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Spira Tlhankane
  • Khama blames Masisi, Magosi for causing forensic audit

    Khama, who is coming for everyone who forced him into self-exile between 2021 and 2024, told Ntlo Ya Dikgosi recently that two main perpetrators of abuse of office in government brought about the situation that necessitated a forensic audit. In a...

  • Boko says some BDP loyalists are impossible to fire

    When the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) took over government last November, the coalition’s supporters were cheering on, hoping President Boko to remake the government by removing multiple senior officials linked to the previous Botswana...

  • Prison guards suspended as jails become smuggling hubs

    In a letter addressed to Ramaotwana before the apex court condemned him to the penitentiary, Morupisi said the situation at the Village Prison was overcrowded and inhabitable.He added the place had turned into a commercial drug business run by a...

  • An ‘advice’ that came at a high price

    The project was necessitated by major challenges, including a severe water shortage and a lack of sewerage in Maun.At the DIS instruction, the award was later revoked, and the tender was awarded to the second bidder, Zhengtai Group Botswana, on March...

  • Dikgosi drilled on GBV issues

    The workshop, which started on Monday, runs until June 26, 2025 and it is the first business in the Third Meeting of the Fifth Ntlo Ya Dikgosi.The workshop titled 'Ntlo ya Dikgosi Capacity Building on Gender Development as well as Sexual and...

  • ‘Conflicted’ PS accused of delaying Kanye sanitation project

    The Kanye sanitation project made headlines recently when it was revealed that the project, initially set at P724.96 million, has drastically exceeded its budget, with costs ballooning to P3.4 billion. The project comprises a 480-kilometer pipeline,...

  • ‘Conflicted’ PS accused of delaying Kanye sanitation project

    The Kanye sanitation project made headlines recently when it was revealed that the project, initially set at P724.96 million, has drastically exceeded its budget, with costs ballooning to P3.4 billion. The project comprises a 480-kilometer pipeline,...

  • Traversing the rocky P2.7bn error

    It was revealed that the consultant had rated the rock density at just eight percent, whilst in reality, it was closer to 80%. “This omission is unjustifiable. Anyone on site can see that the area is rocky, even without excavation; rocks are...

  • Gov’t rejects ‘costly’ Moti deal, prefers open bidding

    Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Tshokologo Alex Kganetsano confirmed that indeed they received a proposal from an investor to build clinics and schools. He disclosed that...

  • PAC mulls summoning Molale to answer for Sepopa–Gumare tender

    This was disclosed by PAC chairperson, Taolo Lucas, during the recent appearance of Transport and Infrastructure PS, Kgakgamatso Ketshajwang.Ketshajwang had a tough time trying to explain the controversial Sepopa–Gumare road project. The project is...

  • PAC mulls summoning Molale to answer for Sepopa–Gumare tender

    This was disclosed by PAC chairperson, Taolo Lucas, during the recent appearance of Transport and Infrastructure PS, Kgakgamatso Ketshajwang.Ketshajwang had a tough time trying to explain the controversial Sepopa–Gumare road project. The project is...

  • Tenders are weaved, corrupt, anger me – Boko

    Since he took over the biggest office in the land last year in October, Boko has not shied away from emphasising his intention to adopt direct appointments and ‘do away with outdated tendering regulations that delay progress’. During a Kgotla...

  • Contractors misuse mobilisation funds – gov’t

    Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Permanent Secretary (PS) Kgakgamalo Ketshajwang told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week that the ministry is exploring possibilities to come up with mitigation measures to solve the...

  • Retrenchments loom as gov’t fails to pay major contractors

    As a result, most of the major billion pula works contract projects across the country have been affected by the government’s non-payment, contractors have revealed. The concerned contractors say it is just a matter of time before retrenchments hit...

  • Stranded Batswana in the Diaspora costing gov't

    Permanent Secretary (PS) in the ministry, Thuso Ramodimoosi, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently that they are then forced to repatriate such citizens in order to protect the nation's international image. Ramodimoosi pointed out...

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