue to receive salaries even after death or retirement, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told on...
View ArticleCovid-19 Task Force defeated
The relationship between the Presidential Covid-19 Task Force and a team of Permanent Secretaries, loosely known as PickForce at government enclave, has deteriorated to an all time low, The Patriot on...
View ArticleBPF recruit new members
In an effort to lure new members to the party, Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) recently launched an intensify recruitment drive alongside training key party members from the 57 constituencies who will...
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