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The upcoming polls in October will be an acid test for veterans. The demand for newcomers is higher with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries popularly known as Bulela Ditswe having attracted about 90 aspirants who lack prior...

Kebonang revealed in a letter of complaint penned to the Police Commissioner, Dinah Marathe, where he complains about harassment allegedly at the hands of the security organ. He made rulings in the controversial Welheminah ‘Butterfly’ Maswabi...

This comes after the Bill passed through the House of Commons at a second reading in March. The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill seeks to ban the importation of legally obtained wildlife trophies from Botswana and other African countries...

“I have a dream,” is Martin Luther King’s famous 1963 speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, but Tsogwane also dreams of a ‘joyous daybreak’. Tsogwane’s dream includes a Bible, his right hand raised and the Chief Justice on the...

This, he said, is to ensure that the two small countries never return to the infamous blacklist. Masisi, who discussed with The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis at the two-day Global Citizen NOW 2024 Summit held in New York, USA recently,...

Boko, who was also a member of UDC founding member, Botswana National Front (BNF) unexpectedly quit politics citing many reasons amongst them ‘betrayals’ and ‘backstabbing’ which he said were suffocating him. The former youthful Member of...

Simasiku Oscar Mapulanga - ChobeFollowing their exit from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) managed to keep Simasiku Oscar Mapulanga under the lime banner as other legislators and councillors opted of the...

Last December, government extended the ban for another two years to have it run into 2025.The first veggie ban came into effect on January 1, 2022, targeting 16 vegetables such as onion, butternut, tomato, watermelon, carrot, potato, cabbage and...

The applause that followed his swing hinted at something special, but no one anticipated just how special it would be: that same golf ball would fetch a staggering P350,000 at auction a few hours later. Yes, you read that right. The BDP auctioned off...

Presidential debates are regarded by some as the rightful stage for candidates to sell their party policy positions in order to influence how voters decide. BCP president, Dumelang Saleshando, was recently launched by his party as the presidential...

Speaking of October 2024, that is the month of the General Election and it ends on the 31st. Most months of the year have 31 days and besides October others are January, March, May, July, August and December.That is just a fun fact but the...

He suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Umbrella for Democratic Change's (UDC) Phenyo Butale in a David vs Goliath encounter.Saleshando failed to retain the Gaborone Central MP seat, the constituency he had wrestled from Botswana...

The party is convinced that the political ground is more fertile than ever. Currently, their main rivals the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are battling primaries' demons while the Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) centre cannot hold...

The Trophy Hunting (Import Prohibition) Bill was passed by the UK’s House of Commons at a second reading on Friday. A ban on importation of hunting trophies could affect areas like Ngami and Okavango where local communities live near and with...

At the invitation of Hichilema, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi undertook a working visit to Livingstone, Zambia this week. The two Heads of State were accompanied by their respective delegations consisting of Cabinet Ministers and senior...