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Khama's P30 million deal blocked
The Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) has moved fast to intercept a transaction worth around P30 million, suspected to be funds intended for the purchase of a helipcopter from a local businessman by...
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The rot in the Delta
Batswana are ill-treated, and paid peanuts Working under poor working conditions Been turned into sexual objects Labor department in their fact finding mission did not dispute this rather Batswana...
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Restoring UB’s pride
As the head honcho, Vice Chancellor Professor David Norris is in a hurry to restore the pride of the University of Botswana (UB) and vows that he will not allow anyone to derail his transformational...
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CIPA opens F/town office
Friday the 31st August saw the official opening of the new CIPA offices in Francistown. “The opening of the new Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) office opens up a new space for...
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Letshwiti B. Tutwane joytutwane@gmail.com Africa Awake! Last week we looked at the unusual management approach of Ricardo Semler at Semco, a Brazilian company. I then bumped into a reader who asked me...
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Kgari Sechele celebrates 60
Kgosi Kgari Sechele II Senior Secondary school in Molepolole, will on September 14 celebrate 60 years of existence during a Prize Giving ceremony. A member of the Organising Committee (Publicity) Koko...
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Ngamiland threatened by CBPP outbreak
The recent outbreak of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in Namibia -also known as lung disease - poses a threat to cattle in Ngamiland, Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security,...
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2017/18 declared a drought year
A report on the Drought and Household Food Security Assessment and Analysis conducted by the Botswana Vulnerability Assessment Committee (BVAC) on annual basis,was released on Friday. This year the...
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Arming DWNP was illegal – Masisi
The clash between Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama and President Mokgweetsi Masisi came into the open on Saturday and Monday. Minister Tshekedi on the...
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Morupisi apologises over Monkge’s comments
Permanent Secretary to the President Carter Morupisi has apologised to the education managers, administrators and public at large for demeaning utterances that having been circulating on social media...
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IFJ choose Botswana for digital media project
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the world’s biggest journalists’ organization, has chosen Botswana Media and Allied Workers Union (BOMAWU) as the hub for organising in Digital media in...
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Hope for enhancing Engineering Education Programme
Delegates to a joint symposium marking the end of a two-year programme aimed at enhancing the standard of engineering education in southern Africa, left Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on August 30, 2018...
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Masisi asked to fire Tshekedi
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has been asked to dismiss the Minister of Environment, Conservation, Natural Resources and Tourism Tshekedi Khama, due to failure to effectively deal with a scandalous false...
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DISS P90m aircraft stuck in SA
Business transactions entered into by the former head of Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) has come back to haunt the new leadership, who find it difficult to cancel some of the...
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Review the Wildlife Act, compensation regimes
Thomas Dust Nyoni Ace on Natural Resources "Five years ago I paid P25 000 for a bull. About 20 minutes ago I received a call that the bull was killed by lions. Government compensation is P3 000. What...
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Botswana leads the way in fighting NCDs
Botswana’s leaders made a call for urgent action on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in the African region on September 17 at a landmark forum held in Gaborone. The call comes as the world prepares for...
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Trump and the op-ed article: When can a journalist reveal his source?
Letshwiti B Tutwane joytutwane@gmail.com Africa Awake! If you think you got problems in your life, wait for a moment. Spare a thought for the 45th President of the United States, Mr Donald John Trump....
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Limkokwing honoured in UK
Founder and President of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Worldwide, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Limkokwing has been bestowed with the title; Lord Limkokwing of Holton, UK in recognition...
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Tshekedi survives the chop for now
The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama had a difficult week trying to defend his position after supporting false allegations of rampant poaching under...
View ArticleBa Isago Student-Industry meet
Ba Isago University has in a bid to expose students to industry in their respective fields of study hosted the first ever Student-Industry meet. The event took place this week Wednesday hosted by the...
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