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Spira Tlhankane
  • Oscar Mbo returns to headline Let’s Out Party

    This time around, Oscar Mbo will not be alone but he will be headlining the event alongside South African songwriter and singer Russell Zuma.Full name Oscar Mbongeni Ndlovu, the South African DJ creates and plays house music within its sub-genres of...

  • Pinny shares details of her prison ordeal

    Pinny is the spouse to former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Carter Morupisi. The stars and sun shone brighter for her after she was acquitted and discharged by the Gaborone High Court last week.Through a statutory notice to sue issued...

  • State wins appeal against hemp farmer

    The farmer won the first round earlier this year following Justice Chris Gabanagae’s decision to review and set aside the decision of Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security to withdraw the exemption...

  • The disconnected opposition

    The Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), the Botswana People’s Party (BPP), the Alliance for Progressives (AP), the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), the Botswana Labour Party...

  • Pinny sues State for P4.2m over malicious prosecution

    Morupisi whose husband Carter Morupisi was found guilty on three charges feels that the criminal justice system was weaponised by the State to punish her as an innocent citizen.Morupisi now wants the State to pay P760,000 in legal fees to defend the...

  • BLP faces huge coalition dilemma

    The BLP, which is a Botswana National Front (BNF) splinter party, was here on Saturday as guests at the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) congress.Last week, BLP was also spotted at the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Alliance for Progressives...

  • Bad weather forces cancellation of Lesaso's BDP launch

    The event which was supposed to welcome Shoshong legislator, Aubrey Lesaso into the BDP fold was postponed after the rain and windy weather disrupted and caused immense damage to the already set venue which included marquees.Lesaso dumped the...

  • BMD rises but not like a phoenix

    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 didn’t reject me—Modubule

    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...

  • The origins of BPF

    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...

  • Inside the armoured cars procurement that shook DIS

    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...

  • Judicial crisis worries BCP

    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...

  • UDC extends Saleshando, Kekgonegile suspensions

    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...

  • Nothing has changed - Saleshando

    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...

  • No one will intimidate the judge—Butale

    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...

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