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Hundreds 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...
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Landboards: heart of corruption
It seems Kweneng Sub Land board and corruption are Siamese twins as the two always has a way of finding each other when it comes to land allocation in the Kweneng district. In March this year, Acting...
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The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology Dr Douglas Letsholathebe faces a first litmus test regarding non-compliance issues by some institutions, which often lead to student...
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Questions over BURS tender
A whistleblower has raised questions about procurement processes at Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), alleging that an officer has been colluding with service providers to perpetuate fraud. An...
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Kgafela II rules in SA
Exiled Bakgatla paramount chief, Kgosi Kgafela II Kgafela's rule over the tribe in neighbouring South Africa was entrenched last week when North West Province Premier, Professor Tebogo Job Mokgoro...
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'Give farmers a waiver to fill full tank'
The member of parliament for Ngami constituency, Carterpillar Hikuama has criticized the decision by President Mokgweetsi Masisi to review fuel stations and ration sales of fuel as it has negative...
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BPF 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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Covid-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...
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Ghost 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...
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Costs 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...
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WUC 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...
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Hundreds 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...
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MASISI 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...
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Minister 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...
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Overcoming 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...
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China-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...
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Kgatleng 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...
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BeSafe 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...
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Kia 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...
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DPP 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...
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