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Air Botswana re-fleeting halted
Air Botswana’s re-fleeting process which has been under consideration over the last few years by the shareholder (government) has since been put on hold pending completion of the privatisation process....
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Domkrag goes to war
The battle lines are drawn. And the fight for the control of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party is finally shaping up. After months of speculations on who will contest for which position come July in...
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Celebrity wildlife filmmakers survive buffalo attack in the Okavango delta
Botswana based wildlife documentary filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert were gored by a buffalo last week Thursday in the Okavango Delta. Both celebrity award winning filmmakers were injured and...
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African court appoints two more women judges
The newly appointed judges to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, Justice Bensaoula Chafika from Algeria and Justice Chizumila Rose Tujilane from Malawi, were sworn in earlier this week at...
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Bailey bridge at Nywane River will only accommodate light vehicles when it...
The Bailey bridge, which was extensively damaged in the wake of recent flash floods, is currently under construction. The bridge located along the A1 at Nywane River near Otse village along busy...
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Motswasejane family cries out for dignity
The Motswasejane family has been left homeless after cyclone Dineo that hit the country a couple of weeks ago, tore apart the mud hut that the already poverty-stricken family called home. “In a split...
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Lefhoko Primary School defies poverty to emerge top in PSLE
The name may not ring a bell for many but Lefhoko Primary School defied all odds to score a 100 percent pass rate in the 2016 Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). Situated in the poverty-riddled...
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Debswana hands over P1, 5m Diamond Village to Lefhoko
Hardly 30 kilometres from Botswana’s premiere diamond mine, Jwaneng, lies a humble poverty-stricken village known as Lefhoko in the Mabutsane sub-district. There was great excitement in the village...
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Makgato unchallenged in BDP Women’s Wing race
Botswana Democratic Party Women Chairperson, Dorcas Makgato is likely not to be challenged for the position when the party converges in Maun next week for the Women’s Wing elective congress. The...
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Khama’s 2014 decision haunts BDP in Tlokweng
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leader President Ian Khama’s decision to suspend some of the party members in Tlokweng Constituency in 2014 is now backfiring on the party. The bad blood between the two...
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World Bank approves $145.5 million for Botswana
The World Bank last week approved a $145.5 million loan to Botswana for the Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project. This will be used to improve water availability in drought vulnerable areas,...
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SA student pilot survives crash landing along the Pitsane- Goodhope road
One person survived an aeroplane crash landing between the Southern Villages of Pitsane and Goodhope yesterday According to the Ministry of Transport and Communication, a South African PA-28 small...
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ESPcreated 18 790 jobs since 2015
Government’s Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) is bearing fruit after generating about 18 790 jobs since its launch in 2015, a government official has said. Although the programme has attracted bouts...
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Harassed journalists enlist attorney Bayford in bid to sue Government
Three journalists from INK Centre for Investigative Journalism who were allegedly arrested, detained and threatened in Mosu by security agents have roped in Human Rights Lawyer Dick Bayford in a...
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A season of acrimony threatens BDP’s hegemony
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party(BDP) has hitherto been associated with internal cohesion, peace and stability while the opposition was associated with instability emanating from incessant fights...
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MPs disown Khama’s retirement Bill
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MPs have vowed to fight to the bitter end to have a Bill on their conditions of service tabled in Parliament before supporting the Presidential retirement package Bill....
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Mistrust rocks UDC
The Opposition coalition deal remains on shaky grounds. The marriage between Botswana Congress Party (BCP)and Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) might have been declared done and sealed but the four...
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EIH organises ‘Botswana Week’ in Abu Dhabi
The earmarked partnership between government of Botswana and potential BCL mine investor - Emirates Investment House (EIH) is beginning to bring dividends even before the two could sign the final...
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The 2017 UN World Happiness Report has declared Botswana as one of the most...
The recent United Nations (UN) World Happiness Report (WHR) has labelled Botswana as one of the unhappiest places on earth. The report was released this week and features Botswana in position 142...
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Letter from Abyssinia
I have a confession to make: while the whole of Botswana was transfixed by rapper, Kast’s torturous yet brave fundraising 1000km walk from Maun to Francistown I remained a disinterested observer. I was...
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