Batswana advised to apply for E-passport
The Labour and Home Affairs ministry has called for Batswana citizens to apply for e-passports.

Give IEC more resources- Goya
The Member of Parliament for Palapye, Moiseraele Goya, has appealed to the government to give more powers to the Independent Electoral Commission in order to improve its efficiency.

The vice-president must live long enough
In his book, The Social Contract and Discourse, Rousseau relates that " Astyages, in Xenephon, desires Cyrus give him an account of his last lesson.

Govt to implement moral report immediately
President Ian Khama has issued a directive to implement with immediate effect the National Strategy for the Promotion of Good Social Values.

New twist in BDP suspension saga
*Dada and Kwelagobe hatch peace making plan
*'We won't apologise. We did nothing wrong' - Pilane

Magosi to head BNPC?
Ellias Magosi has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC), effective from April 1, Mmegi has learnt.

IDEA fails to deliver election report
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has failed to deliver on time the much anticipated performance audit on the Botswana 2009 General Elections.

Police unveil new uniform
Botswana Police Commissioner Thebeyame Tsimako yesterday unveiled a new uniform for his department that will be used from the first of next month.

DBS employees sue govt over unpaid overtime
Staff at the Mass Media complex are said to be up in arms against failure by their employer to pay them overtime dues estimated at millions of Pula, Mmegi is reliably informed.

Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister visits Botswana
Nigerian High Commissioner, Isaac Onuh has called on his country to decentralise E-passport applications that at present have to be processed at the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Botswana struggling to extradite murder accused from Zimbabwe
FRANCISTOWN: Botswana Police are struggling to get extradition for a murder accused, Bright Ndlovu said to be arrested in Zimbabwe.

China bails out Tan-Zam Railways
The project that came into being to give Zambia a lifeline to the seaport of Dar-es-Salaam after Ian Smith's Rhodesia closed the border with its 'black' neighbour and grew to become a vital inter-SADC link is being revitalised, thanks to Chinese intervention, writes PETER CHISHIMBA

It's not DIS:it is hackers
Minister of Justice, Defence and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse had a difficult time in Parliament on Wednesday evening trying to repair the damaged reputation of his last born organ - Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS).