Parliament has rejected a motion by Leader of Opposition (LOO) calling for the reversing of the recent appointments of ruling party activists to various Land Boards...
Intelligence and Security Service Act, which is a law that establishes the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Service (DIS), provides for establishment of a Parliamentary Committee....
On Monday the 9th, the President addressed Parliament on the state of the republic. There is tradition by the President to address Parliament seated on a...
On Monday the 9th November, Parliament will convene for its first meeting of the second session. This is after prorogation of the first session by the...
During the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearings, Permanent Secretary to the President was subpoenaed to answer tough questions from Members of Parliament (MPs) about the Independent...
Parliament stands adjourned sine die since its last emergency meeting and sitting in which it approved a motion to extend the State of Public Emergency (SoE)....
Parliament met for an emergency meeting and or one day sitting on Monday the 28th September to extend the State of Public Emergency (SoE). Onthe 23rd...
Financial Reporting (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and Accountants (Amendment) Bill, 2020 were expeditiously passed by parliament on Thursday. What are these two Bills really about? The Bills...
Financial Reporting (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and Accountants (Amendment) Bill, 2020 were expeditiously passed by parliament on Thursday. What are these two Bills really about? The Bills...
Parliament has begun debates on three related Private Members Bills on the conditions of service of members of the Security Sector. The Bills are Prisons (Amendment)...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi reshuffled his cabinet a few days ago and dropped a senior female minister and Specially Elected Member of Parliament (MP), Unity Dow. The...
Opposition MP Yandani Boko tabled a motion on urgency about Gender Based Violence (GBV) and requested that the President appoints a Commissionof Enquiry in term of...
The Media Practitioners (Repeal) Bill, 2019, which was published on the 13th December 2019 in the Government Gazette, is set to be defeated for the second...
Parliament has begun its meeting with some brouhaha and pandemonium. The Leader of Opposition (LOO) has been suspended for a week following his refusal to withdraw...
Monday the 27th Parliament will resume its July meeting. What is specifically on the agenda of Parliament in this coming meeting? A lot! There will be...
There is an ongoing debate on whether Botswana Members of Parliament (MPs) are policy makers/law makers or rubberstamps. The pitfalls of Botswanas Parliamentary democracy are widely...
There is no doubt that Corona Virus pandemic has shattered Botswanas fragile economy. Warnings about the brittleness of the economy and its susceptibility to external shocks...
The media has been awash with reports of questionable business dealings of the president. There are also reports that the President has applied for a state...
DITHAPELO KEORAPETSE May 1 is a day chosen to be International Worker’s Day to commemorate the Chicago Illinois Haymarket affair in which workers went on strike...
Problems at BCL are depressing. It is alarming that no one is yet to be held responsible for the mess at the mine. The management is...