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Polers miss Covid-19 wage subsidy
Like many of their peers in the informal sector, more than 600 mokoro polers who eke out a living by transporting tourists into the Okavango delta have missed out on Covid 19 wage subsidy, designed to...
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Nurses give up on govt
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) President Obonolo Rahube says nurses will not appeal the decision by the High court to throw out its urgent application in the case where nurses wanted to force government...
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Brothers in Arms
The COVID-19 outbreak is now accelerating across the African continent, with confirmed cases in the vast majority of African countries and clusters of cases and community transmission in many places,...
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Poachers target Botswana lions
The escalating killing of rhinos in the Okavango Delta which has forced government to invest resources to protect them has exposed lions to danger as they have become a target for poachers. An...
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Chinese Embassy donates PPE’s to Botswana Red Cross Society
The Embassy of China in Botswana continues with its efforts to assist in the response of COVID-19. The Embassy donated PPE’s comprising of masks, protective gloves, googles and protecting clothing to...
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UNNECESSARY RISK - AP ON MASISI TRIP TO ZIM
The Alliance for Progressives – AP – has noted with concern, communication from the Foreign Affairs ministry that the President will on Tuesday travel to Zimbabwe, to participate in a meeting of the...
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Truckers protest new COVID-19 rules
Scores of cargo truck drivers who enter Botswana through Tlokweng borderpost to deliver goods have complained about new Botswana Covid-19 regulations that ties them to do ties before entering the...
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BCL attracts investors
Former BCL Mine and BOTASH Managing Director Montwedi Mphathi has become the first Motswana to show interest in reviving the once thriving BCL Mine and the Selibe Phikwe town. The Patriot on Sunday...
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Food basket crisis haunts Molale
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Eric Molale is caught between a rock and hard place as all eyes are on him and succumbing to pressure to deal with the crisis besieging the...
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Monnakgotla anger Kgalagadi voters
Residents of Kgalagadi North have complained bitterly about their area Member of Parliament, Talita Monnakgotla, following her dismal performance at a special session last week to consider ammendments...
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Chinese scientists believe new drug can stop Covid-19 pandemic 'without vaccine'
A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the...
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Tour guides demand Covid-19 relief
Tourism is one of the sectors mostly affected by the outbreak of COVID 19 globally, Botswana is no exception but the virus has borne much brunt on professional guides who have been working on...
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Govt to Name and Shame Sex offenders
In the wake of defilement charges laid against Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP for Nata-Gweta Paulson Majaga, human rights group Women Against Rape (WAR) has called on the government to expedite...
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Police, front line workers applauded
Essential workers are out every day and every night in an effort to control the spread of the deadly novel corona virus. In the fight against this pandemic they deal with the possibility of coming...
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Molepolole water woes continue
The adage that “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” seems to be alien to the people of Molepolole and surrounding villages as their taps continue to run dry and will do so for...
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PROFESSOR MOSEPELE MOSEPELE: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
It always has to start somewhere. For Professor Mosepele Mosepele, the journey was a vicarious experience in the Operating Room at the Mahalapye District Hospital. As Martha Henry aptly quotes...
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Saleshando in masks tender row
MP for Maun West, Dumelang Saleshando moved swiftly last week to block a tender for the supply of face masks to primary schools in the area after it was awarded to a foreign company by North West...
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'Talk to Molale,' Social Workers tell angry mob
Some Social Workers in Tlokweng who are feeling the brunt of pressure from hungry public in Tlokweng has advised the public to take their concerns over delayed food basket to Ministry of Local...
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Re-Open: Schools not ready
Teacher trade unions Botswana Sectors of Educators Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) have cast aspersions on the readiness level of amidst government response interventions as plans are...
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BSB tender losers target Marumoloa
Some multinational companies in the IT industry are unhappy with Chief Executive Officer of Botswana Savings Bank, Nixon Marumoloa, after losing out on a multimillion pula core banking and cyber...
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