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The BDP is scheduled to hold its congress in July this year. The relationship between two powerful BDP stalwarts, President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his former cabinet member and secretary-general Balopi, has broken down irretrievably. “It is true, I...

However, the assistant minister recently told council technical officers at their two-day retreat in Gaborone that Masisi has expressed great concern over the quality and standards of the projects.Therefore, it calls for the ministry and its...

The Alliance for Progressives (AP) has made it clear that it supports the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), while the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) have shown their support to the Umbrella for Democratic Change...

The speakers believe that it is time residents of Bophirima ward vote for someone who they trust with their lives and also for a person who has been voluntarily working for them as Mothei has. When speaking at their rally at Bophirima ward, the...

He said this is because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the labour relations landscape of the country and the world over. “The pandemic brought about numerous lessons for the world of work and this calls for a shift in the manner in which we...

He told Parliament that as part of the NSP implementation, preparations of Molepolole, Tlokweng and Kasane development plans have been completed and approved.The plans therefore, according to the Minister, consist of a total of 1,837 plots for...

Mmegi has learnt that Serame might battle it out with Lobatse former mayor Malebogo Kruger. For her part, Kruger said she cannot comment on the matter since campaigns for the women’s party positions have not started. Last week, party leader...

This comes after the UDC disagreed with the BCP on the issue of candidacy in the Bophirima ward. UDC ended up declaring Mankie Sekete as the UDC candidate despite BCP's preference for their candidate, Peter Mogapi. Failure to agree on the issue...

He said during the 2021 legal year, the disposal rate for criminal cases at the High Courts was 37% whilst at the Magistrate’s Courts it was 48%.“The disposal rate for civil cases at the High Courts is 42% whilst at the Magistrate's Courts is...

Already, the BDP has started campaigns in the area while on the other hand the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is caught up in internal wrangling.The ruling party has not been doing well in by-elections hence it is trying its best to be united...

Already, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has written a letter instructing his party's regions, branches, wards and cells to hold their congresses to renew the party structures’ mandate. The BDP has 57 branch committees and is resident in 14...

Equally, the party will make a resolution on the future of its affiliation with the UDC. BCP’s central committee called an urgent meeting on Saturday and consultation is still ongoing.The party’s spokesperson, Mpho Pheko told The Monitor they...

Opposition parties have already started fighting for council seats given events in recent by-elections. The fights started last year with the 11 vacant council seat positions and now the situation with the candidacy for the Bophirima ward council...

Presenting his ministry’s recurrent and development budget proposal recently, Dikoloti told Parliament that there is progress so far in preventing the spread of COVID-19 infections.“Successful delivery of vaccines were made possible following the...

In his recurrent and development budget proposal recently, Dikoloti said the situation has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.“According to Statistics Botswana (2019), Botswana’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is estimated at 166.3 deaths per...