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The report shows that most local authorities had not complied with the COVID-19 Food Relief Response also known as the food basket programme. Government in 2020 budgeted about P150 million for social protection packages for people affected by the...

KRS has been known for an excellent security system in place to protect these endangered animals and was thought to be a safe haven for the relocated rhinos and existing rhinos until the first ever poaching incident between October and November. KRS...

The latter last year in Mahalapye gave the BCP central committee (CC) six months to iron out governance and constitution issues with the UDC but the CC has since met twice this year following the end of the deadline in January.Addressing the media on...

Speaking to the media today Kwape revealed that the government of Botswana delegation will soon visit Molapise to check whether her rights have not been violated.“We don’t have power and authority over Bangladeshi laws same as we cannot let...

The vegetable ban came into effect on January 1, 2022 and targeted 16 vegetables such as onion, butternut, tomato, watermelon, carrot, potato, cabbage and ginger. The ban was intended to support local farmers, increase national food security by...

A change in demographics, migration from rural to urban areas, and shifting ideologies have determined elections outcomes in Botswana but historically the Okavango constituency, which has population size of about 34 217 and covering an area of 32,095...

Arts & Culture caught up with the make-up artist who revealed that she decided to stay in Maun and continue with her business after leaving her day job last year. “Remember home is where dreams get killed. So I strongly believe that we prosper in...

The Court of Appeal (CoA) was supposed to deliver judgment on the case on Friday. However, Registrar of CoA Nomsa Moatswi wrote a letter to Bamalete lawyers Motlhala and Co yesterday to inform them about the court’s decision to postpone judgment to...

Government has previously revealed that the pace of servicing land continued to hamper allocations. Inflated land servicing costs which lead to delays forced the government to introspect and a waiver was made to continue allocating land even before...

Responding to questions recently, the Minister of Lands and Water Affairs Kefentse Mzwinila told Parliament that Gaborone residents owe WUC a total of P63.7 million. He said the debt estimation shows that residents of upmarket suburbs like Phakalane...

Responding to a question in Parliament recently, Minister of Defence and Security Kagiso Mmusi said in the previous year, the number of citizen prisoners increased slightly whilst the number of foreign prisoners increased marginally.Mmusi was...

Serame, in her 2023 budget speech this week, said she was pleased to note that preliminary data released by Statistics Botswana in January 2023, indicate that unemployment declined slightly to 25.4% in the fourth quarter of 2022.“We saw a small...

The war in Mozambique prompted the deployment of BDF troops to help Mozambique’s embattled army in 2021 and so far the war has cost Botswana close to half a billion.Botswana joined other SADC countries in the mission which was supposed to last for...

Deadlines put a huge amount of pressure on us as reporters and any journalist would tell you that there is a lot of stress associated with deadlines. Stress as an inevitable part of life is physiological and overwhelming so I felt like I have been...

Responding to a question in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi recently, Minister of Agriculture Fidelis Molao said they won’t compensate farmers because the condition can be put under control by a concerted effort of the farmers and the ministry.“Tick in livestock...