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Innocent Selatlhwa
  • Gov’t denies defying P 1.5 bn project court order

    The State's position is contained in heads of argument filed before Justice Tapiwa Kganyago, who is expected to determine whether senior government officials deliberately disobeyed previous court orders arising from the long-running procurement...

  • Notorious A3 road’s 20-km of hope

    The newly opened stretch of the A3 is offering motorists something they have not felt in a long time, hope.For decades, the Francistown-Nata road has been known less for the journeys it carried than for the lives it claimed.Hardly a few months would...

  • Basarwa of Bodungwane rush to court over eviction threat

    The tiny Kgatleng rural village is situated about 35 kilometres south of Artesia through a dirt road. The residents, led by Ompegile Ratsie, Gofaone Leburu, Lorato Leburu and Bonolo Modise, have filed an urgent application through Ndzinge Makhamisa...

  • Bodungwane settlers fight for their ancestral land

    As 168 residents from here are battling the Kgatleng Land Board and others at High Court over what they describe as an unlawful eviction, the community has broken its silence, appealing to government, traditional leaders and the public to protect...

  • Legal battle over P1.5bn Ncojane water works escalates

    At the centre of the latest dispute is an application before the High Court’s Justice Tapiwa Kganyago in which Tawana Joint Venture accuses government officials of failing to comply with judgments of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal...

  • ‘Investor’ abandons €500m suit from Eswatini

    In an affidavit commissioned in Eswatini on June 30, Alithea director Vinay Roopchand informed the High Court that the company no longer wished to proceed with the application it had initially launched against FNBB.The latest development comes barely...

  • Gov’t erects new containment fence to combat FMD

    Launching the exercise here on Saturday, Assistant Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Maipelo Mophuting-Dikoloti, described the project as a crucial step towards safeguarding farmers' livelihoods and preserving Botswana's...

  • FNBB accuses Mauritian ‘investor’ of self-help in EUR 500m standoff

    The bank's response comes weeks after Alithea obtained an interim High Court order allowing it to preserve documents and electronic records which it believes could help trace the alleged international funds transfer.In its founding papers,...

  • Investors’ legal wrangle for Euro 500M

    The staggering amount at the centre of the dispute has thrust Botswana's banking sector into unfamiliar territory, with the investor seeking court intervention, regulatory scrutiny and international assistance to trace the funds.Court papers...

  • Mogoditshane’s 420 squatters on eviction notice

    Kweneng Land Board secretary, Pilane Morokotso, told Mmegi this week that the Board has begun summoning squatters to appear before it and explain their circumstances before formal eviction proceedings commence.Morokotso said the current Board sitting...

  • Pension pay-day ‘girlfriends’ cautioned

    That ugly truth was dragged into the open at the Mokatako Kgotla men’s conference on 11 June, and the village has decided it has seen enough.Kgosi Omphitlhetse Manyeneng and Deputy Kgosi Tshepo Mosweu presided over the meeting, alongside...

  • Police crack Zone 11 crossborder stocktheft syndicate

    The country’s FMD crisis is currently concentrated in Zone 11, the second largest disease control area and the country’s most economically critical area for cattle ranching.The Zone has been under the strictest FMD restrictions in the country...

  • Dikoloti ropes in prisoners in fight against FMD

    Acting Minister of Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti revealed the plan during a Kgotla meeting he addressed in Otse yesterday."Deputy Permanent Secretary for Livestock Farming Dr Kefentse Motshegwa has started engaging with the Prisons Officials as we...

  • BGI under fire over multi tenders awarded to one consultancy

    Documents obtained by this newspaper paint a disturbing picture of how public funds were allegedly channelled to Dreambond (Pty) Ltd, trading as Geothax Consulting, through direct appointments, irregular contract variations, and outright...

  • Kgafela to miss another 'ancestral' May 21 deadline

    Sekai would not be dragged into discussing why Kgafela could not make it this year, only stating that it was what the Kgosikgolo had told him.On December 11, 2024, Kgafela virtually addressed Bakgatla, who gathered in large numbers at the Mochudi...

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