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To all SADC Heads of State
Your Excellencies Please act urgently to break the cycle of drought and food insecurity. We, small scale farmers, churches, rural women, media and civil society in Southern Africa hereby write to you...
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UK’s Princess Anne to grace Botswana’s 50th anniversary celebration
The British High Commission is delighted to announce that HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne will represent the UK at Botswana’s 50th anniversary celebration during a three-day official visit from...
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ShockWildlifeTruths: Poachers kill 26 elephants in Chobe National Park
In a shocking discovery this week at least 26 elephants, their faces hacked off and their tusks removed, lay in congealing blood on Botswana’s Chobe National Park floodplain. Poachers had killed them...
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Suspected Zambian poachers arrested in Botswana
Police found six elephant tusks in a specially-designed hidden compartment inside the suspects vehicle. Police in northern Botswana have arrested two Zambian citizens and a Motswana on allegations of...
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BONELA angry: Client convicted of homosexual act
The Botswana Network on Ethics Law & HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has reacted with anger at the conviction and sentencing of its client for sleeping with another man. He has been found guilty of violating...
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Dilma impeached; loses power
STRUGGLE FINALLY OVER: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff attends the final session of her impeachment trial in the capital, Brasilia, earlier this week.Image by: Brazil's Dilma Rousseff was stripped of...
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GUC in Bots50 activation
As the nation of Botswana gears towards the final moments of the 50th Independence celebrations, Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies (GUC) on Friday took to the streets of...
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Khama’s absence denies country, people
Retired diplomat Molosiwa Selepeng has added to his voice growing criticism of President Ian Khama's refusal to attend international forums of Heads of State and Government, which defeats the country's...
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Segokgo takes charge: Who succeeds him?
The appointment on a two-year term of Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo as the sixth commander of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has left the question of successor hanging. Usually commanders are...
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BOT50 divides BNF
The country's golden jubilee celebration is said to have now divided the leadership and members of Botswana National Front (BNF). Last month Botswana National Front (BNF) announced that it will boycott...
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Fear grips bank employees
A hangover of the 2014 liquidity crisis in the banking sector, which saw profit margins shrinking by as much as 85% in the next reporting period at some leading banks, continues to haunt bank employees...
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Namibia/Botswana joint military exercise ends
The military exercise between the Namibia and Botswana Defence Forces in the Omaheke Region had left smiles on the faces of residents. Every second year, the combined forces carry out a 15-day military...
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Zim, Botswana, Mozambique in $600m railway deal
THE Government has partnered Botswana and Mozambique in a $600 million project to roll out nearly 2 000km of railway line cutting across the three countries to facilitate trade. Ministers representing...
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Restore people’s trust on media – Media Union leader
We are gathered here today to witness history. We must consider ourselves lucky and privileged; and I believe one day we will tell our sons, daughters and grandchildren that we were there when the...
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Prince Harry meets Khama
The 31-year-old royal met up with Ian Khama at the Presidential Palace in Gaborone, the country’s capital and largest city, and the British High Commissioner to the nation, Katharine Ransome, was also...
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'Sodomites' failed to stop 'soul winning' SA, Botswana trip - US pastor
Jenni Evans, News24 Anti-gay US pastor Steven Anderson is pleased the “sodomites” did not succeed in having him banned from entering "liberal commie" South Africa. “Once again leaders of the govt met...
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BNF threatens to boycott elections
Leader of Opposition in Parliament and President of Botswana National Front (BNF), Duma Boko, has warned the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) not to create chaos or destroy the peace and...
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Botswana shoots stray Zim cattle
BOTSWANA authorities have started shooting Zimbabwean cattle that stray into its borders to guard its herd against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) as it kowtows to the European Union (EU) beef export...
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Gaolathe fumes over Khama’s half-naked depiction
The President of Botswana Movement for Democracy, Ndaba Gaolathe, has reacted with anger at the depiction of President Ian Khama in social media with a picture showing him half naked. This is how...
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Boko is a pathological liar- Masisi
Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi has reacted angrily to the allegations by President of Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Duma Boko that he is busy phoning opposition leaders recruiting them to join...
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