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Competition Authority’s post–merger impact assessment

The Authority has been assessing mergers and acquisitions; and making determinations pertaining to mergers and acquisitions since November 2011. The merger assessment provisions are contained under...

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BDP biggest loser in Bulela Ditswe ruling 

Contestants for Bulela Ditswe – primaries for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – have intensified campaigns following a decision by the party central committee on Monday that elections will be held in...

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Masisi responds to SONA 

This is part of the response the Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi made to the State of the Nation Address. LEADER OF THE HOUSE (MR MASISI): Madam Speaker, I want to thank you for this opportunity this...

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Butale’s date with the bike 

The MP for Tati West Biggie Butale will on December 16 embark on a cycling expedition from Masunga through to Gaborone. He is expected to complete the journey on December 20. Through the race Butale...

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Residents warned against visiting Zim 

Residents of the North East have been warned against visiting the neighbouring Zimbabwe until its political and economic transition is complete. North East District Council (NEDC) chairperson Flora...

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Never fight each other – unions urged

For the sake of employees, the fragmented labour movement in the country should never fight each other, the resident representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Botswana chapter, Ulrich Golaszinski...

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P15 m for ‘Orapa Today Boteti Tomorrow’ projects 

Efforts to diversify the economy of Orapa, a dream envisaged by former Orapa Letlhakane Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) General Manager – the late Adrian Gale – is now taking shape. Dr Gale came up with the...

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UDC accuses BDP of fueling tribalism 

The opposition has accused the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) of fueling tribalism in the Boteti region where it dominates. For years now, sources within the opposition politics in the Boteti...

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Milking the Khama name dry 

Contrary to the much hyped cliché that "there is still no alternative" peddled by Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) activists to lure voters and destroy opponents around elections period, political...

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DIS deal behind Seretse’s arrest? 

Eye popping details of multi-million Pula transactions that caught the attention of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), leading to the...

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BPOPF terminates CMB, assess Kgori Capital 

When the board of trustees of Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) convenes on Tuesday there will be two agenda items about asset managers on the table to deliberate on: 1. Termination of...

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BDP demands prosecution of money launderers 

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has condemned the alleged looting of government coffers at National Petroleum Fund and alleged money laundering. Recently Kgori Capital Managing Director Bakang...

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Councillors demand answers from Thutlwe 

Gaborone City Council Mayor Kagiso Thutwe survived a motion of no confidence from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillors by a whisker after...

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Global Fund slashes Govt funding

Government’s failure to show full commitment to exhausting allocated grant from the Global Fund has resulted with a 50 per cent slash of the next allocation covering the period 2019 to 2021, informed...

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UDC unfit to govern – scholar 

University of Botswana (UB) lecturer, Professor Agreement Lathi Jotia, has dismissed opposition political parties as unfit to govern. Presenting a theme paper at the just-ended Botswana Public...

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Khama's salary increases illegal – CoA 

Government and Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) have shared spoils with Botswana Federation of Public Sector Trade Unions (BOFEPUSU) in a protracted legal battle over the scope of the Public...

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Indiscriminate waste kills NE’s tourism potential 

Indiscriminate disposal of waste and open defecation taking place in most villages in the North East posed threats to the environment thereby blighting tourism prospects on the district. North East...

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Back off!  – Balete declare

In an effort to get its hands and assume ownership of Farm forest Hill 9 KO whose ownership currently rest with Gamalete Development Trust, Malete Land Board has slapped the Registrar of Deeds, The...

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Khama hails Masisi’s intelligence, loyalty 

As the official Botswana’s leadership transition process got underway, outgoing President Ian Khama needed many nice superlatives and poetic pronouncements on intellectual prowess to usher in his...

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Kanaimba-Senai bids farewell to Debswana 

Veteran Communications and Public Relations practitioner Esther Kanaimba-Senai has retired from Debswana Diamond Company after 10 years of service. Speaking during her farewell party on Tuesday,...

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