Coin Botswana denies buy-out claims
Troubled security company, Coin Botswana has rebutted allegations that it has been sold to a new company, Fidelity Guards. Speaking on behalf of the directors yesterday, Coin Botswana attorney Reuben Kamuchinda said the rumours of the sale are false.

Mere guidelines as draft policy
The draft competition policy can better be described as mere guidelines. The document does not spell-out pertinent issues that government needs to critically engage with. It does not adequately provide a comprehensive mechanism to sufficiently deal with key issues in the economy.

Canova interferes with Phikwe ARV programme
SELEBI PHIKWE: Misconceptions about Canova as a treatment for HIV/AIDS has confused many people in Selebi Phikwe. Medical officers in the government hospital have expressed worry that that the misconception about how Canova works complicates their efforts to address the issue of HIV/AIDS. Some people living with HIV/AIDS in the area are refusing to enroll for ARV treatment while others on the programme want to stop.

State withdraws defilement case
FRANCISTOWN: The state has withdrawn a case of defilement against a 50-year-old man because the alleged victim cannot be found. Prosecutor detective sergeant Dalton Mangoyi told chief magistrate, Kenneth Obeng that they have applied for a postponement on several occasions to locate the alleged victim but in vain and therefore they are withdrawing the case.

Code of conduct reports to be publicised
Results of studies on the design of codes of conduct to tackle issues of good governance and corruption in Botswana are expected to be released to the public by the end of this month. The four studies are to develop codes of conduct for the private and public sectors; politicians and a proposal on the funding of political parties.