On Thursday 21st October 2021, the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removed Botswana from its list of jurisdictions “under increased monitoring”. This...
The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says the Botswana Government has not responded to their request for audience to answer for the engagement...
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi may, in the November sitting of Parliament, recall Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP), Dr Unity Dow from the house and give...
Ministers associated with an alleged new faction could soon face the wrath of a consequentialist approach adopted by the leadership of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP),...
The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) says it is not involved in the investigation and arrest of Ministry of Basic Education Permanent Secretary and...
A philosophical Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Secretary-General (SG) Mpho Balopi says some people within the party peddle untruths about him. He believes that this has created...
…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...
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 –...
Steve Harvey Global, a company owned by the worldwide entertainer, Steve Harvey has reportedly baulked away from the imminent deal with the Department of Broadcasting Services...
The former President, Ian Khama, has written an emotionally charged letter to the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa. In the letter, the former President calls and...
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...
While he postulated to be least worried by the public anger, suspicion, and confidence on him, a seemingly emotional President Mokgweetsi Masisi has taken some minutes...
Leader of Opposition (LOO) Dumelang Saleshando has written a letter to President Mokgweetsi Masisi demanding to know the progress in the 2019 promise of a comprehensive...
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Eric Molale, has washed his hands off the ongoing controversial matter where people attempting to access COVID-19 jabs...
Premium Nickel Resources Botswana, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Premium Nickel Resources Canada, has sealed a deal with the BCL liquidator to acquire two (2) BCL assets,...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi is scheduled to meet Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) elders to discuss the state of the party upon his return from the 76th United...
The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and its opposition partners have been accused of failing to settle Council Wards allocation timeously, as bye-elections loom in the...
This week, an appeal by the Bakgatla royal family urged Bakgatla to celebrate this year’s heritage under the Dikgafela theme by extending appreciation to the paramount...
The Director-General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Services (DIS), Brigadier Peter Magosi’s role in a case in which Capital Management Botswana (CMB) Director Tim Marsland...
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) emerging faction led by disgruntled cabinet members, has attracted support from the majority of backbenchers as the faction prepares to exert influence...
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...
Former Minister in the presidency and Member of Parliament for Selibe Phikwe East, Nonofho Molefhi’s deadline to have given the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) a solid...
Senior officials at the office of the President, including Ministers, may have lost a bid to help the President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, comply with the recent High...
The continued sorry state the directorate of Intelligence (DIS) finds itself in has been linked to the growing criminal activities around town where unidentified groups of...
The arrest of three spies and a lawyer by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) this week allegedly emanates from their refusal to join a...
Amid an escalating number of money heist cases currently besieging the country, Botswana Private Security Services Association (BPSSA) talks with stakeholders to brainstorm how to stop...
Concerned by the depressing state of affairs in the country owing to a number of unexplained controversial transactions, a faction led by three cabinet ministers has...
Following a High Court ruling ordering the Government of Botswana to reimburse former President Lt Gen Ian Khama the funds he used for the 2019 controversial...
Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Kabo Morwaeng, told parliament recently that the government has purchased through direct appointment, Tautona Lodge for P58 240...
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...
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators, including ministers, have reportedly advised President Mokgweetsi Masisi to act against conspirators in the fabricated, falsified and embarrassing P100 billion saga...
Former legislator Gilson Saleshando has disapproved of Dumelang Saleshando to travel with President Mokgweetsi Masisi to the inauguration of President of Zambia Hakainde Hichelema, urging that...
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...
On Friday, the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance & Public Administration told Parliament that acquiring and setting up hospitality outposts across the country by government is...
Following his four-year-old trial and failed prosecution by the State on money laundering charges, businessman-Bakang Seretse, after being declared innocent by the high court last week,...
Should the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership continue to tip-toe on whether or not to suspend Immigration Minister, Annah Mokgethi and, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker, Pono Moatlhodi,...
This week, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Peggy Serame sought from Parliament approval to borrow US$250 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development...
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...
The newly appointed Chief of Staff at the Office of President, Boyce Sebetela, a key advisor to President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, has recommended that constitutional review...
Botswana State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have been under scrutiny for years now. The public outcry is that these businesses, much of which are making losses year-in-year-out, are...
An emerging faction, made predominately of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) backbenchers in parliament, has approached President Mokgweetsi Masisi, urging him to suspend Minister of Nationality, Immigration,...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his cabinet have ordered and approved an increase in service fees of six ministries to adjust them for inflation and finance the...