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Okavango River comes alive
Communities residing along the Okavango Delta are holding their breath for a better year, following reports that Angola has received heavy rains earlier this year. The community is hopeful that the...
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MLWS rots further
Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services (MLWSS) is caught between a rock and a hard place regarding the handling of the high capital water projects. The multibillion water projects...
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'Hearing loss should not limit you'
The World Hearing Day (declared by the World Health organisation (WHO) in 2015) commemoration for 2020 was held on March 3rd in Goodhope under the theme “HEARING FOR LIFE: DON’T LET HEARING LOSS LIMIT...
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UDC MPs want civil servants out of elections
Cabinet has rejected suggestions by opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) MPs that civil servants should stay out of the running of general elections the issue that has been debated at...
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Maun Park transforms into Science park
The community of Maun will soon reap the benefits of owning the Maun Educational Park as massive billions of pula investment are at an advance stage to turn the park into a science park. This week the...
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AGOA: Another cycle of failure
In 2015, the US Government extended the AGOA facility by a further 10 years to end in the year 2025 after it had been in operation for 15 years. STAFF WRITER DITIRO MOTLHABANE argues that Botswana has...
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SALESHANDO ON COVID-19
Statement to Parliament by Leader of the Opposition (Dumelang Saleshando) presented in term of Standing Order 9.3.2 Mr. Speaker it is my pleasure on behalf of the official opposition to make a...
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Dingake, Modimo join High Court
AS ACTING SENIOR ASSISTANT MASTERS TO AID IN BACKLOG REDUCTION The public is informed of the appointment of the three (3) private attorneys namely Mr Abel Walter Modimo, Ms Patient Samukelo Thuto and...
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BOTSWANA’S PREPAREDNESS REGARDING COVID-19
*SLUMBER TSOGWANE 1. Batswana betsho; I wish to inform members of the public that in view of the rapid and unprecedented spread and transmission of Covid-19 commonly known as Coronavirus globally, the...
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New Realities Require New Priorities
The events of this year alone, starting with the bushfires in Australia and moving to the outbreak of COVID-19, underscored the ever-growing complexity of our global shared challenges and expose the...
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'Masisi should apologise to the nation'
*Moeti Mohwasa COVID19 corona virus has now been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it continues to wreak havoc throughout the world. This situation requires total...
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Transport industry tackles COVID-19
*Thulaganyo Segokgo Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my Ministry has decided to take precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of this virus. The transport Industry has the...
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Message from the President
Good morning Batswana, I wish to personally thank all of you for having done a splendid job so far keeping Corona Virus at bay. If we maintain these same levels of discipline and stick to advise from...
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RESPONSE: Jeff Rann Scores Big in Botswana
A number of inaccuracies and errors contained in the article Jeff Rann Scores Big in Botswana have been brought to our attention. We would, therefore, like to withdraw the article in its entirety and...
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More men than women die of corona – data
Business Insider · · More men were dying of the coronavirus than women, according to data from China, South Korea, and Italy. Scientists have a few ideas about why that is — some are behavioural, such...
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Don’t let COVID19 become a hunger game -FAO
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on the public health systems around the world, and millions of people in the world’s most advanced economies are in some form of quarantine. We know...
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Saleshando to test Masisi
The Umbrella for Democratic Change Vice President, Dumelang Saleshando will soon revive an initiative of traversing the country addressing Kgotla meetings as the Leader Of Opposition (LOO) in...
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CEDA loses P200m to COVID-19
Chief Executive Officer of CEDA, Thabo Thamane has revealed that the state owned financier forecasts to lose approximately P200 million in failed collections due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Local beef feels COVID-19 heat
The Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security Dr Edwin Dikoloti says the demand for Botswana beef in the global market has been very low due to the novel Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit...
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Doubt over P2 billion COVID-19 Relief Fund
Amid their concern about government’s proposed budget towards the recently established COVID-19 Relief Fund, the country’s main business representative body, Business Botswana (BB) is now hesitating to...
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