Nurses and midwives who work in government clinics and health posts are planning to stop performing some of their usual duties and have approached the Lobatse...
Khama, Nasha standoff derails Parley President Lt Gen Ian Khama is uncompromising on his stance on the show of hands – instead of secret ballot –...
Professor Lydia Ramahobo-Saleshando The Gaborone High Court has been asked to determine whether or not, Professor Lydia Ramahobo-Saleshando influenced the award of the University of Botswana...
The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) will on Monday next week attempt to convince the court of Appeal in Gaborone that President Lieutenant General Dr Seretse...
Justice Motswagole Fifty-five (55) industrial class employees have dragged the Ministry of Transport and Communications before the Gaborone High court demanding close to P7 Million of...
Amid strong winds of discontent and discomfort especially from fellow African countries about the International Criminal Court, Botswana has reaffirmed her support for the court and...
MilkAfrica, a joint project between Lobatse Town Council and a Zimbabwean refugee, which was expected to create around 500 jobs and supply the country with milk...
THE PUBLIC IS PATIENTLY WAITING: Dumelang Saleshando, Duma Boko and Ndaba Gaolathe are expected to say “I DO”. Ndaba wants UDC parties to apply for membership...
Duma Boko The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) agree that the need for cooperation among them is urgent. UDC president...
Since 2009, several African countries have been threatening to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) en-masse, but to date not a single one of them...
Sixty-three percent of Botswana’s children are not able to access numerous social programmes put in place by government to benefit them, UNICEF Representative, Julianna Lindsey revealed...
BDP MP Eric Molale with Phenyo Butale, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone Central Members of opposition in Parliament are likely to drag the ruling Botswana...
Ignatius Moswaane, Member of Parliament for Francistown West The Member of Parliament for Francistown West, Ignatius Moswaane says he intends to have a private and sincere...
The High court has clarified confusion surrounding the role and rights of the country’s President in regards to the appointment of the Judges vis-a-vis that of...
The court of Appeal has barred a senior attorney from practice over misappropriation of trust funds. In a ground breaking judgment issued in Gaborone on Thursday...
The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) has made it clear that it was not bluffing when it expressed its intention to challenge the appointment of Justice...
Attorney General; Athaliah Molokomme The Ministry of Health erroneously paid a prohibited immigrant over Half a Million Pula in gratuities instead of just about P47 000,...
Directorate of Public Prosecution offices in Palapye have been found to be unbearable to work in due to unsanitary conditions. The Auditor General, Pulane Letebele has...
Chairperson of the Botswana Congress Party’s youth league, Tumiso Chillyboy Rakgare The Chairperson of the Botswana Congress Party’s youth league, Tumiso Chillyboy Rakgare has broken ranks...
The government has been warned not to address Ranyane residents in the Gantsi District on matters relating to the recent judgment on the denial of services...
Challenged; Minister Batsu The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) intends to file an urgent application with the aim to nullify the Labour Advisory Board...
Missing in Action: Suspended The decision by President Ian Khama Seretse Khama to appoint new Judges of the High Court this week has sparked new fear...
A confidential report on the horrific truck accident that killed seven form 5 students of Matsha College and left over one Hundred others injured last month...
Khama’s court case clashes with State of nation address A full panel of the High Court comprising Justices Walia, Tafa, and Solomon will hear arguments in...
Residents disappointed with Justice Rannowane’s ruling International human rights organisation, Survival international has shown interest in joining minority tribal groups of Ranyane settlement in the Gantsi...
Secretary General of BLLAHWU, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa The by law officers who work for all the District and Town Councils across the country want government to pay...
The lawyers representing ten Eritrean football players who are seeking political asylum in Botswana got the shock of their lives this week when the players told...
President Park Geun-hye and President Seretse Khama Ian Khama of Botswana shaking hands prior to their summit at Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea When President Lieutenant...
The Law society of Botswana (LSB) wants the complete minutes of the 1966 London Bechuanaland Constitutional Conference to be made available to it ahead of the...
The Secretary General of BOSETU, Tobokani Rari The teaching Service unions, Botswana Sector of Educator’s Union (BOSETU) and the Botswana Teacher’s Union (BTU) are seeking audience...
The 114 applicants wanted to be provided with water and other amenities Residents of Ranyane settlement in the Gantsi District waited for almost a year for...
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and other stakeholders have recommended that there should be direct election of the President so as to usher in a President...
Long time serving Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Marcus Chimbombi has been dismissed from office, allegedly due to incompetence. Chimbombi was forced out...
Government officers who work for the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) and the National Strategic Grain Reserves are facing charges of theft and fraud after an...
The tendering process of the Multi Million Pula proposed construction of the Kanye Magistrate court in the Southern District has been put on hold. The delay...
Mo Ibrahim shows year on year on governance decline since 2008 The 2015 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) report indicates that Botswana’s quality of governance...
Judge says Khama did not interfere with judicial independence The State President, Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama has been vindicated in his actions of suspending...
Govt plans to eradicate Malaria transmissions in 2018 For the first time in history, the Botswana government has succeeded in getting a global fund towards the...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Water and Energy Resources, Kgomotso Abi The government is seriously considering a hike in illegal sand mining penalties and...
Greater Gaborone surpasses supply by 18 Million litres a day The scarcity of clean water in the southern parts of the country has reached critical levels...
Recent withdrawals of signatures by some Judges who had petitioned and sought for the impeachment of the Chief Justice has raised fresh debate on the extent...
Amid eight consecutive losses in bye-elections since the 2014 general elections by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP); water and electricity challenges, an Afrobarometer study on...
Sitting heads of states have no immunity from arrest and prosecution when in South Africa, the country’s High court reaffirmed the country’s status on international law...