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Retired soldiers to get their dues
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said government is in the process of coming up with the Military Veterans Act in an effort to address challenges be-devilling retired army officers. Addressing a...
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'Ntlole creates chaos'
Alliance for Progressives (AP) vice president, Wynter Mmolotsi says Botswana's economy is on a sick bed and needs to be fixed as a matter of urgency. Launching AP candidate for Palapye constituency,...
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Zim cops escape theft charges
-Contemplate suing for unlawful detention, malicious prosecution Two Zimbabwean police officers who were charged with possession of suspected stolen property were acquitted from the charge on Tuesday...
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UDC cllr exposes voter trafficking
36 removed from voters roll in Duanara settlement Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) councillor for Bojanala ward in Maun West constituency, Luke Motlaleselelo had the last laugh last week after...
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Thamalakane river dries up
Due to low rainfall received across the country and in neighbouring Namibia and Angola, Botswana is likely to experience a hydrological drought as water levels in many rivers has dropped drastically....
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Farmers welcome BMC new prices
Ngamiland farmers have welcomed the decision by Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) to increase the cattle buying price, saying it will boost the beef industry. They said although they had hoped BMC would...
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BCP F/town members join BPF
In the latest political developments in Francistown, Botswana Congress Party (BCP) members in Francistown West are dumping the lime movement in large numbers after finding a new political home at the...
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UDC, BPF fight over Central District
Disagreements over allocation of constituencies poses a major threat to the much anticipated cooperation between the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the newly registered Botswana...
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BDP Councillor resigns, joins BPP
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Kanana ward in Francistown West constituency, Cornelius Gopolang has re-joined Botswana People’s Party. Gopolang grew up as BPP activist but...
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Race for BPF leadership
The battle for leadership positions of the newly registered opposition Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has intensified ahead of its inaugural conference scheduled to be held in Kanye in two weeks, where...
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Doubt over IEC preparedness
Doubt has been cast on the level of preparedness of the elections management body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in delivering free and fair elections come October amid an avalanche of...
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Nurses drag DPSM to court
Continuous brutal attacks on nurses in their line of duty has forced them to drag the employer-the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM)- to court should government fail to meet their demands...
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Beware of Khama & BPF, BDP warned
Political analysts have cautioned the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to tread carefully when dealing with the newly registered Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and the influence that its sponsor,...
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Zim cops escape theft charges
Two Zimbabwean police officers who were charged with possession of suspected stolen property were acquitted from the charge on Tuesday this week by the Francistown Magistrate, Lebogang Kebeetsweng. The...
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Masisi returns mid-air
President Mokgweetsi Masisi, aboard a Presidential Jet enroute to the US-Africa summit in Maputo, Mozambique was on Tuesday forced to make a U-turn mid-air upon receiving news that 65 councillors had...
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Cleaning up Khama's mess
President Mokgweetsi Masisi, hosted his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame for two days this week, soon after returning from a Wildlife summit in Zimbabwe in what many view as efforts to rekindle broken...
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Morupule B Power fails, dark days return
Botswana could be seating on the verge of looming electricity crunch as the country’s dependent source of electricity supplier, Morupule B Power station is generating very little power output in a move...
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WUC rots from the head
Embattled Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) and its parent ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services have in recent past grown synonymous with rampant corruption at government enclave....
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Makgato vows to uproot corruption
Minister of Transport and Communications, Dorcas Makgato has vowed to uproot institutionalized corruption that is running rampant in her ministry. Makgato just like her boss, President Mokgweetsi...
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DCEC closes in on ex BCL bosses
Graft busters from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) are closing in on former executive management team and Board of Directors of the now closed BCL Limited over allegations of...
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