Botswana Oil chickens out
Botswana Oil Limited, the government-owned petroleum company, has chosen not to take Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) to court over the decision to turn down its application for exclusive...
View ArticleDe Beers opens purse for diamonds
The world’s largest diamond mining company, also Botswana’s main partner, De Beers, has invested US$10.5 billion towards expansion, maintenance and sorting diamonds ahead of negotiations for the...
View ArticleTensions fermenting within UDC - Mohwasa
Tensions between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) contracting partners, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana National Front (BNF) over constituency allocation are at their zenith....
View ArticleDirty tricks emerge in BDP Gaborone South campaign
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Gaborone South Constituency is marred by controversy as campaign teams jostling for the area clash on a collision course, Botswana Guardian has learnt. The...
View ArticleMPs okay Data Protection Bill with reservations
Members of Parliament have welcomed the Data Protection Bill presented by Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration Nonofo Molefhi this week. The MPs further called for...
View ArticleMPs okay Data Protection Bill with reservations
Tensions are reaching boiling point as the deadline for the repatriation of the Namibian refugees held at Dukwi refugee camp to their native country draws nearer. The refugees have until 11th of July...
View ArticleMP Lelatisitswe in land brawl with Letlhakane elders
Two residents of Letlhakane are pointing a finger at Boteti East Member of Parliament Sethomo Lelatisitswe for ‘stealing’ their land in 2014. Seventy-nine old granny, Gaboitsiwe Maphane and Franz...
View ArticleMokaila turns Mascom appeal down
Mascom Wireless Botswana who recently lost with costs a case in which it had sought a review of the lawfulness of a directive promulgated by the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), is...
View ArticleDebswana, workers clash over scannex
There is new twist in the long-standing dispute between the Debswana Mining Company and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) over installation of full body ray scanners. Debswana had taken...
View ArticleWater rationing hits Maun as Treatment Plant is shut down
Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) on Wednesday shut down the Borolong plant in Maun, to start the works of replacing the malfunctioning Actifio Clarifier pump and filter unit. Acting Corporate...
View ArticleMasisi takes us for granted – BOFEPUSU
Botswana Federation of Public Parastatal and Private Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) has accused President Mokgweetsi Masisi of taking them for granted after he snubbed the Federation’s elective congress this...
View ArticleTertiary students’ allowance to be increased July
Students from tertiary institutions would likely get an allowance increase by end of this month, Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, Ngaka Ngaka has said. The minister...
View ArticleCoA to hear ZCC case
Court of Appeal is today (Friday) scheduled to hear a case in which Zion Christian Church (ZCC) and its leader Bishop Barnabas Edward Lekganyane are appealing against a High Court decision barring them...
View ArticleABM University accused of cheating
A group of former students at ABM University in Gaborone are disgruntled that the institution had awarded them a Certificate qualification after being sponsored and admitted to study Diploma in...
View ArticleJustice Leburu throws out Alpha Direct case
The High Court has dismissed with costs a case in which Alpha Direct Insurance Company (Pty) Ltd was challenging decisions by Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) instructing...
View ArticleFire Tshekedi Khama
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) factional wars are now fought in any available platform as party members go for each other’s political survival, Botswana Guardian has established.A bitter war between...
View ArticleIntersex, transgender persons demand legal recognition
Members of the Rainbow Identity Association (RIA) will soon present a policy brief before Parliament. RIA, registered in 2010, advocates for the rights of intersex and transgender people in Botswana....
View ArticleSADC Elections Observer Mission launches in Zimbabwe
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Elections Observer Mission will launch in Zimbabwe on Wednesday 25 July 2018 ahead of the general elections scheduled for July 30th. The regional...
View ArticleMokaila turns Mascom appeal down
Mascom Wireless Botswana who recently lost with costs a case in which it had sought a review of the lawfulness of a directive promulgated by the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), is...
View ArticleBusiness Botswana and China Council for Promotion of International Trade sign...
Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is today (July 23) hosting a Business Forum for a business delegation China led by the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) at Gaborone...
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