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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...

In this interview, Tumotumo was nostalgic as he reminisced about the formative days of the political outfit that until recently he served with all his heart-the BPF. He is one of the supporters of former president Khama who regularly even adorned the...

At the pinnacle of his address, Masisi commonly known by a moniker ‘Sisiboy’ in political circles, seemingly ‘dribbled’ the villagers when he flavoured his address with a tone purely conciliatory in nature. At the outset of his address, he...

With a serious demeanour, BNF and UDC president 53-year-old Advocate Boko told his story for the first time openly to the party’s multitudes perhaps as a take home about somewhat unpalatable developments in the two parties that he leads.His eyes...

For a long time, the body languages communicated by Boko and his (now suspended) deputy Dumelang Saleshando was of two men in deep crisis at the helm of a party challenging to oust the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from nearly 60 years in...