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Ministers clash over Air Botswana
Without saying it in many words Tshekedi Khama feels he would run Air Botswana better than those currently assigned the role at ministerial level. In fact, if he had his way he would have long had the...
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'Closing BCL a mistake'-Business Botswana
• 85 % of services can’t survive without BCL mine• Over 50 % (of 39 089) unemployment in the region • Temporary closure gobbles over P749 million, minus creditors’ debts• No socio-economic impact...
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Use EVMs; forget about 2019 elections - MP
The MP for Selibe Phikwe West Dithapelo Keorapetse has warned government that should they proceed with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) they will be no elections in 2019. Debating the budget for...
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Makgalemele wants to be BDP Secretary General
As the time for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) elective congress draws nearer more democrats are raising their hands to be considered as candidates to lead the party. One of the surprise names to...
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ITB 2017: Botswana spends P20m to get P3 billion
Botswana launched a breath-taking spectacle at the recently concluded 14th ITB Berlin Convention. The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama revealed that...
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Tertiary education crisis
STAFF WRITER OTHUSITSE TLHOBOGANG takes a closer look at the issues bedevilling the courses accreditation crisis at tertiary education level. Botswana’s education system is reeling from a wave of...
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Khama urges women to support each other
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President Ian Khama has said his party is aiming at remaining in Government beyond 2019. Speaking at the ongoing BDP 16th National Women Congress in Maun, Khama...
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UB vs Boitekanelo
The legal battle between Centre of Clinical Excellence (a subsidiary of Boitekanelo Group of Companies) and the University of Botswana (UB) over the cancellation of a three-year catering services...
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Judgement expected in PMTCT tender row
Two years after Creative Business Solutions (CBS) interdicted the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) from signing contracts for the...
View ArticlePaper wars: Inside Govt printing paper tenders
Tenders for newsprint at Government Printers is said to be regarded as a preserve for the few, especially multinational companies. That hegemony was recently shattered when a tender was awarded to a...
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BB sidelined in S/Phikwe rescue
Private sector think tank (mother body) – Business Botswana (BB) – has been sidelined by government in initiatives to save Selibe Phikwe and SPEDU region from implosion due to economic crisis...
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Tshekedi blasts DISS
The security tension between the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) and Tourism Intelligence Services played itself in Parliament on Thursday and Friday parliamentary debates. The...
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Molefhi under surveillance?
The race for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairmanship position is said to the getting uglier each passing day as the two camps are jostling for votes and financiers. The race has pitted the...
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Mokaila to develop road, aviation sectors
In mitigating the escalating Road Accidents, our focus has shifted to improving driving schools and driving instructors by enhancing our legislative instruments which are: The Road Traffic Act (RTA)...
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Bogus colleges to be dealt with sternly
The Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology is moving with speed to tighten screws on tertiary institutions that offer courses that are not recognised by the Botswana...
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TEDx enthusiasts set for Maitisong event
Two hundred of Gaborone’s most impassioned TEDx enthusiasts will come together on Friday, 31st March 2017 at Maitisong theatre for a full day of networking and dialogue around the theme Transcendence....
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Is Ndaba losing his influence?
Though the 2019 general elections are still about two years away, the battle for control of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) structures ahead of the polls has started with political gladiators and...
View ArticleLand fraud escalates – DCEC warns
Mogoditshane sub-land board leads in cases In its ongoing efforts to fight corruption and economic crime, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has an uphill battle dealing with land...
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ATN pushes for tighter controls
No matter how vague it may seem to some, having a tobacco free Botswana is Anti- Tobacco Network’s (ATN) mission to accomplish. ATN Executive Director Dr Bontle Mbongwe said the issue of tobacco is a...
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Kgathi to deport troublesome refugees
Botswana, which has for close to three decades been a safe haven for many Somali, Namibians, Zimbabweans and other nationalities, is planning to toughen the Refugee (Recognition and Control) Act to...
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