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Goya said it all happened at lightning speed when three men forced their way into his Toyota Fortuner GD6 just before his vehicle doors automatically closed.He had just filled up his motor tank at a filling station on a busy Johannesburg highway when...

At the rate at which party operatives are tearing each other apart, it will seemingly take a miracle to save the BPF from its accelerated self- destruction. It’s also possible for a ‘baby party’ to cry when the political brouhaha settles.Not...

It has been a problem after a problem in the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), a party that was founded on a desire to remove the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power.The BPF is now a messy affair as fresh reports suggest that two factions...

Across the political divide there is excitement that if the elections were called tomorrow, political parties were ready to do battle. One striking reality however, is that on the surface, it seems the opposition has not done enough to support their...

Thus far, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has held 16 by-elections whose results speak to an enfeebled ruling party after losing three by-elections in Gaborone and its environs and more around the country.When the party lost the...

From the moment he returned to the country after a sojourn in South Africa, Samson Moyo Guma’s abrupt appearance at the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), a breakaway party from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) changed the complexion of the...

With an estimated membership of affiliates standing at around 100,000, the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) has adopted a principle it strongly feels for whichever party or individual is targeting their...

MMEGI: Tell us about yourself. Who is Rari? Where do you come from and your beliefs?RARI: I am TOBOKANI NICHOLAS RARI, the fifth born child of Rari Dichaba Madzipisa and Thamani Rari (nee Lungwane), born on 21st March 1969, and as such, Tuesday 21st...

The founders of SOGIM, Prophet Daniel Morupise and his wife Apostle Thandiwe Morupise will on 31st March, 2023 host the former daughter of the late renown televangelist TB Joshua, Olayinka Deborah Egbejobi from Nigeria. She is popularly known as...

In his writ of summons served upon the parties, German is aggrieved and literally seething with anger at the conduct of his former superiors in (mis) handling some of the investigation dockets in his possession. These are dockets that were in his...

Seelo will be the second BDF senior officer after retired Lieutenant General, Louis Matshenyego Fisher, former BDF Commander to be inducted to the USAWC International Fellows Hall of Fame.The American body honours USAWC international graduates who...

The purpose of the annual meeting is to review and adopt new strategies that would facilitate effective policing for the Botswana Police Service (BPS) and its partners.According to the BPS deputy public relations officer, Senior Superintendent Near...

To naysayers, Maundeni sounded like a prophet of doom and his analysis was also treated like a broken record. But, lo and behold, things are falling apart in one of the most feared opposition coalitions ever.To President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s recent...

He was responding to a question as to what really stands between the BPF and State power. He says any political party without that ambition ceases to exist in its form or maybe it will deviate and become a pressure group.When the opposition BPF an...

He has the desire of seeing the BPF taking its place as a coalition partner at the weakened Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) with the impending departure of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) to help opposition bloc oust the ruling Botswana...