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Spira Tlhankane
  • One is absent, the other is drinking Chibuku – Saleshando

    Saleshando, who was speaking at a Parliamentary launch in Ramotswa over the weekend, said Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) president Duma Boko is absent and not campaigning for elections, while Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Botswana Democratic...

  • Americans underscore ‘threat’ as BDF, SADC forces exit Moz

    The BDF is part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) forces, which began withdrawing from the insurgency-hit Cabo Delgado province in April this year. With the eight countries not extending their three-year...

  • Masisi is a part-time President – Saleshando

    Saleshando, who believes he is the right man for the job, told Naledi residents on Sunday that Masisi is a ‘part-time president’ who's never there for his own people. “I believe I can do a better job than Masisi, a man I currently work...

  • African military insolence worries Masisi

    “This kind of regression in our continent’s political order portends a serious threat to the stability of nations which should be functioning as well-interconnected units and planks for regional cooperation and integration, continental unity,...

  • Twin blows for Morupisi’s political ambition

    Now that his withdrawal has been rejected by the highest court in the land, Morupisi’s appeal shall proceed as critical days lay ahead in his legal battle. Speaking of battles, this is one battle Morupisi brought onto himself after he filed a...

  • Khama not afraid of handcuffs

    “The problem is not handcuffs, charges or arrest, the problem is poison. Remember, they tried to assassinate me in 2019 when I left the BDP and even attempted to poison my food,” he told BPF members here virtually on Sunday.Khama recently...

  • Ice cold scramble for the Central District

    The takeover of some constituencies by the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2019 can be described by some as ‘ice cold’ with an emoji emphasis. Like Polaris over the North Pole, the BPF remains fixed on...

  • The Khama virtual magic: The BPF’s last resort

    “Ga re ise re mmone yo o tshwanang nae (We haven’t seen anyone like him),” the BPF members referred to Khama as they sang here on Saturday following a star rally. The BPF has left the opposition coalition seeking a PACT model and some of its...

  • BCP targets ‘lost sheep’ to complete North West seven

    Recently, party president Dumelang Saleshando even compared Chobe to the biblical parable of the ‘lost sheep’. After the Delimitation Commission increased the number of North West constituencies from five to seven, it means that besides Chobe the...

  • We achieved 100,000 plots without resources – Mzwinila

    When handing over the 99,900th plot in Mochudi in Friday, he said when they set a target of 100,000 plot allocations in 2022 they decided to fast-track and develop every stage from environmental assessment to conveying.“What we did as a department...

  • Trouble for Tshabang as BCP descends on Nkange

    Tshabang is one of the four legislators who defied the BCP and chose the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) ahead of his own party when the BCP quit the coalition in 2022. Tshabang was expelled from the party alongside three other BCP MPs for...

  • Saleshando burns constitutional amendment draft bill

    Lighting up the printed copy of the draft bill before BCP members in Kasane last Saturday, Saleshando said he wanted to show the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators and President Mokgweetsi Masisi that the draft bill is a scam. State...

  • Motshegwa the sacrificial lamb

    Motshegwa was set to contest for the Gaborone Bonnington South constituency Member of Parliament (MP) seat again but when the Alliance for Progressives (AP) joined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) last year, it meant that the veteran trade...

  • BA ISAGO to offer GBV programmes

    BA ISAGO University president, Dr Ruramayi Tadu, announced during a recent meet and greet with the media that they will be the first institution in the country to be offer GBV programmes. Tadu said in the near future the University will be...

  • Botswana was last built in the 70s - Gaolathe

    The Alliance for Progressives (AP), whose party joined the opposition coalition last year, was quick to tell the crowd at Molapo Piazza that the country’s economy deserves a proper revamp after decades on the sidelines. An economist by profession,...

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