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This was disclosed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Nelson Ramaotwana, in his contribution to the 2025-26 committee of supply speech, this week. He said the mooted committee will work to find sustainable solutions to...

Tautona Lodge has been a subject of controversy since its 2021 acquisition by the previous Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) administration. Addressing Parliament recently, Mohwasa assured legislators that if and when his ministry’s review of issues...

On Friday, the Lobatse MP stunned Parliament when he made allegations that he has been sent threatening messages by the Head of State and his bodyguard. “I am very worried today as I stand in front of you. Yesterday, there was a question that I put...

Responding to the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services' contribution to the 2025/26 committee of supply speech, Mahalapye West legislator, David Tshere, told Parliament today that marriages should not be wrecked because one of the...

The Ministry for State President, which the DIS falls under, has requested P530 million for the implementation of various development projects during the 2025–2026 financial year.These projects include geospatial, security, and...

The BDP, which lost the General Election last October split twice during their 58-year rule resulting in the formation of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF). The BDP splinter parties took with them party...

Many questions were raised about whether it is business as usual at the intelligence agency since the tri-party coalition took over government from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in November last year. Minister for State President Moeti Mohwasa...

Morwaeng served as Member of Parliament for Molepolole South and Minister of State President from 2019 and 2024. He is often connected to BDP’s controversial bills which failed in the 12th Parliament.Briefing the media about his quest for party...

Boko, who was responding to the budget speech this week in Parliament, said he differs with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP)’s suggestion that the president should appoint a commission to carry out the task. “A presidential commission can only...

The revelations were made in Parliament this week when Trade and Entrepreneurship minister, Tiroeaone Ntsima, responded to a question on the rot at development finance institution. He revealed to legislators that the agency lent millions of pula to...

Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Pius Mokgware told Parliament recently that any person who is a citizen of Botswana and also a citizen of another country shall no longer be required to renounce the other citizenship immediately before the...

When social media alerted me that the tree that used to stand as a serene symbol of local music had fallen, I walked to the place just in front of the Botswana Book Centre to see it for myself. As I saw Ko Setlhareng.Com’s fallen tree blocking the...

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...