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The report is a US Department of State initiative. “The law prohibits discrimination against the Basarwa in employment, housing, health services, or because of cultural practices.The Basarwa, however, remained marginalised economically and...

They say the MD “has orchestrated a retrenchment exercise to purge employees who participated in a company investigation, exposing the rot and unethical conduct of the top brass of Lucara Botswana’s management".According to a fiery press...

Furthermore, the government has not effectively enforced its labour laws, particularly in remote areas, and compulsory and forced labour occurred in several sectors, the report further states. This is according to Country Report on Human Rights...

According to the Botswana Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2022 complied by the United States Department of State, the Botswana government generally cooperates with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian...

The report, compiled by the US Department of State, says significant human rights issues included credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy and serious restrictions on free expression and media among other violations. The...

The minister was presenting the budget estimates for the 2023-2024 financial year for the Office of the Ombudsman to the Committee of Supply in Parliament last week.He shared that during the 2022-2023 financial year, the Office of the Ombudsman...

Residents of Gabane, Mogoditshane, Mmopane, and Metsimotlhabe intend to take on government over suspension of the Compensation In Kind Policy stating that it is illegal.They say they do not recognise the suspension of the policy and want to be given...

The Minister for Minerals and Energy, who made his debut in Parliament in 2019, came under attack after he failed to verify whether or not Kgosi Mosadi Seboko was telling the truth when she accused President Mokgweetsi Masisi of meddling in the...

This came to the fore following a case in which Karabo Lekgasa had taken his former employer, Security Services (Pty) Ltd over unpaid leave days. The case was heard last year by Justice Isaac Bahuma of the Industrial Court.According to court papers,...

Responding to a question in Parliament this week, the minister said out of the 493,004 people who registered their plots, only 1,953 people have been issued with SLTs as of February, and this is reflective of the curtailment of stopping the...

Kgosi Mosadi shared that Masisi declared to her that he has the power to meddle with the judiciary.Despite denial by government, Bamalete waited for the ruling with limited faith as they believed the President, who has been fingered for meddling in...

The tribe contributed to raising the £3,000 then required to purchase the land from Aaron Siew. In the same year, a title deed was issued by the Deeds Registry in the names of the then kgosi on behalf of the tribe.To this day, the title deed is in...

In one corner were Chalegwa Mabua and his company, Botsepa Agencies (Pty) Ltd trading as Ngami Horse Racing while on the other corner stood Mascom Wireless.Mabua and his company approached the court on urgency after the mobile phone company dumped...

Chalegwa Mabua and his company, Botsepa Agencies (Pty) Ltd trading as Ngami Horse Racing approached court on urgency after Mascom dumped him and his Shashe Race track for a different venue and technical sponsor.The Mascom event will be staged on the...

Ditsie said the delayed projects include Constituency Community Projects (CCP). “Two are ongoing for the financial year 2019/2020 being the construction of the WDC office block at Masaasele (defects and liability period) and the construction of a...