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BPOPF, CMB fight over P830 million
Civil servants and pensioners may be fleeced of almost P1 billion over an questionable investment made by Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) through one of its private equity porfolio asset...
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Khama hero for Zimbabweans
President Ian Khama has endeared himself to Zimbabweans with his into-your-face criticism and bold stand against atrocities visited on them by deposed leader Robert Mugabe's regime. It was not...
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No Bulela Ditswe for civil servants
Civil servants hoping to punish politicians at internal party primary elections suffered a major blow on Thursday when a full bench of Court of Appeal judges ruled that participation at that level...
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Opposition caught napping
He is one of the quietest Members of Parliament and hardly contributes anything in the house except when answering questions from MPs as he is the Assistant Minister of Land Management, Water and...
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870 graduate from IDM
Some 870 students drawn from the Institute for Development Management’s (IDM) Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland campuses graduated with various qualifications in a ceremony hosted in Gaborone on Friday....
View ArticleNtimbale tourism masterplan
Government has approved and set aside funding towards the development of the Ntimbale Dam tourism masterplan, the North East District Council (NEDC) chairperson Flora Mpetsane has revealed. Mpetsane...
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‘We did not run away from Mugabe’ -Zim refugees
Although indescribable scenes of jubilation took centre stage at Galo mall in Francistown Tuesday evening as news broke that Zimbabwe’s long time ruler in Robert Gabriel Mugabe had stepped down, it was...
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Molapisi to fire Gudu?
Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) president Motlatsi Molapisi has threatened to crack the whip on members who have defied party stand. Molapisi is alleged to be at loggerheads with some BPP veteran leaders...
View ArticleMurderer’s chilling confession
Barely a month after the world commemorated the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, the Court of Appeal on Thursday added to the list of inmates queuing for a date with the hangman....
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Patriot launches News BEAT!
Publishers of The Patriot on Sunday – Inskip Investments (Pty) Ltd – have launched yet another product. News BEAT is a social human interest magazine that offers a refreshing analysis on on-going news...
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Saleshando, BCP get major boost
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando's effort towards Freedom of Information, which was defeated in Parliament after presentation in 2012 could be resuscitated following findings...
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Makgalemele hails Cooperatives
The Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness, Philip Makgalemele has lamented little interest shown in cooperatives for economic empowerment though they have high potential for growth and employment...
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Tutume residents urged to protect children
Key stakeholders in the education system have been urged to play a significant role in protecting school going children from lower academic performance following a rise in the sex related incidents in...
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Roads director grilled
The Deputy Director of Roads Reason Lekutlane spent a better part of Tuesday on the firing line of North East District Council (NEDC) councilors who slammed him for the Tshesebe/Masunga road delay....
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Kebonang’s biggest regret – attacking Khama
There are no permanent foes in politics or business. The Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Sadique Kebonang best exemplifies that. In 2005 Kebonang wrote a scathing...
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New attack on the Media
The questioning of local media editors by the police this week could appear to have been a normal police investigation work. However those with an expert eye view this as new danger to media freedom...
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Mosienyane sues friends for P15.8 m
The Who's Who of business magnates in Gaborone will on Thursday start taking the witness box to give evidence when local tycoons clash in a bruising battle between friends-turned-foes and former...
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DON’T PUSH US! BCP warns BDP
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is reportedly feeling it has been pushed too far by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and will soon be forced to use any available means necessary to protect...
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Guma vs TK
With no other agenda than the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) one would have been excused to believe that the stand-off between Moyo Guma and Tshekedi Khama was being escalated to the next level at...
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Ralotsia attacks Gaolathe
The MP for Gaborone Bonnington South Ndaba Gaolathe is one, if not the only, opposition MP who enjoys respect across political divide due to his calmness. However, on Tuesday he had a rude awakening...
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