Insurance company headed for insolvency?
Eyebrows are being raised regarding the viability of General Insurance Botswana (GIB) with fears that it could be headed for insolvency. However, GIB managing director Sophie Tsheole expressed surprise at the allegations of the impending doom.

Makgekgenene passes away
FRANCISTOWN: Former cabinet minister Lemme Makgekgenene has died. The political veteran died on Monday at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone after three months of illness. His younger brother, Thuso reported yesterday that the former minister has been on treatment locally and abroad.

water shortage hits Tsamaya
TSAMAYA: Tsamaya and Mabudzani villages in the North-East face serious water shortages. For almost two months now, the villages depend on water bowsers and this has led to long queues near the tanks. Those with cars fetch water from the neighbouring village of Siviya.

Madagascar joins SADC while Rwanda fails
Madagascar has become the newest member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). However, outgoing SADC executive secretary, Dr. Prega Ramsamy said yesterday that the organisation has rejected Rwanda’s application to become a SADC member.

Angolan gets SADC top post
This week’s spirited gender equity campaign by the Civil Society Forum in Gaborone appears to have not made an impression on the SADC Council of Ministers. The ministers failed to nominate a woman for the secretariat’s second topmost position of deputy executive secretary.

Exams council launched
The newly established Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has an enormous task ahead, its chairman Professor John Melamu has said. The new council will be responsible for providing direction on examination policy, overseeing the administration of examination and ensuring the maintenance of standards.

Botswana regresses in gender
Apprehension and anxiety from female voters could have led to Botswana’s failure to meet the 30 percent quota of women in Parliament set by SADC. In an interview with Mmegi, Ntombi Setshwaelo, the publicity secretary of women organisation Emang Basadi, said that voter education still lacks among the electorate.