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This is inspite of the fact national conference in July 2022 resolved to give the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) six months to address important governance issues troubling the coalition and the period has elapsed and the issues are still...

Maswabi’s appeal comes after the Lobatse High Court dismissed her P30 million suit against the State in 2021.Codenamed 'Butterfly', Maswabi had launched the defamation suit citing the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) lead...

And that is the claims that President Mokgweetsi Masisi interfered with the judiciary and wants to play hero in the matter and sent tongues wagging when Kgosi Mosadi Seboko, the Kgosikgolo of Ba Ga-Malete made the allegations before the media a few...

Ngakaagae, who is the co-counsel in the case, was not in court and was said to be sick. Justice Lot Moroka of the Francistown High Court in 2021 sentenced Mujanki, a former Botswana Police Service (BPS) officer to death for murdering his...

The current January 2023 session, which was set to conclude this case, ends on February 17, 2023 with judgements while the next session is in April 2023. This means that had Maxala lost his appeal in the current session, his date with the hangman...

Last year the UDC president, Duma Boko gave the BCP affiliated MPs and Councillors an ultimatum to write to the UDC and confirm their desire to represent the coalition in the 2024 General Election.In the same announcement, Boko promised that MPs and...

Last year at their National Annual Conference held at Mahalapye in July, the UDC affiliate, the BCP took a decision to expel its five defiant Members of Parliament (MPs) who were part of the UDC caucus that toppled former Leader of Opposition (LoO),...

In an interview with Mmegi this week, the BCP spokesperson Dr Mpho Pheko said it is safe to declare that the BCP's formal departure from UDC is about to happen.She revealed that they are leaving the UDC because the governance and constitutional...

At the heart of the matter is accusations made by Ketlogetswe that the Chief Justice and the Minister for State President, Kabo Morwaeng of judicial interference in relation to ‘murder’ allegations against Lobatse legislator, Dr Thapelo Matsheka....

According to the warrant of arrest issued by Acting Regional Magistrate, Mareledi Dipate yesterday, Khama who is currently in a self-imposed exile in South Africa is to be apprehended on sight and brought before the Broadhurst Magistrate Court. Khama...

According to a warrant of arrest issued by acting regional magistrate, Mareledi Dipate today, Khama is to be apprehended on sight and brought before the Broadhurst Magistrate Court. Khama who is the second accused in the matter has never appeared...

Now as the year comes to an end, the government expects to increase the average annual allocation of plots at least by 500% during the present financial year of 2022/2023 and if possible stretch allocations to an ambitious target of 100,000...

A lot has happened in these 12 months and there is more to look out for in this sector as the government looks to implement different programmes that are designed to improve food security at national and household levels.Looking back, the ban which...

Tlotso Karema murderAn incident which shook the nation and forced the DIS to intervene was the murder of a six-year-old boy Tlotso Karema in Lobatse, which also caused a major public outrage.Tlotso failed to return home after school and was reported...

Besides President Mokgweetsi Masisi and former president Ian Khama issues, this was one of the most talked about exchanges of the year.Our political coverage this year in general offered insight and analysis but below is a list of articles I wrote...