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Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently, MOESD accounting Officer Miriam Maroba said government is providing early childhood education in 749 out of 766 schools therefore as the ministry they feel that is not enough.“We need...

Keorapetse addressed the media after the recent winter Parliament session, disclosing that the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) now holds sway over the majority of committees.This move, he claimed, is aimed at centralising control within the Tsholetsa...

Leader of Opposition (LoO), Dithapelo Keorapetse made this revelation during a post-winter Parliament session media briefing. Keorapetse confirmed that Dow has already engaged with the UDC National Executive Committee (NEC), yet he refrained from...

He said the President is the country’s Principal Diplomat and as such continues to play a crucial role in advancing Botswana’s foreign policy through promoting national interests at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels.Masisi, who has...

The BCP, which contested under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in the 2019 General Election, says it is a beacon of democracy compared to other political parties which seem to ignore respecting the process of internal democracy through...

In the 2019 polls, the BCP which was then contesting under the tri-party coalition, won 11 parliamentary seats out of possible 20 allocated to it, while their partners now turned nemesis, Botswana National Front (BNF) won only three out of a possible...

Both camps have expressed pleasure at government's decision to defer Parliament debate and bill amendment. Minister of Justice Machana Shamukuni Tuesday announced in Parliament that he has deferred the Panel Code Amendment Bill No.29 of 2022 to...

Butale’s vessel did not go down like the mighty Titanic and there was no iceberg. His enemies have been plotting their various machinations, setting traps and some sort of Bermuda Triangles of their own to finally vanquish him off ‘their’ party...

The decision follows Minister of Justice Machana Shamukuni's announcement during a session that he has deferred the Panel Code Amendment Bill No.29 of 2022 to allow for a rigorous examination of the constitutional issues raised with his ministry...

Responding to a question in Parliament on Friday, Minister of Agriculture Fidelis Molao said the total shipping costs of cattle from the USA to Botswana is P8.6 million while the transportation cost from Gaborone to Ramatlabama was P212,803.80....

There are two camps one led by allegedly expelled president Biggie Butale and the other by vice president and now purportedly acting President Mephato Reatile.The latter in their media briefing this week following Butale’s court victory on Monday,...

But vice president and supposedly acting president of the party, Mephato Reatile, says Butale is still expelled and that his fate is yet to be decided in a different court case. Butale won yet another court case this week in as many rounds against...

When there is a mention of the name the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS), people tremble and some hide behind their fingers. But not Mmegi staff, they stood their ground like it was their last stand a week ago when the security organ...

In December 2021, President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed a Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Constitution which was made up of 19 Commissioners who were to be assisted by a secretariat of five members. In their quest to solicit views from...

According to UDC president Duma Boko, if they manage to wrestle power from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2024, they will come up with a unique and robust intervention on health.“We will introduce a national health insurance scheme...