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Speaking during a press briefing where he launched his bid for presidency, the Nata-Gweta legislator said his preference has always been not to challenge someone he has stood with and worked with on so many occasions. “Matters have come to a point...

Reatile, who is often blamed for pulling the BPF out of the UDC months before last year’s general election, is seeking to defend his presidency at the party’s elective congress scheduled for November 1 in Serowe.Speaking during a press briefing...

The contest between incumbent president Mephato Reatile and secretary-general Lawrence Ookeditse is more than just a leadership battle; it is a struggle for the ideological and strategic soul of the BPF.The BPF was born out of dissent, a breakaway...

“In July 2025, a strategic Cabinet workshop on Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP) reached a consensus on the national development direction, referred to as the ‘True North’,” Minister for State President Moeti Mohwasa revealed...

Speaking at the seminar on the draft NDP 12, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, told MPs that NDP 12 is more than a document because it serves as a strategic roadmap guiding national development, growth, and prosperity over...

This isn’t the first time the CJ has been embroiled in a high-stakes internal battle. Just a few years ago, Ketlogetswe was locked in a very public and legal confrontation with his predecessor, former Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane. At the time,...

According to an insider, under the National Development Plan 12 draft, which will be considered by Parliament in a special meeting from October 13 to November 7, the government is convinced that Botswana’s traditional healthcare remains largely...

Under the National Development Plan 12 draft, which will be considered by Parliament at a special meeting from October 13 to November 7, the government is worried that Batswana’s heavy dependence on such programmes raises concerns about their...

The transformational spending is expected to cover the investment projects and other development expenditure of the central government, local authorities, and State-Owned Entities that are financed wholly or partially by the government.Funding is...

It was claimed that the project, which was initially set at P707 million, had it costs ballooning to P3.3 billion. The project, which comprises a 480-km pipeline, 11 pump stations, and wastewater treatment works, was originally scheduled to run from...

Ditching the formal wear for government functions, Khama has now adopted earthy tones, the khaki, light brown, and deep chocolate hues as his go-to fashion statement. But this is more than just a wardrobe update; it's a fashion movement. Speaking...

Khama told his subjects last weekend that everyone from the past administration led by former president Mokgweetsi Masisi is all gone except for Magosi. “Go setse e one hela,” he said. Khama has, in the past, not shied away from revealing how the...

The Bangwato tribe is still healing from wounds of the past, which included the persecution of the Khama royal family and the denial of access to their main Kgotla in Serowe. All this happened during former president Mokgweetsi Masisi’s tenure,...

With party loyalists already on Boko’s case for failing to fire members of the former regime, more discontent kicked in this week when Boko appointed former political opponent Advocate Sidney Pilane as Judge of the Court of Appeal (CoA).Pilane was...

Speaking during the Pan-Commonwealth Forum this week, President Boko praised Keorapetse’s composed leadership in the often-heated environment of the National Assembly. He described the Speaker as “inimitable” and noted that his calm and...