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Goitsemodimo Kaelo
  • Miniatures: Ngoni explores small gems

    Ngoni has returned to the Alliance Française gallery with an exhibition titled Miniatures, which officially opened on October 21 and closes on November 11, 2025. Miniature art includes very small paintings, engravings, and sculptures. It is...

  • Employer denies budget depletion for salary enhancement

    The Court of Appeal will today hear arguments in a case brought by labour unions under the 5+1 cooperating unions banner, who are challenging an Industrial Court ruling that allowed the employer to implement its agreement with the Botswana Land...

  • Nyatshane’s sculpting gains momentum

    The 41-year-old self-taught sculptor, painter and exterior designer recently caught attention with his big-sized shoe cement sculpture. The Arts&Culture team visited Nyatshane at his homestead in Tlokweng this week, where they found a man living a...

  • BOSETU, Mokoka clash again

    Kgafela-Mokoka announced recently that the ministry is working on digitising education, which would involve monitoring and tracking educators during teaching and learning, as well as the environment in which they work. "We are working on digitising...

  • Culture Spears to perform at SA Gospel Experience

    Whilst local artists have found it tough to penetrate the South African market and enjoy consistent bookings, Culture Spears has been among the few, if not the only one, regularly booked to perform in the neighbouring country. During the show,...

  • Medical negligence costs gov’t P2.8m

    Case in point is recent litigation by a couple, Boiketlo and Joyce Dinkeme, who successfully sued the Ministry of Health for P2.8 million as compensation for medical negligence that left the wife (Joyce) disabled. The pair were awarded a lesser...

  • Court interdicts Mogapi's dismissal

    Mogapi was dismissed from his post in August following a decision of the Disciplinary hearing set up by the union's acting executive director, Uyapo Nkeebeto. Lobatse High Court judge, Ookeditse Maphakwane on Friday interdicted Mogapi's...

  • Spotlight on Selemela in SA

    The art fair, which was held from September 5- 7, featured the work of TBP members, Kim Karabo Makin, Rrangwane, Thebe Phetogo and Thero Makepe. These artists work across various mediums, including photography, sculpture, digital collage, and...

  • Gov't, unions to finalise salary negotiations this week

    The negotiations have been dragging on for some time, characterised by several adjournments as the parties failed to reach common ground on different issues, such as the two percent intra-notch differentials proposal. At some point, government...

  • Govt’s P256m not enough for salary adjustments

    In recent times, the talks suffered several adjournments with parties failing to reach common ground on different issues, such as the two percent intra notches differentials proposal. A statement from Tobokani Rari, on behalf of the coalition of the...

  • GIMC pays tribute to ATI

    The event was held on Saturday at the Bojanala Waterfront. ATI, who died last Sunday, was buried on Saturday in Lerala village. While Batswana have throughout the week celebrated the life and legacy of ATI, various artists took to the stage to pay...

  • BOSETU suffers yet another loss against Mogapi

    CoA's Justice Goemekgabo Tebogo-Maruping on Wednesday ruled in Mogapi’s favour in a case in which the latter wanted a stay of execution of a ruling rendered by Judge Galesite Baruti of the Industrial Court on July 3, 2025. Judge Baruti had...

  • Lerala is the place as ATI's families finally reach consensus

    There was uncertainty over ATI's funeral after his biological father, Annel Bayani felt sidelined regarding funeral arrangements. Bayani had applied to court to interdict the funeral, unless some conditions were met. Among the conditions that the...

  • PPRA rebuffs Boko's direct tenders

    PPRA recently ordered the cancellation of the disputed Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education P662m direct tender and directed the ministry to use competitive bidding methods for this project, and/or sufficiently test the market before any...

  • Court stops P662m direct tender

    The court found that none of the conditions prescribed under Regulation 20 are met, and the convenience of the encounter of the benchmarking team with Emeritus Training Academy (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) does not qualify as justification for the direct...

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