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In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Khama challenged his successor to a boxing match indicating that he is prepared to meet him anywhere even in the boxing ring, or freedom square. Khama’s remarks follow the comments made by Masisi this week in...

Speaking at a media briefing in Moshupa, where he had gone to register to vote last week, the President was adamant that he acted righteously by refusing to accede to opposition calls on him to convene a meeting of parties at a time when there was an...

In a correspondence dated November 20, 2023, Saleshando called on Masisi to prioritise a meeting of all political parties to discuss pressing issues around Botswana's electoral process.Last week, the BCP leader told a press conference organised...

Voters in various constituencies across the country have reportedly expressed reluctance to register for the general election later this year because political parties have not availed their election candidates to them.While the Botswana Congress...

UB today confirmed that indeed the police are investigating a rape case involving its senior lecturer and 18-year-old female student. The institution of higher learning however, did not disclose the name of the lecturer. Earlier today, Mmegi Online...

In an interview after the tournament, organiser Tiro Lepotokisi told Mmegi Online that after realising that the attendance was not satisfactory in the morning and afternoon matches, they decided on late night kickoffs during the semi-finals.He...

According to the acting station commander of Thamaga Police, assistant superintendent Busang Malope, the accident, which happened just across from popular Thamaga bar, Heroes Park, involved a combi which struck two female pedestrians and injured...

It is worth noting that when the festival started the day was sunny and hot so it was actually easy to forget to check out the weather forecast before heading off to one of the biggest festive shows in the South. Most people were so stoked about the...

As a reporter I love working with archives and laying my hands on information that has been untouched for years. Stories about land are tales as old as time and they are very conflict sensitive, among other things. Research, reports and documents...

The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Anna Mokgethi defended the agreement in Parliament, stating that technocrats would finalise the issue at the instruction of both presidents.The agreement, made during the Kusi Ideas Festival, proposes that...

The party revealed this when launching its 10-point plan to save Botswana over weekend. The BCP recently formed an alliance with Botswana Labour Party (BLP), and this past weekend, the party’s members gathered at Maruapula to launch their 10-point...

At the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Youth and Women’s League conference last weekend, women vowed to continue tackling the tenacious global challenge, which includes amongst others, gender-based violence.Quoting the former BCP Women’s League...

Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Serame admitted that they are aware of the outcry by Batswana due to exempting, in part, the amounts allowable for withdrawals under the Retirement Funds Act, 2022.Serame added that it is against this background that...

Even though this is a partnership as the two prepare for the 2024 General Election, BCP has previously revealed that both parties will use the BCP logo and brand, a move which suggests that the latter will eventually swallow the newbie in the...

A minimum wage is the lowest amount a worker can be paid hourly determined by law and paying an individual below the minimum wage is illegal. On Friday Lobatse Member of Parliament, Dr Thapelo Matsheka asked Mokgethi amongst others the factors...