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UB RANKS TOP ON EDUCATION IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
The University of Botswana has been ranked first among top Universities conducting research on Education in sub-Saharan Africa. The 2019 "Mapping the landscape of Education Research" places the...
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Turbulence at CAAB
Firemen employed by Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) are headed for a showdown with management after failing to resolve a protracted dispute caused by a salary restructuring process....
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'Air Botswana never engaged us' -staff
Air Botswana Employees Union (ABEU) have accused management of using the looming restructuring process to rectiufy bad management practices at the expense of the employees. Chairperson of ABEU, Pius...
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Election rigging whistleblower speaks
We reproduce a SWORN STATEMENT by Dikabelo Selaledi, one of the whistleblowers presented to Forensics for Justice in Johannesburg, South Africa by the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) to...
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DEATH OF BOTSWANA RAILWAYS EMPLOYEES DUE TO TRAIN DERAILMENT
On the 10th December 2019 we learnt of the unfortunate derailment of the passenger train on bound to Francistown. The reports confirmed that two Botswana Railways employees, a trainman(assistant...
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Pay SMEs within 30 days – Greeff
I would like to express my profound gratitude to the People of Gaborone Bonnington South for having found it fit to elect me to represent them (their views and concerns) in the 12th Parliament of...
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Khama UNREPENTANT!
Rising from the ashes like a phoenix, former President Ian Khama has returned to the freedom square to rally the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) masses to coalesce behind him as he builds a formidable...
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Letsholo pushes BDP against the wall
MP for Kanye North Thapelo Letsholo has started the Parliament session on a high note by firing salvos at his comrades in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) over what he terms empty promises to...
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Radisigo elected the new Francistown Mayor
Satellite South councillor,Godisang Radisigo has been elected the new Francistown Mayor over the weekend during a BDP caucus that was held at Adansonia hotel. Radisigo garnered 9 votes out of 16 BDP...
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UDC appeals ruling on poll petitions
APA News Botswana’s opposition coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), is appealing against a High Court judgment that dismissed petitions in which it was challenging the outcome of last...
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Driver Testing System gobbles P29 million
Transport and Communications Minister Thulagano Segokgo has recently told parliament that government has paid whooping P 29 million to Neo Information Systems Co.Ltd (NIS), a South Korean Company that...
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BPC assigned Moody's Baa2 rating
Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) on Friday assigned a Baa2 long-term issuer rating to Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The outlook is stable. This is the first time Moody's has assigned a rating to...
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Mohwasa calls for calm
The current exchanges on social media by certain members of the UDC is not only regrettable but unfortunate and embarassing. This is happening at a time when we should be strengthening the collective....
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MESSAGE FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR TO LEARNERS AND THE NATION BY THE MINISTER OF...
Today the 14th January 2020 marks the beginning of a new school year for preprimary, primary and secondary learners in Botswana. Almost all learners are progressing to another level which provides an...
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BNFYL congress in April
Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) is expected to hold their elective congress this year ahead of the party national congress which is traditionally held in July during the President...
View ArticleNo more Chairman’s ball for NWDC
The new North West District Council Chairman, Kebareeditse Ntsogotho says he intends to continue hosting no chairman’s ball throughout his term provided there are still more pressing issues in the...
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‘Maun doesn’t match a tourism hub’
The new Chairman of the North West District Council, Kebareeditse Ntsogotho says Botswana’s gateway to the prestigious Okavango Delta, Maun, is not appeasing to international tourists and the village...
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Mob attacks Paje headman
Serowe police have arrested 39 residents of Paje village for rioting after the lives of two men of the same village nearly came to an untimely end at their hands. According to no.2 district officer...
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Masisi in Mozambique
Following an aborted trip to attend the US-Africa summit in Maputo, Mozambique in June 2019, President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday morning gathered enough courage and boarded the OK1 to attend the...
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Commission investigates BR accident
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has constituted a Commission of Enquiry which will investigate circumstances that led to the derailment of Botswana Railways passenger train. The enquiry will be chaired by...
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