Council closes flea market
FRANCISTOWN: Francistown City Council (FCC) has declined to renew a lease agreement with the Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) to run the city’s flea market. The council’s attorney, Cynthia Sintala told Mmegi that their finance committee made the decision not to renew the lease.

Moment of truth for BCP contenders
FRANCISTOWN: For the first time, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) will experience the pain of a no-holds-barred contest for party posts during its national congress this weekend in Letlhakane.

High noon at BNF
Will the contentious issues of constitutional amendments and the nomination process for central committee positions pre-occupy the Botswana National Front (BNF) Congress, to be held at Ledumang in Gaborone, at the expense of other serious issues?

Crunch time for BDP
As is customary, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) holds its national congress over the long weekend. However, this time, it will not be an ordinary congress. It will determine the political destinies of prominent and long serving stalwarts and those who have been catapulted into the limelight by the strength of the faction they belong to.

BNF strikes agreement with BCP on by-elections
FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) have established a working relationship for by-elections. The country’s two main opposition parties have agreed that they will support each other in by-elections.

DCEC reveals suspect transactions at lawyers’ firms
A senior Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) officer, Kelennetse Moloko has said that they seized documents from two law firms after the discovery of suspicious transactions in their trust accounts.

The composition of the BDP delegates
When the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) converges in Serowe during the President’s Day Holidays, about 1,111 delegates constituting the Electoral College will decide who sits in the central committee. BDP executive secretary, Dr. Comma Serema says 114 delegates will be branch secretaries and chairpersons.