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Innocent Selatlhwa
  • Revered Kgosi Sekgoma laid to rest

    Sekgoma, who was Kgosikgolo Khama IV’s uncle, died in a car accident whilst driving back to Serowe from a funeral in Kanye a fortnight ago.Since his passing, Sekgoma, who will be fondly remembered for his calmness in dealing with the President...

  • High Court slams contemptuous AG

    Tshekiso was throwing out a case in which the trio had approached the court seeking the rescission of a judgment in favour of 271 Department of Veterinary Services employees who were declared to have been eligible for multi-grading as per a 1993...

  • Court orders Finance PS to apologise to axed employee

    This was after Justice Modiri Letsididi found that Kganetsano had caused distress and embarrassment to Katamelo Deborah Bleskit as a result of the unlawful and procedurally flawed decision to retire her on medical grounds without a medical...

  • Kgatleng: Land Board from hell

    Kgatleng Land Board chairperson, Mothusi Molefi, had called a first of its kind meeting, where he addressed Bakgatla on issues they face with the Land Board and its subsidiaries in Mochudi, Oodi, Mmathubudukwane, and Artesia sub land boards. In his...

  • Gov't to stop outsourcing cleaning, security

    Amongst key reforms, the government has resolved to adopt a hybrid public service delivery model that places stronger emphasis on insourcing.This decision, Mohwasa says, follows findings from the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis...

  • Chombo announces GBV Bill drafting

    The minister said the process will unfold parallel to the ongoing review of the Policy on Gender and Development, as well as the ongoing development of the National Gender Strategy, which is a deliberate document detailing specific actions to be...

  • Ignorance of the law is not an excuse – CoA tells AG

    At the core of this ruling was an urgent application for leave to appeal to the CoA, the ruling of Justice Zein Kebonang of the High Court, handed down on 28 April 2025. The application for leave to appeal to the High Court was dismissed on 28 April...

  • Maximum Security prison under scrutiny

    The case put on the spotlight allegations of cellphones and other illegal substances over flooding prisons. Giving evidence in court on Wednesday, Moagi Letsholo lamented that there are a lot of fights going on at the Gaborone Central Prison’s...

  • Masisi’s sister, Co shut water supply again

    Within a week after Lobatse High Court Justice, Dr Ookeditse Maphakwane issued an order restraining Tianyuan Construction and G & M Building Joint Venture (JV) from locking access to the chambers to the water tanks and resorting to self-help with...

  • Phadi- Mmutle, Co appeals in P550 million pipeline case

    With the High Court having determined that the actions of Tianyuan Construction and G & M Building Joint Venture (JV) to lock out and deny the Corporation and its employees’ entry and access to the chambers to the water tanks for the supply of...

  • BGI employees 'report' management to Kenewendo

    The employees want the minister to intervene as they decry that management has withheld funds meant for their salary increment, amongst other issues.Led by BOPEU/BGI Branch Executive Chairperson Kagiso Gakale, the employees marched to the District...

  • Borolong residents up in arms over P65 million vet fence

    According to the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture (MLA), the fence was erected in response to the increasing threat of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the neighbouring North West province in the Republic of South Africa which shares a border with...

  • Self help is a no- Court tells Phadi-Mmutle and Co

    Spoliation is an old common law remedy commonly used by a person who has been dispossessed of goods without following due legal procedure.The JV had, in protest, locked up chambers for the project termed Goodhope District water supply Scheme 2.2....

  • Convicted armed robber fails to ‘escape’ jail

    Khupe was convicted of house-breaking, stealing from a dwelling house, robbery, and theft of a motor vehicle, and sentenced to 10 years behind bars.According to court documents, on or about October 27, 2017, at Pitikwe Township in Lobatse, Bokani...

  • CAAB defends P47m airfield ‘paving’

    CAAB recently announced that Tender No CAAB 27/24/WORK, a design and build contract for Palapye airfield paving, was directly awarded to NMA Consulting Engineers in joint venture with K’s Transport and Plant Hire at a cost of P47,303,098.73. The...

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