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Workers to petition Khama
Proceedings in the national assembly will grind to a halt on Thursday – a day after opening – when thousands of workers take to the streets in mass demonstrations to petition President Ian Khama and...
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Masisi opens up about Molefhi
Since he ascended to the office of Vice President, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairman, Mokgweetsi Masisi has had to contend with speculation that he will be challenged for the presidency at the...
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Seeletso retires; appointed EVM consultant
The Secretary for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) – Gabriel Seeletso – retires from the public service on Friday November 18, 2016 and will immediately report for work the next Monday hired...
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Tshekedi: The Almighty
The rot at Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism and Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) which is unraveling before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and...
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Venson-Moitoi’s nightmare
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi didn’t see it coming – that the race for the AU chairperson seat will be transformed into a question who likes or dislikes the ICC, a dramatic elevation of a matter that raises...
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Biodiversity under threat – expert
Professor Joseph Mbaiwa of the University of Botswana’s Okavango Research Institute (ORI) in Maun has warned that if tourism is not properly managed and controlled, it may exacerbate the threat to...
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‘Not easy decision to join politics’
When information was leaked that one of the country’s rising economists Bogolo Kenewendo – until this week a Trade Economist in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ghana – was to be nominated as one...
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Tourism defies BTO mess
Despite the raucus unfolding at Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) involving a Cabinet Minister, Permanent Secretary, Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors showing widespread...
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Salary negotiations kick-off
Salary negotiations for public servants belonging to trade unions affiliated to the BOFEPUSU Acting Jointly Arrangement (AJA) begins in earnest before the Public Service Bargaining Council on Friday,...
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CEDA hosts CEO Forum for DFIs
The CEO Forum of the World Federation of Development Finance Institutions (WFDFI) kicks off in Gaborone on Wednesday. CEDA chief operating officer, Andrew Madeswi said the objective of the forum is to...
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BCL miners petition Khama
Hope is turning into despair for BCL miners after President Ian Khama spurned their efforts to deliver a petition containing their demands and suggestions directly to him on Thursday "due to a tight...
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Guma under investigation
Outspoken MP and chair of the Parliamentary Committee of Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises (PCSBSE) Samson Moyo Guma has landed in trouble for allegedly defying the leadership by summoning...
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Masisi transition underway
Whichever way one looks at it the sands are shifting - political transition from President Ian Khama to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi is already underway. From the recent cabinet reshuffle which saw...
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S. Korean Shot to Death by Burglar in Botswana
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry says a South Korean was shot and killed by a burglar in Botswana. A Foreign Ministry official said a South Korean national was shot to death and another was injured by an...
View ArticleHarmonise tourism policies – HATAB CEO
The CEO Hospitability and Tourism Association HATAB Lily Rakorong says for the tourism sector in Botswana to grow, the country must harmonise its policies in the sector, insisting that the existing...
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BCL: Workers’ final assault
BCL miners got the shock of their life on Monday upon learning that there is no money to pay their terminal benefits, when they received termination letters from the liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warren. The...
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Crime on the rise
The once peaceful city of Gaborone has turned into a crime heaven with criminals making a kill almost daily. The city has in recent months experienced a surge in criminal activities, leaving residents...
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Kenewendo: Give NDP 11 a youthful face
Hardly a week after she was sworn in as a specially elected MP, Bogolo Kenewendo has hit the ground running and it would seem she is already delivering on one of her mandate of being the voice of youth...
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UB a turn off to students – minister
The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology Dr Alfred Madigele says government sponsorship for prospective University of Botswana (UB) students has gone down because students...
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Will she save Phikwe?
The appointment of former Bank of Botswana Governor, Linah Mohohlo, to the position of Coordinator, Selebi Phikwe Economic Revitalisation/Recovery programme, has sent shockwaves in the corporate world...
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