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Spira Tlhankane
  • Half-billion pula lost to non-starter DM projects

    The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has set aside funds in the 2026–2027 financial year to settle outstanding payments and certified claims arising from the Development Manager (DM) model adopted by the previous administration.The...

  • Travel, overtime remain hefty while gov’t preaches strictness

    “Further expenditure containment has been achieved through the implementation of a travel moratorium covering both domestic and international travel alongside tighter controls on overtime payments,” he said on Monday when delivering his second...

  • Parents, school implicated in defilement cover-up

    The accused, Kenyan national Simon Ngungiri Maina, was employed by a tutoring agency in Mogoditshane at the time of the alleged offence. He recently appeared before the Mogoditshane Magistrate’s Court, where his plea was reserved.According to the...

  • DCEC's wish for autonomy granted

    Speaking during the budget speech yesterday, Gaolathe announced that urgent steps are being taken to operationalise the independence of the graft-busting agency.“Botswana’s transformation journey risks being undermined if we do not act decisively...

  • Court picks flaws in DCEC’s teeth

    In two different judgments, the courts took a swipe at the DCEC and, by implication, the State’s prosecuting machinery, being the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).“In summary, the Applicants’ complaint is that while they acknowledge and...

  • Rickety Bonno never truly got off the ground

    The Bonno Housing Scheme, one of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government’s flagship promises on affordable housing, has never truly got off the ground. Rock with stalled projects, collapsed partnerships and rising public distrust from...

  • Mzwinila wins, loses, lives to fight another day

    It was a partial victory which was carefully reasoned, legally restrained, and devastatingly precise. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), armed with the full machinery of the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act (PICA), had descended on the...

  • State digs in, vows to fight Mzwinila ruling on appeal

    In a sharply worded press statement dated January 30, 2026, the Attorney General’s (AG) Chambers confirmed that the State has formally noted an appeal, challenging Judge Barnabas Nyamadzabo’s ruling that declared passport flagging unlawful,...

  • Con Court plan riles Batswana as medicine shortages bite

    Various ministers, including Pius Mokgware, Moeti Mohwasa, and Phenyo Butale, among others, held Kgotla meetings this week to discuss the issue. Instead of welcoming the development, people are accusing the government of misplaced priorities at a...

  • Fall from power to the dock, Moagi standing at justice’s shaft

    If Moagi falls, he is uncertain how far the drop might go, and he is unable to see where the bottom lies. Speaking of falling, since his Bulela Ditswe loss in 2024, the former Gamalete legislator Moagi’s fall has been swift, public, and...

  • From ‘charging’ P4.7m to a corruption charge

    According to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP, Moagi stands accused of turning public office into private gain after allegedly demanding millions from the energy company in exchange for licences meant to be issued in the public interest.In...

  • Your hands are dirty –Mzwinila tells DPP

    Mzwinila states under oath that his ordeal began stealtkily without a charge sheet, without a warrant, and without explanation before escalating into what he describes as an all-out campaign of intimidation by investigators.In a detailed answering...

  • BDP turns into apology machine

    Since losing power in the 2024 General Election, where it was reduced to a rump in Parliament after 58 years of uninterrupted rule, the BDP has struggled to redefine itself in opposition.Instead of shaping the political narrative, it has spent much...

  • UDC’s 2024 threats compel IEC to beef up security in 2029

    In the 2024 election report submitted to the Minister for State President last month, the Commission admitted that the decision to beef up security around their personnel was motivated by what it terms as ‘sporadic acts of intimidation and threats...

  • Moagi, the alleged classic laundering techniques

    At the centre of the allegations is a seemingly ordinary purchase of cattle, but according to Principal Anti-Corruption Officer Tendani Christinah Setume of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), the transaction was anything but...

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