The United Nations Committee on Human Rights has taken Botswana to task over what it considers to be discrimination laws against lesbians and gays and delay...
Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Botsalano Mosimakoko, has declared her organisation ‘ready’ to “provide for and maintain the National Credit and Qualifications...
Amidst pandemic, rule of law deteriorates in over half the world. 84.7% of the worlds population (6.5 billion people) live in a country where rule of...
…as court rejects her filed report The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs Annah Mokgethi is racing against time to avert sanctions that include imprisonment...
Botswana and the European Union (EU) appear to have been at each other’s throats behind the scenes since last year, with the EU saying it held...
As calls for jobs gain momentum in the country, the Special Economic Zones Authority (ZEZA) could be the ace up President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi’s sleeve ...
This week, the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Anna Mokgethi, made her first attempt to comply, out of time, with the court order to...
China is a force to reckon with in the world’s economic space, with most narrations painting a cold war with the United States of America. Being...
Botswana gays, lesbians more suicidal than any other this is according to a study conducted by a Professor Alexandra Muller who is based at the...
The government is racing against time to complete a perception survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public service as it picks up...
This discussion presents a retrospective interpretation of the evolving gestalt of the China Medical Teams (CMTs) initiative by addressing the intersection between practising medicine and knowledge...
The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to the economic stimulus package and national development projects – it has forced the Government...
This week, an appeal by the Bakgatla royal family urged Bakgatla to celebrate this years heritage under the Dikgafela theme by extending appreciation to the paramount...
A legal battle has ensued between Basarwa and Batawana Kgosikgolo, Tawana Moremi following the Tawana Landboard to allocate the latter a piece of land in Moremi...
The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Annah Mokgethi, has failed to honour a recent High Court order. This follows the findings that she violated...
Mesh Moeti this week learnt the true definition of the phrase, ‘toothless bulldog’ after he was summoned to the office of the Ombudsman and told categorically...
You may, by now, have heard about the dark side of the high profile P100 billion case, but wait, there is also the brighter side. Staff...
The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) finds itself in a messy financial scandal following a misappropriated and misused P8 million payment relating to the construction of their...
Botswana may find herself in an undesirable state of ‘so near yet so far’ should she fail to speed up the rollout for her vaccination programme...
The South African businesswoman, Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe, whom prosecutors fingered as a co-signatory to at least two bank accounts holding some of the P100 billion allegedly stolen...
After a long struggle to intervene on the controversial P100 billion case, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB), with a backing of an authoritative and instructive...
The office of the President (OP) Ministerial Tender Committee has accused the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) of violating the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board...
A South African judge, Justice Dennis Davis, long found that the P100 billion looting case was based on falsehoods. His findings, though not publicized, were made...
The Namibian Government has deployed its army (the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) along its border with Botswana in what seems like mobilisation of troops and equipment...
After bearing heavy criticism for an ill-advised COVID-19 vaccine rollout and COVID-19 response, Botswana seems to have bounced back in the game, according to a newly...
The state agencies and President, Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, were this week reportedly at pains to shed light on the visiting Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on...
Through the Department of Roads, Transport and Safety, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has refused to release information relating to all the vehicles linked to...
A new study by the United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) office in Botswana has revealed that employment in the public sector is driving inequality in Botswana,...
The recent High Court ruling by Justice Godfrey Radijeng, which dismissed with costs the application for forfeiture to the government several properties that belong to Bakang...
A heartfelt message of good wishes from Minister Mmusi Kgafela to his self-exiled brother and Bakgatla paramount chief, Kgafela Kgafela II, this week urged the latter...
In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa recently told his parliament that the deployment of his army to Mozambique had cost close to a billion rand, with...
Despite the President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi and his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob giving an impression that the borderline security disputes are a thing of the past...
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DDP) has reportedly succeeded in its request for mutual legal assistance from the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation...
In a classic and shocking case of disgrace and dishonour to this country, the law enforcement agencies are currently struggling to cover up a damaging and...
The University of Botswana political scientist, Professor, Zibani Maundeni has called on the main opposition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leadership to admit that the...
The Patron of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Lt Gen Ian Khama who is also the Godfather of the movement recently met with the leader of...
The Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC), Tymon Katlholos spirited fight against the contentious transfers of his management team has forced...
Renowned for its zero-tolerance policy towards drugs, the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has fired six recruit privates caught in possession of marijuana as well as those...
Should he choose the high way in his battle for political survival, the embattled Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president, Biggie Butale could plunge his party into...
Should they secure a consensus on a Monday-scheduled national executive committee (NEC) meeting, the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) may emerge from that crucial meeting with a...
Some of Botswana Defence Forces promotion and progression conflicts have been blamed on the introduction and reintegration of women in the army. The service womens promotions...
Despite being hailed and still regarded as a hero who saved many lives through his decision to crash the BF5 fighter Jet around the national stadium...
The national army, Botswana Defence Force, charged with the responsibility to defend the country and providing for the citizens security, may be living in fear and...