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Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Lands Ministry accused of defying Boko's Bonno project

Kanye West legislator Victor Phologolo has accused the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture of defying President Duma Boko’s directive to issue title deeds needed for the construction of 61,000 houses across 61 constituencies in the country.

Larona Makhaiza | 04 August 2026

Boko 3. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Government wants the new policy to feature a dedicated limit for accommodation PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Gov't, unions deadlocked on per diem talks

Government and public sector unions are deadlocked on the per diem policy, the crucial P1,500 per day allowance for travelling civil servants that supports thousands of jobs in the hospitality industry, particularly the smaller operators.

Mbongeni Mguni | 04 August 2026

The dispute dates back to the cancellation of the tender award by the Public Procurement Tribunal. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Court rejects bid to jail gov't officials for contempt

The High Court has dismissed Tawana Joint Venture’s latest bid to have senior government officials held in contempt of court over the delayed Ncojane Water Project, ruling that the application was brought before the procedure required by law had been exhausted.

Innocent Selatlhwa | 04 August 2026

Passenger, 75, dies in crash en route to funeral

A 75-year-old woman who was travelling to attend a funeral in Mochudi had her journey tragically cut short after she was killed in a road traffic accident on Sunday morning.

Pini Bothoko | 04 August 2026

Close Up Of Man Hands Holding A Woman Hands For Rape And Sexual Abuse, Anti-trafficking And Stopping

Teen raped, robbed in Maun

Police in Maun are searching for an unidentified man who allegedly broke into a house, attacked a 19-year-old woman in her sleep, raped her, and stole her laptop and computer monitor in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Pini Bothoko | 04 August 2026

Woman fatally stabs boyfriend in Mahalapye

A 44-year-old woman from Thomadithotse Ward in Mahalapye is expected to appear before the Mahalapye Magistrate's Court this week on a single count of murder.

Pini Bothoko | 04 August 2026

BDP MP questions party's own floor-crossing law

A Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislator, Kagiso Mmusi, has urged the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government to consider repealing the country's controversial floor-crossing law, the same legislation that the BDP itself introduced whilst in power.

Spira Tlhankane | 04 August 2026

Seretse files leave to appeal Dipate ruling

Businessman Bakang Seretse has mounted a fresh legal challenge to halt his corruption trial, filing for leave to appeal a ruling that upheld the state’s authority to prosecute him.

staff writer | 04 August 2026

F Ismail group gives Marina’s paediatric ward a lifeline

Princess Marina Hospital has received a donation of essential medicines from the F Ismail Group, in a gesture expected to bring relief to patients in the paediatric ward at a time when the hospital continues to face medicine shortages.

staff writer | 04 August 2026

Three men wanted for assaulting elder

A 60-year-old man of Daunara settlement, located about 70 kilometres from Maun, is fighting for his life hospitalised after he was allegedly brutally assaulted by three men who accused him of stealing their cattle.

Pini Bothoko | 03 August 2026

UDC finally implements the 'newborn allowance'

staff writer | 03 August 2026

Maele suspends BUAN Vice Chancellor

staff writer | 03 August 2026

BOFIAWU petitions MOTSWEDI SACCOS over alleged unfair labour practices

staff writer | 03 August 2026

School Holiday Fun Starts Here: The Best Kids' Shows and Movies on DStv This August

correspondent | 03 August 2026

Gov’t accused of shutting gate to beef export markets

Spira Tlhankane | 31 July 2026

BMC, gov’t dragged to court over FMD restrictions

Spira Tlhankane | 31 July 2026

Magistrate convicts Loeto of rape

Extension II Magistrate Keabetswe Majuta has convicted rapist Gomolemo Loeto on a single count of rape after establishing that the State had proven beyond reasonable doubt that he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the complainant.

Maele suspends BUAN Vice Chancellor

The Minister of Higher Education, Prince Maele, has suspended Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) Vice Chancellor Professor Ketlhatlogile Mosepele with immediate effect, in a dramatic move that throws the leadership of the institution into uncertainty.

New deal: The BURS is rolling out changes to the Income Tax Act PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Grant Thornton advises on new tax changes

Leading advisory, Grant Thornton, has urged businesses to review payroll systems, expatriate arrangements, employment contracts, benefit policies and supporting documentation to ensure taxable amounts are correctly identified, valued and reported, under the new income tax changes.

Regulating: The central bank is in charge of electronic money systems in the country PIC BANK OF BOTSWANA

BoB electronic money regulations gather pace

The Bank of Botswana says amendments to Electronic Payment Services (EPS) regulations are in operation, covering an expanded scope of application, interest for electronic money balances as well as adjusted fines, amongst others.

Village Magistrates Court. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Four years later, State fails to link Moremong to robbery

Close to four years since the Gaborone West Industrial Sefalana cash-in-transit robbery, Kabo Moremong has been acquitted after Village Senior Magistrate Tshepo Thedi said the State failed to prove that he shared a criminal purpose with four armed men who carried out the attack.

Zambian Giants Nkana Set for Botswana Test in Inaugural Tati River Cup

Zambia's record league title holders Nkana FC are heading into their pre-season to sharpen their tools, and they'll have the chance to do just that when they travel to Botswana next month.

New direction: Ntsima says the Mafisa initiative is targetted at clusters rather than individuals PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Chema Chema reborn as Mafisa

Government has rebranded the Chema Chema Fund into the Mafisa Programme, introducing a new enterprise development model that will shift focus from funding individual businesses to supporting co-operatives and business clusters.

Public servants deserve better than union infighting

‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...

Mmegi Editor | 31 July 2026

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