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Thursday, February 06, 2025

Gov't confirms Tebelopele nationwide shutdown

Following US President Donald Trump's 2025 executive orders halting funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the government has now confirmed the complete shutdown of Tebelopele Voluntary Testing and Counselling Services nationwide.

Larona Makhaiza | 06 February 2025

Tebelopele office in Gaborone

Dithapelo Keorapetse. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Keorapetse vows to make Parliament independent

The 10th Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has iterated that his mandate is to see through that the 13th Parliament is independent and is not influenced by the Executive.

Larona Makhaiza | 07 February 2025

Cancer survivor opens up on struggles faced by patients

Boikanyo Mathonsi | 07 February 2025

Boko`s first pals and travels

Lewanika Timothy | 07 February 2025

De Beers’ 100-days gift to Boko

Mbongeni Mguni | 07 February 2025

Crime in 100 days: Legal loopholes persist

Pini Bothoko | 07 February 2025

Boko’s fear of wielding the axe

Spira Tlhankane | 07 February 2025

UDC’s media engagement in 100 days

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 07 February 2025

At the helm: Gaolathe PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

Gov't hits record P4.6bn debt target

The Bank of Botswana (BoB) last week raised P4.6 billion for government in the capital market, the highest amount ever raised in a single monthly auction, but one which will squeeze the already tight liquidity in the market.

JC 2024 results show slight improvement

Botswana Examination Council (BEC) has recorded a slight improvement in the performance of the 2024 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results with the pass rate going from 77.79% in 2023 to 81.66% this year from both government and private schools.

Leading the market: Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund CEO, Moemedi Malindah. The BPOPF is the country's largest pension fund

Pension funds beat NBFIRA target

The country’s pension funds held 42.6% of their assets domestically as at November, or P64.4 billion, comfortably above NBFIRA's target of 41%, central bank data shows.

Businesses plead for phased minimum wage increase

Businesses have pleaded with government to introduce the P4,000 minimum wage in a phased manner over several years, arguing that most of them do not have ability and are not prepared for higher payouts to workers.

Boko’s media criticism misses the mark

President Duma Boko’s recent claim that “90% of media output is fake news” is not only baseless but dangerously dismissive.

Ritual murder, GBV cases critically urgent—CJ

The newly appointed Chief Justice (CJ) of Botswana, Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe expressed his sentiments during his maiden speech at this morning's Opening of the Legal Year saying, "Go lebega e kare bo rraboko ba tla itaola thata (loosely translated to 'ritual killers are getting out of hand'.)"