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Serowe BDP meeting: 29 face suspension
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Serowe West has recommended that the Central Committee suspend 29 party members over alleged misconduct, chief among them for their involvement in an unsanctioned...
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P1.3 billion tender award halted
Senior Government officials find themselves played between contesting Chinese interests in the big money spinning construction industry. Emerging as the common ground for cancelling some contracts is...
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Khama tells SA’s City Press…
Botswana’s former president, Ian Khama, has vowed not to rest until stability in his country is restored. Speaking to City Press on Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel at OR Tambo International...
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Toppling Masisi NJ seeks UDC’s HIRED GUN
The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) National Executive Committee (NEC) dealt a heavy blow to Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) faction – New Jerusalem faction – on Tuesday by refusing to move Motion...
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Batswana suddenly find voices? That’s pitifully false!
A narrative has been conveniently created by some in our midst albeit falsely in my view that Batswana have suddenly found their voices on political and socio-economic issues ever since President...
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When the feud goes to Botswana’s Heritage Sites
It is more than a battle but a festering war with, as yet, many a skirmish. However, cultural heritage property managers were not concerned until a fortnight ago when the skirmishes suddenly reeled...
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Brace for severe drought
Food shortage looms Botswana is set to experience a serious food shortage as a result of the severe drought that saw low rainfall in the 2018\19 ploughing season, subsequently putting the country’s...
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Knives out for BR Properties CEO
Underhand tactics to try and overthrow the youthful Managing Director of BR Properties Utlwanang Golebanye have been exposed. Information gathered by the publications shows that the arrival of...
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BDP suspends Youth League’s deputy chairperson
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) presidential hopeful Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi suffered a political blow when her right hand man Youth League’s deputy chairperson Vuyo Notha was slapped with a two-year...
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Is Mabaila fooling Masisi?
This is more about survival than genuine return to the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP); declares some observers on the hasty retreat of political activist Tshephang Mabaila to the party that he had...
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UDC, AP ‘unity talks’ on the pause
The dreams of the Umbrella Democratic for Change (UDC) to have all opposition parties contesting under its banner for this year General Elections seems far-fetched at this stage – based on how the...
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Tender wars: Ministry of Lands in conundrum
Pressure continues to mount on the Ministry of Lands Management, Sanitation and Water Resources to justify some of the decisions they have taken in awarding or refusing to grant some multi-million Pula...
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SPLIT LOOMS, BDP heavily PREGNANT
Second born due in few weeks; as some pray for a still-born Deep inside the leadership of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) knows that things are pretty ugly and could go terribly wrong in three weeks’...
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Elephants story told by those who live with them
Two Seronga residents GOPOLANG MAROPAMABI and MICHAEL SEDUMEDI share the experiences of their regular clashes with elephants For many years including after independence, life in Seronga village was...
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SELF-IMPOSED EXILE Facing real threat or dodging BURS?
DISS claims Moyo Guma is running away from his sins while he claims there is a bullet with his name on it. His whereabouts remain unknown for now and it remains unclear whether he will continue to run...
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39 former BDP MPs endorse Masisi
We the former BDP Members of Parliament have been following the standoff between HE MEK Masisi and Former HE SKI Khama since it started. Whilst we do not have the full details of its origins, one thing...
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Balopi taking BMC to cleaners
The embattled Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) finds itself grappling with a heavy law suit from former minister Patrick Balopi through his company Walgreen Investments for a P40 million debt. BMC sits...
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Kazungula bridge project on the brink of collapse
Zambia, Botswana have 28 days ultimatum to pay contractor The relationship between Daewoo - contracted for the Kazungula bridge project – and the governments of Botswana and Zambia has hit rock bottom...
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Security breach at State House, Manhattans’ show
In a week in which the Commander-in-Chief put on a full military gear walked shoulder to shoulder with his generals, saluted and inspected his troops while offering them a bag of goodies – salary...
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Kgosi’s D-Day in court soon
The Directorate Public Prosecution (DPP) has requested that they amend the charge sheet in the multimillion National Petroleum Fund (NPF) case to add more accused people in it. Appearing before the...
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