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The unions have described the dismissals as hasty, unwarranted, and unjustified, labelling them as a senseless attempt to resolve a long-standing dispute over unpaid salaries. The matter could escalate to the Industrial Court as the unions which had...

In a letter addressed to the Greater Gaborone District Health Management Team (DHMT) Coordinator, the union demands the temporary closure of the clinic until adequate staffing and equipment are provided, warning of legal action if the situation is...

While some party leaders and members expressed displeasure after their president, Mephato Reatile, announced that he had used his powers to pull out the party from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) earlier this year, the members have now...

The BPF held primary elections in a number of places in the Central District a fortnight ago including the hotly contested three Serowe constituencies. Only one parliamentary candidate was declared a winner: Baratiwa Mathoothe of Serowe North owing...

The coalition will go into the October billed polls seeking nothing but victory under the stewardship of Duma Boko. For the first time, an opposition party candidate is confident enough to target only the State House. The UDC had initially planned to...

In a rather interesting turn of events, the national leadership have decided to listen to the people. While the presidency has ignored comments by those querying the constitutional review process, the State Presidency Minister Kabo Morwaeng could not...

The conflict has been brought to light through a letter addressed to the BPF's secretary-general, Lawrence Ookeditse, by Segadimo Legal Practice on behalf of their clients: Boatametse Nthobogang, Mmapula Tsholofelo Amos, Thabiso Tendani, and...

The same will also apply to the former vice president and their spouse and children. President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who has since expressed regret at conferring former president Ian Khama with additional retirement benefits, could face a revolt from...

Kgosi has served Tsholetsa House with a letter in which he raised an array of concerns regarding the recent BDP primary elections that took place in the constituency. The Assistant Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Mabuse Pule won...

The Monitor learnt that in Motetshwane Ward in the Serowe North constituency, while there were 601 voters on the roll, the total number of votes for council candidates was more than 800. The votes for the Parliamentary candidate were, however, not...

Confidence shot up after the party held its primary elections over the weekend and multitudes turned up to cast their votes. As expected, Serowe constituencies proved to have more BPF members than any other area as they came in large numbers and...

Pule garnered 1, 472 followed by Lucas Kgosi’s 1, 363 votes and Pakiso Pule got a paltry 127 votes. Just before the elections were postponed to the following day owing to delay with voters’ rolls production, Pule and Kgosi met where the minister...

The Bagammngwato capital is made up of three constituencies, namely, Serowe South, Serowe North and Serowe West, which parliamentary seats are all occupied by the BPF. The party made history in the 2019 General Election winning all the seats without...

Dingake recently delivered a public lecture as part of Motheo O Mosha’s efforts to raise P500, 000 for initiatives aimed at addressing issues pertaining to the constitutional review process, which they have since said was not properly...

He laments in his detailed resignation letter the "poor leadership" which he accuses of ‘sleeping’ on the job. The BNF secretary for political education quit the party leadership last week ahead of the party’s annual conference that was held...