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Spira Tlhankane
  • Kgosi: ‘Mechanic’ turned feared spy chief

    Kgosi joined the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) at a young age and rose to the ranks of Colonel. Except that Kgosi served as Khama’s first private senior secretary for 10 years when the latter was the Vice President of the country from 1998 to 2008,...

  • Job promises galore in UDC manifesto

    A recent Statistics Botswana’s Quarterly Multi-Topic Survey on Labour reveals a depressing scenario on unemployment in Botswana. Should the coalition win the General Election in October, the Duma Boko-led coalition says the plan is about “jobs,...

  • Batswana given elephant hunting concessions

    The Okavango Delta, one of Africa’s prime game areas, is surrounded by vast wildlife concessions. In addition to six Batswana, it has been disclosed that 31 head leases of concessions in total have been allocated to community trusts in the area. In...

  • Delinquent debtors will not get smart water metres

    The soon to be launched smart water prepaid metering programme is set to take about three years to be completed. The first 100 have already been installed in some parts of Gaborone. Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) CEO, Gaselemogwe Senai, told...

  • ‘Mango’ case sours Moatlhodi’s Speaker ambition

    The case involves Moatlhodi, two others and a tree which produces mangoes. The mango fruit is considered to be a sacred fruit because Buddha himself is said to have meditated under the cool shade of a mango tree. But, there is a pending court case...

  • We'll punish Keorapetse’s disrespect – Saleshando

    Hence the party said by installing Reuben Kaizer as their parliamentary candidate for the constituency, they aim to rain down hellfire on Keorapetse-who used to be their own. The incumbent MP was expelled from the BCP in 2022 after becoming a thorn...

  • The battle of the ‘spiders’

    These are not your typical spiders, which are predators of insects, but this is the battle of three men who share the same surname and are distantly related. Segokgo is a Setswana language name for spider and the trio Thulagano, Phenyo and Masego...

  • Three-way battle ensues in Selebi-Phikwe West

    Keorapetse’s tough terrain aheadKeorapetse, who is currently an ordinary Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) member without any political home, will see competition from Manake and Reuben Kaizer of the BCP. Keorapetse was seen as a usurper and...

  • Manake’s plunge into Phikwe West bears fruit

    Securing 1,014 votes, Manake who was contesting her first ever election beat area veteran Opelo Makhandlela in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries. Makhandlela was previously BDP’s MP candidate in the area in the 2014 General Election and...

  • Media catches ‘bullets’ in an election war zone

    RAMOTSWA: At Baitlotli Junior Secondary School (JSS), the media thought they were entering an idyllic place with soft white sandy beaches. But, it was a war zone as they were greeted with a hostile storm of brooms from some brute election officers...

  • The rise, fall and rise of Reikeletseng

    One day in 2021, the nation woke to a shocking black and white image of Reikeletseng placed under the Botswana Police’s ‘wanted person’ section. By then, Reikeletseng was already a far cry from the rocking, bubbly and assertive sports...

  • Moagi pays the price

    His loss in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries over the weekend proves that prioritising loyalty to leadership came at a hefty price. Moagi, who also doubles as Minister of Minerals and Energy, found himself caught between a rock and a...

  • Joina: The arcane politician

    About 20 years later, his party Marx Engels Lenin Stalin (MELS) has merged with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), but Joina is still a confident politician who guides, teaches and encourages whenever he stands before a crowd of people. Joina gained...

  • It’s now or never for BCP

    Saleshando, who has been extolling his party as the most organised when it comes to election preparation, told followers who had attended the BCP conference during Presidents’ Holidays that the opportunity has never presented itself like it has...

  • The BCP cements grip on its ‘Bethlehem’

    MAUN: For the residents here, Leleme la Metsi is vital and said to have great spiritual and medicinal powers. The floodwaters come through a dried river and it is called ‘Leleme’ (tongue) in Ngamiland. Travelling along the Boro River, Leleme la...

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