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A phoenix bird is a mythical bird from Greek mythology. It was a feathered creature of great size with talons and wings and its plumage radiant and beautiful. The phoenix lived for 500 years before it built its funeral pyre where it burst into flame...

BNF was Modubule’s political home for many years before he was expelled ahead of the 2009 General Election.He defied the odds that year and went on to win Lobatse Constituency as an independent candidate. After being elected president unopposed in...

BPF's formation was prompted by the ‘ill treatment’ of Khama at the hands of President Mokgweetsi Masisi.The former president has always maintained that one primary goal since he founded the BPF in 2019 has been to oust Masisi and his...

Following the conclusion of an investigation relating to the leakage of classified information about the procurement of armoured vehicles for specialised use by Very Very Important People (VVIP), information reaching Mmegi shows that a DIS agent was...

BCP has over the years been releasing the Democracy Alert issue and the first issue of 2022 released recently is meant to tackle judicial independence.Last month, Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe claimed that Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane and the...

The UDC has indicated that it had taken a decision to extend the suspensions because the duo had challenged their suspensions in the court of law. In July, Saleshando and Kekgonegile filed a case before court seeking among others for their suspension...

The six months deadline will elapse on January 2023 and the BCP will officially leave the UDC then. The BCP has already started talks with the Alliance for Progressives (AP) as the two forge an alternate ‘New Botswana’ coalition. In the AP, the...

Phuthego will tomorrow deliver his ruling on the matter in which ‘acting’ president and BPF vice president, Caroline Lesang made an urgent application for the court to interdict Butale from presenting himself as the BPF president.Butale held a...

Already there are talks that BCP is likely to start the coalition as the holders of the top seat looking at a myriad of factors among others the number of legislators the party has in Parliament.The BCP currently has seven Members of Parliament (MPs)...

The NEC on Monday resolved that the elective congress, which was slated for the end of October, be postponed to February/March 2023 and a national conference be held on November 25–27.This decision has since been challenged by 'acting'...

Butale, who was suspended by the party last year, has begun his second tenure at the BPF by making a lot of changes among others suspending BPF spokesperson Lawrence Ookeditse, presidential aspirant Samson Moyo Guma, and former Botswana Democratic...

Around March, a SA national Bongani Mbongani was hospitalised in Botswana after reacting to a COVID-19 booster jab at one of the ports of entry.After taking the then compulsory vaccine, Mbongani complained of an intense headache when he fainted and...

The Ministry of Health has been under fire recently for allegedly using expired vaccines on people, something the ministry has dismissed as untrue.Although he declined to state the names of the rejected vaccines, BoMRA CEO Dr Stephen Ghanie said this...

Speaking during a media briefing this week, Smith-Lawrence said information was shared on the platform that children will be vaccinated and there shall be no written consent.This follows complaints from parents about lack of consent from the...

The LoO is the official spokesperson of the majority opposition party in Parliament. Selebi-Phikwe West legislator, Dithapelo Keorapetse replaced Saleshando when he was ousted as LoO in Parliament in July.Speaking during a UDC National Executive...