Opposition to cash in on BDP F/town disputes
Opposition parties in Francistown region may cash in on the infighting between aggrieved Botswana Democratic Party members, if the matter is not addressed promptly. Member of Central Committee (MCC)...
View ArticleBotswana stands firmly with Palestinian peoples
One year after Botswana established diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine, Botswana Guardian reporter Ernest Moloi asks Botswana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador...
View ArticleMultiChoice Botswana, BOCRA judgement set for August
Gaborone high court Judge, Tshepo Motswagole has reserved judgement to August 3, 2018 in the case in which MultiChoice Botswana (MCB) is suing Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) from...
View ArticleNo constituency for Dumelang Saleshando... as BCP/BMD tradeoff hits a dead-end
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) leadership finds itself between a rock and hard place over its swap of constituencies with the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). In its effort to find a constituency...
View ArticleAdv. Kebonang clears his name
Says his former Acting PS, Dr. Obakeng is “not honest” I was never involved in the fund (NPF) because it was run by the PS Billions of Pula might have been illegally siphoned out of National Petroleum...
View ArticleClimate change threats real for Botswana
Botswana has been challenged to embrace adaptation to climate change, given its environmental social and economic circumstances. Speaking at the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
View ArticleBotswana to jumpstart Zimbabwe’s ailing economy
Botswana government has decided to resuscitate the P500 million-credit facility extended to Zimbabwe’s Short Term Emergence Recovery Programme (STERP) in 2009. This was revealed by Minister of...
View ArticleMasisi’s powers under spotlight
BCP challenges President’s powers in court Masisi’s presidency is unconstitutional - Rantao Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is expected to approach the High Court on urgency to challenge President...
View ArticleYoung Progressives mobilise SRCs
Alliance for Progressives (AP) Youth League says it is lobbying student bodies within tertiary institutions to mount pressure on government to increase students’ allowances. Young Progressives...
View ArticleMakopong Sub Chief axed
Makopong Sub-Chief, Kgosi Vincent Phologo has been relieved of his duties, this publication can revealThis follows a protracted dispute between Makopong villagers and the Ministry of Local Government...
View ArticleUDC collapses
It is end of the road for coalition movement Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) as key players Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) have resolved to pull out of the...
View ArticleBPP summons Gudu, Kuchwe for reconciliation
A recommendation by the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) disciplinary hearing committee to have party chairperson Richard Gudu and additional member Peter Kuchwe permanently expelled from the party has...
View ArticleKgafela II a deciding factor in Mochudi East by-election
As Mochudi East Constituents go to the polls tomorrow (Saturday) to elect their new Member of Parliament, the opposition coalition is tipped to have a better chance of reclaiming the constituency. The...
View ArticleKgosi outshines PAC
DISS boss, Isaac Kgosi seems on course to exposing the ignorance of law on the part of Members of Parliament as he appears before the Parliament Accounts Committee (PAC) that is investigating the...
View ArticleKgosi owns up to NPF’s P118 million
Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) Director General, Isaac Kgosi says he can only account for P118 million from the P230 million that was transferred to his organisation from...
View ArticleBasarwa of Boteti decry state ill-treatment
Basarwa from Boteti region have high hopes on newly appointed Vice President Slumber Tsogwane to attend to their plight in the area, When Tsogwane was Minister of Local Government and Rural Development...
View ArticleNgakaagae, Kgosi face off in court duel
A fierce face-off is on the cards between Isaac Kgosi- Director General at Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DISS) and defense lawyer in the P250 million National Petroleum Fund (NPF) money...
View ArticleKgosi’s carte blanche powers
When it created the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS), Parliament might have failed to pay attention to the finer details of the monster they were forming. Many years later DIS...
View ArticleEducation best weapon to end extreme poverty – World Bank
World Bank Country Representative for Botswana, Xavier Furtado said they are committed and ready to support reforms on education and learning in Botswana. This follows the 2018 World Development Report...
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