A number of Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 2019 election funders and some of the former cabinet Ministers are said to be supporting the party Secretary General...
On Monday 7th February 2022 Minister of Finance & Economic Development will deliver the 2022/23 budget speech. It will be the first time ever in history...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has bowed down to pressure from the civil society, after cabinet agreed to recall contentious provisions that give investigation authorities blank cheque to...
Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs and attorney Anna Mokgethi will spend 60 days in prison is she continues to fail to give proper accounting...
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is in the process of procuring data extraction and analytical tools to upgrade their cyber cyber force to boost cyberwarfare, cybersecurity,...
The latest addition of former cabinet ministers Mpho Balopi and Dr. Thapelo Matsheka to the BDP backbench has stirred up deep-seated fear on President Mokgweetsi Masisi...
Parliament on Monday this week voted in favour of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Controlled Investigations) Bill of 2022 to be debated on certificate of urgency. ...
Leader of Opposition (LOO) Dumelang Saleshando has pleaded with President Mokgweetsi Masisi to rescind his unilateral decision to appoint the Constitutional Review Commission and engage all...
Bangwato royals who are currently in talks with the government over their paramount chief, former president Ian Khama’s situation have expressed shock at the government’s decision...
A renowned South African author of ‘The rise of the Securocrats-the case of South Africa,’ ‘Stopping the Spies: Constructing and Resisting the Surveillance State in South...
The National Assembly recently passed the Financial Intelligence Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 34 of 2021) during an Emergency Parliament Meeting. The Bill was first published on...
Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Lephimotswe Boyce Sebetela has addressed Councillors of Gaborone City Council (G.C.C) on the Reset Agenda, at their...
The 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International has shown that corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide while it is on the rise...
A number of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Members of Parliament believed to be sympathetic to the estranged party secretary general, Mpho Balopi, are reportedly being targeted...
The Acting Secretary of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has reportedly snubbed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over a draft bill that is aimed at making...
Former Cabinet Minister Dorcas Makgato is reported to have applied for a lengthy eight months leave to come back home. Insiders say the leave may partly...
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership is said to have thrown to the dustbin a proposal to have primary elections in the constituencies held by BDP canceled,...
The high court has ruled against the government’s bid to block and reverse an exemption it had granted a company to cultivate and grow hemp plants...
At least three new faces are expected to join cabinet before or during the second meeting of the third session of the 12th parliament scheduled for...
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report released last month has uncovered general lapses of governance relating to operations within government ministries. The Committee held its...
Effective April 1st this year, various government ministries through their accounting officers will now be at the fore-front of adjudicating and awarding tenders worth billions of...
A significant number of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators will not seek re-election in the next general elections as political parties prepare for primary elections ahead...
The Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) is at loggerheads with the government following a request by BALA that its membership to be allowed to access...
Some minority tribes have dragged the government before the High Court seeking an order interdicting it from an ongoing appointment of some dikgosana in their tribal...
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi this week authorized Vice President Slumber Tsogwane to exercise the duties and functions of the Office of the President after the President...
Members of Botswana Defense Force (BDF) and Botswana Police Service (BPS) who are reluctant to get vaccinated because of medical conditions are likely to be mandated...
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is now facing fresh accusations of allegedly abducting the Nchindo brothers and their Zambian cousin from the Namibian side and then...
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Head of Communications and International Relations, Kagelelo Banks Kentse, has said former President Lt Gen Ian Khama is free to seek asylum...
Khato Civils enterprise and its Chairman, Simbi Phiri are suing the opposition bloc, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), for a blood-cuddling P5 million for reputational damage,...
The tension between the Government and former President Ian Khama has taken a new dimension with reports indicating that the former has banned Kgotla meetings aimed...
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has identified at least 12 cabinet ministers who form part of his long-term plans owing to their loyalty and tenacity in delivering...
The outgoing President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Kirby, shares his thoughts with us as he leaves the Bench at the end of this...
Botswana’s civil society is one of the non-state actors that could save the country’s democracy from sliding into regression, a Germany based think tank has revealed. ...
Bangwato in Serowe — where Bamagwato Paramount Chief and former President Lt. Gen Ian Khama originates – disagree on whether they must send a delegation to...
Despite all that his family is going through at the hands of the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) under the stewardship of Brigadier Peter Magosi, the...
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Members of Parliament are adamant that the motion of no confidence tabled by Leader of Opposition (LOO) in Parliament, Dumelang Saleshando...
Shareholders at Botswana and Johannesburg listed supermarket giant Choppies Enterprise Limited, have won a major court victory in their battle to recover damages of more than...
As the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) prepare for the much-anticipated cooperation meeting to discuss the proposed cooperation models put forward by the Botswana Patriotic Front...
The United Kingdom has justified why it took a decision to ban direct flights Botswana following reports that a deadly COVID-19 variant which scientists fear could...
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Central Committee (CC) meeting, chaired by President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi late last month, resolved that the party’s next Secretary-General (SG) should...
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF)-Namibians fatal shooting tragedy Inquest has revealed through autopsy report that the BDF carried over 800 bullets for the mission, 32 of...
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi’s decision to apply for the positions of United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)...
The former principals of the judiciary, former Chief Justice, Maruping Dibotelo and outgoing Court of Appeal president, Ian Kirby, are said to be leading the pack...