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DIS oversight bodies dead
The Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Dikgang Makgalemele was caught in a difficult position on Friday when answering questions on the Directorate of Intelligence and...
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Gabz Fm sues Parley
Government's obsession with national security will be put to test when local radio station Gabz Fm sues Parliament for refusing to allow them to broadcast proceedings live from the august house. The...
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Guma’s accounts re-opened
The MP for Tati East Samson Moyo Guma’s business accounts that were frozen by Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), acting on behalf of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), has...
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BR Express in false start
Batswana who planned to use the newly launched BR Express Train for their Easter holidays travels were dealt a blow on Wednesday when the train suffered mechanical faults that resulted with it failing...
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Venson-Moitoi runs for AU Commission top seat
Botswana’s foreign minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has been nominated as SADC candidate for the position of Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. This decision was taken during a meeting...
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Salaries appeal urgent
The Court of Appeal has set Tuesday, 26 April 2016 for hearing an appeal by BOFEPUSU and its affiliate trade unions against a judgment of the Industrial Court dismantling the Public Service Bargaining...
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BDP washes its hands off BR
The Secretary General of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Botsalo Ntuane has expressed disappointment at the problems engulfing the Botswana Railways, but insisted that his party is not to blame....
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Public Protectors: Compare and contrast
Public Protectors are generally the last wall of defence against Executive excesses. In the words of South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng these stand in the place of the biblical David – for...
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Teachers want Dow's head
Shortly after taking the reins at the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) Unity Dow is quickly making enemies among students and teachers. The latest fallout is precipitated by an...
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Unions angered by 3% increase
Public service employees have reacted with anger over the announcement of a three per cent hike for 2016/17 salaries, dismissing it as an April Fool's joke. Director of Public Service Management, Ruth...
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BDP is cursed – Nkaigwa
The MP for Gaborone North Haskins Nkaigwa declared Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) a cursed party that needs to be delivered. Nkaigwa said this when debating a request by Government for Parliament to...
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Magosi out, Dzikamani next
Shortly after the removal of military intelligence chief Brigadier Peter Magosi at Botswana Defence Force (BDF) there is reportedly a strong lobby to remove the controversial spy agent Dzikamani...
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Khama's exit package
President Ian Khama is preparing a generous and mouthwatering exit package when he leaves office in 24 months (April 2018) from now by causing amendments to the existing packages for retiring...
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Dow makes U-turn
Education Minister Unity Dow has been forced to make a hasty retreat on the planned amendment of the BEC Act, after a spirited campaign of intense lobbying and advocacy by teacher trade unions and...
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The animosity between government and public servants deteriorated into an ugly spectre when the latter forced two cabinet ministers to withdraw Bills from the floor of Parliament midweek, and...
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Morupisi plays ‘April Fool’ with executives
Government Enclave has become a beehive of activity with executives engulfed in fear as uncertainty of positions they hold has become the order of the day. Permanent Secretary to the President Carter...
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Bold move
Botswana stature in Africa – besides being a shining example of democracy – is often more of a rebel, differing without shame against peers on principle and often not keeping quiet about it. Now...
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Shamukuni ambushes Tshekedi
The adage that ‘saving the best for the last’ could best describe the ever quiet MP for Chobe, Machana Shamukuni after he ambushed the Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tshekedi Khama on...
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Silenced!
Government has moved swiftly hardly a month after the arrest of public officer in the Office of the President Abueng Sebola on account of giving a government file to journalist Sonny Serite by coming...
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How Botswana humiliated Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe last week revealed how he survived a first round election defeat to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in 2008 and the ridicule he suffered on the international stage because of his...
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