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  • BDP primaries aspirants request payment deadline extension

    The party's central committee (CC) has stipulated a five-day deadline for those who have applied for Expression of Interest to make their payments before applying at their respective branches.The fee for council seat contestants is P5,000 while...

  • Boko’s exit leaves workers stranded at Mahalapye East

    Without a sitting MP, their employment contracts are no longer valid. The employees are now faced with an uncertain future and lack of job security.With only six months left before the next general polls, it is unlikely that there will be a...

  • It’s vetting time at the BDP

    Therefore, it is crunch time for aspiring candidates as they wait to see whether they will make it through. In just two weeks, they will find out if they are one step closer to representing the party in the General Election. But passing the vetting...

  • PEEC nullifies Molepolole branch congress elections

    The party’s Political Education and Elections Committee (PEEC) declared the branch congress elections ‘null and void’ due to complaints about the outgoing branch committee violating the party constitution.This decision has sparked controversy,...

  • AP cracks the whip

    The branch committee was given a suspension letter on Sunday after the CC made a decision on Saturday and Koontse was relieved from his duty with immediate effect pending investigation.According to the AP constitution, the branch committee is...

  • Five days for Bulela Ditswe aspirants

    As the highly anticipated primary elections draws closer, the party has requested all members who have expressed interest in contesting for the elections to submit applications to their branch committees. According to a memorandum written to all...

  • Lands ministry allocates 67,883 plots, advances development plans

    He told Parliament on Friday, when presenting his ministry's consolidated and development funds, that the remaining 32,117 are in preparation for allocation before the financial year-end.Mzwinila said during the 2023-2024 financial year, a total...

  • Bulela ditswe fees double

    Now, council candidates are expected to pay P5,000 from P2,500 whilst a parliamentary candidate is expected to fork out P10,000 from P5,000 to be eligible.This move will definitely boost the party's election campaign funds, but it could also make...

  • Malnutrition worries Health minister

    He said underweight prevalence amongst children under the age of five stood at 3.8 percent in 2023, slightly above the national target of three percent. In addition, he said the Botswana Demographic Survey of 2023 revealed that 3.6 percent of...

  • AP members up in arms in Tswapong North

    For example, David Morewagole, who contested as an AP candidate for the last polls, feels that the party was not backing in their fight to contest the constituency under the UDC ticket.He said the rigid stance has forced members to consider going...

  • BPF members put pressure on NEC

    When the councillors were earlier recruited from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the deal was that they would not be challenged during primaries but contest the General Election unchallenged. Now, the BPF general membership demands that the deal...

  • Boko cries of back stabbing, sabotage

    Boko was one of the youngest MPs in Parliament who won in the 2019 General Election through the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) ticket.The opposition won two Mahalapye constituencies for the first time in 2019 due to former president Ian...

  • Open season as political ‘transfer window’ beckons

    During this uncertain period, contests for party tickets never guarantee politicians a long stay in their political homes as frustration oftentimes forces losers to immediately search for new political homes in an endeavour to revive their shaky...

  • Lifestyle diseases account for about 46% of Botswana deaths

    Dikoloti emphasised the urgency of the situation. "Recent studies estimate that NCDs account for about 46% of all deaths in our country."This is a sobering reality that underscores the urgent need for action," he stated. He revealed...

  • Kgang: BATLA's new broom sweeps clean

    On the other hand, Fedilis Machola of Tati Land Board took the treasurer role, while Major Molefhi from Kgatleng Land Board assumed the position of publicity officer and Kgotso Mathe of Malete Land Board is the new project officer.Kgang said in an...

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