UDC would hike salaries by 17% - Gaolathe
A UDC Government would increase public servant salaries by 17 percent with immediate effect, said Party Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe when responding to the Finance minister’s 2017/18 budget speech...
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Tawana leaves his family in shock
This week’s announcement by Kgosi Tawana Moremi that he is quitting politics came as a piercing bolt to his tribe which has been banking on him to advance their interests. His first step was to resign...
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Govt should create jobs – Mogwera
Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president Masego Mogwera says preposition by government that its principal role is not to create jobs is simply relinquishment of state responsibility. She was...
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Cancel the 3% salary increase – Unions
Public servants currently enjoying the 3% salary increase awarded by government last year could lose the benefit on May 12, when High Court judge Tshepo Motswagole renders a final interpretation of the...
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Double blow for suspended judges
The lawsuit by four high court judges challenging their suspension by President Ian Khama for ‘misbehaviour’ suffered a double blow during the week, when the court of appeal (CoA) and the high court...
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This is political sabotage – Majaga
The MP for Nata/Gweta Paulson Majaga has cried foul at how some within his party – the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – are trying hard to end his political career. In an interview after he was...
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Gaolathe alarmed at performance data blackout
The MP for Bonnington South Ndaba Gaolathe has attacked the minister of Finance for failing to account for performance of programmes and projects that Government is undertaking in his 2017/18 budget...
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Enclave tourism kills community trusts
Local communities are losing out in jobs and businesses and are helplessly watching as their ambitious projects are collapsing. KEITEBE KGOSIKEBATHO warns that one such project – Sankoyo Bush Bucks –...
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BCL rescue mission
Thousands of former BCL employees are holding their breath with the hope that the proposed deal by Dubai royal house to buy the closed mine will succeed. Over 6000 of BCL group employees were rendered...
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I am standing – Molefhi
The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Nonofho Molefhi, has declared that he will be contesting for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairmanship position at the party’s elective congress later...
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Masisi escapes plane crash
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) passenger aircraft Casa 212, which crashed last week Thursday at Thebephatswa Airbase, was scheduled to transport Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi the next day. “The...
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SPEDU CEO Mokubung reinstated
The Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Vincent Seretse is said to have lifted the suspension of SPEDU Chief Executive Officer Dr Mokubung Mokubung. Mokubung reported for work on Thursday...
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Saving the Okavango Delta
When the Angolan consulate representative Jose Carlos Daio Silver stood up to express his frustrations over what he says are continuous false accusations leveled at his country of birth over tempering...
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Maun BMC attracts international market
Things are turning around at the Maun Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) which has been struggling to attract buyers from international market. The Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security...
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Soldiers in illegal ivory trade
some senior members of the disciplined forces are said to have found a niche market for the ivory confiscated from poachers. Investigations unearthed by this publication have revealed that the...
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Judicial Crisis
The wheels of justice ground to a halt on Friday morning at the Court of Appeal when judge president Ian Kirby postponed the session indefinitely because there were no judges to hear cases, following a...
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Khama reduces Molale’s powers
President Ian Khama has curtailed the powers of the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Eric Molale, by re-assigning some of his duties to his assistant, sources...
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Competition Authority blocks Jamali’s acquisition of Mmegi
PURSUANT to section 60(4)(a)(ii) of the Competition Act (Cap 46:09), notice is hereby given on the decision made by the Competition Authority (“the Authority”) in respect of the acquisition of 28.73%...
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St Joe tops
St Josephs’ College has emerged the best performing school in the just released 2016 Botswana General Certificate for Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination results, after managing 60.86% pass.This...
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BB boss speaks out
Business Botswana President Moleta Mosienyane fields questions on the 2017 Economic Outlook Towards the end of last year we saw widespread loss of jobs in different sectors of the economy. In your...
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