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The feedlot giants, who claim they have already lost P27.8 million and exhausted their bank funding, say they are running out of time and money to keep thousands of cattle alive.Segale and the Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Dr Edwin Dikoloti,...

Although the court is yet to hear and decide on the matter fully, the feedlot giants have amended their initial filing notice and no longer seek any action against BMC, who are the fourth respondents in the matter. The farmers now want to take on the...

In a statement to Parliament this week, Lands and Agriculture Dr Minister Dikoloti said the move could finally unlock international beef markets and begin reversing the economic damage caused by prolonged livestock restrictions. As Dikoloti appealed...

In a ruling delivered at the High Court this week, Chief Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe declared that the Society’s challenge was “misconceived”. Ketlogetswe dismissed with costs the LSB’s urgent application seeking to rescind his July 30...

The startling revelation emerged in Parliament recently when Nkange legislator Motlhaleemang Moalosi asked the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Pius Mokgware, to provide statistics of registered deaths between June 2021 and June 2026, state the...

Gabane-Mmankgodi Member of Parliament (MP) Mmusi recently asked the Minister for State President, Defence and Security Moeti Mohwasa whether government would table a Bill to repeal the Constitution (Amendment) Act No.1 of 2021, arguing that doing so...

The country’s two largest feedlot operators told the High Court they have already lost P27.8 million and exhausted bank funding. In court papers filed under a certificate of urgency, the firms have indicated that they are just weeks away from...

The beef companies, JS Beef (Pty) Ltd and Primefast (Pty) Ltd, are accusing authorities of strangling their businesses through prolonged Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) restrictions.At the centre of the dispute is a series of FMD control measures...

In an urgent High Court application, Primefast (Pty) Ltd and JS Beef (Pty) Ltd, through their lawyers Makuyana Legal Practice, claim that the government is blocking them from exporting cattle and beef while the domestic market struggles to absorb...

In a circular dated July 14, 2026, addressed to school heads at all PSLE centres, the exams body confirmed that preparations are already underway to manage the transition and ensure a smooth wind-down of the examination over the next few years. "The...

Responding to a parliamentary question from Okavango East Member of Parliament (MP) Gabatsholwe Disho this week, Minister for State President, Defence and Security Moeti Mohwasa said his ministry has no record of any DIS officer facing criminal...

Speaking during the Botswana National Front (BNF)’s 60th National Conference over the holidays in Jwaneng, Malema said the true test of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government's victory would be whether ordinary Batswana ultimately...

In an address to the BNF's 60th national conference in Jwaneng over the holidays, BNF vice president Moeti Mohwasa declared that the ruling movement is entering its most demanding chapter. Mohwasa delivered a message that combined celebration...

Addressing delegates at the Botswana National Front (BNF)'s 60th national conference in Jwaneng over the holidays, Boko painted a bleak picture of the state his administration inherited, describing it as "a broken country, a collapsing economy...

Speaking during the first-ever occasion of the official opening of the third meeting of the second session of the 13th Parliament, Keorapetse said special rights and privileges protect MPs from undue external pressure, but challenges remain.“Beyond...