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During his 2024 election campaign trail, President Duma Boko promised that the UDC would take apart the controversial organ to examine and repair it if necessary. As the new government backtracks on its promise made in the 2024 election manifesto,...

The Leader of Opposition (LoO), Dumelang Saleshando, was the first to voice out that there should be a means test for Old Age Pension. Responding to the Budget Speech last week, Saleshando, who is the president of the main opposition Botswana...

His threat comes as the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) grapples with the implementation of the P4,000 minimum wage it had promised in the 2024 election manifesto. Speaking in Parliament this week, he said companies that are not prepared to pay...

Authorised old age pension expenditure for the 2024–2025 financial year (ending March) was P1,385,637,690 and it has now been increased to P3,088,156,960 in the 2025–2026 budget estimates. The P3.1 billion budgeted under the Department of Social...

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Dr Micus Chimbombi said the semen has not yet been supplied to farmers pending consultation on the selling price. He assured the public that this aspect will be concluded...

Answering a question in Parliament recently, he revealed that the reasons for the non-compliance are due to a number of reasons. They vary from unavailability of funds, ambiguity in the court order, death of the employee, or the employer still...

During the budget presentation this week, Finance Minister and Vice President (VP), Ndaba Gaolathe, emphasised that the money will cater for the housing projects namely ,the Bonno Housing Scheme, Integrated Poverty Alleviation and Housing Scheme...

Ahead of last year’s General Election, the ruling party pledged a living wage of P4,000 per month and increasing the old age pension to P1,800. In response to the 2025-26 budget speech on Wednesday, Saleshando said it was shocking that the...

Responding to the Budget Speech this week, Mmolotsi said the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) found the government in huge debt and owing a lot of companies. “The Ministry of Health owes private hospitals over P1.5 billion. It is now our...

Botswana’s 2018 stainGreylisting means that a country is under increased monitoring by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to certain deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML), combating the financing of terrorism (CFT), and...

The ruling party the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) promised in their manifesto to pay P2, 500 tertiary students’ allowances per month if the coalition won the election. But when Finance Minister and Vice President, Ndaba Gaolathe, delivered...

Responding to the budget speech today, Saleshando said it is shocking that a budget speech that frequently refers to integrity is deafeningly silent on a large majority of these promises, including the foundational one on which all others rest - an...

The BCP decision follows Gaolathe's decision of last month to withdraw his challenge at the Court of Appeal (CoA) over a P1.3 million notice against him by liquidators of an asset management company, Capital Management Botswana (CMB). The Vice...

The BCP decision follows Gaolathe's decision of last month to withdraw his challenge at the Court of Appeal (CoA) over a P1.3 million notice against him by liquidators of an asset management company, Capital Management Botswana (CMB). The Vice...

With US President Donald Trump’s second administration having wasted little time in testing the boundaries of executive authority, many expected President Boko to show his presidential prowess with a series of executive orders in the first 100...