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This was revealed by the city’s acting mayor, Oduetse Tautona during a recent full council meeting. The Independence Day festivities are scheduled for next Saturday, marking the country's 57 years of independence."These funds are meant to...

During this first phase, nine constituencies will host these primary elections. BCP spokesperson, Mpho Pheko elaborated that the selected constituencies for this phase include those where the party has historically been strong or where it has a...

“All I want is peace. This is why we did not oppose the court action by the secretary-general (SG),” he said. Early this month, SG Lebogang Phillip was suspended with immediate effect pending disciplinary hearing.He then took the matter to court...

Just a few weeks ago, the union secretary-general, Lebogang Phillip, was suspended pending hearing and finalisation of judicial review. He has since been reinstated, but now president Peter Baleseng is on suspension accused of misconduct. At the...

“All I want is peace. This is why we did not oppose the court action by the secretary-general (SG),” he said. Early this month, SG Lebogang Phillip was suspended with immediate effect pending disciplinary hearing.He then took the matter to court...

This comes after the BONU central committee (CC) decided not to challenge his matter in court, in which he was seeking to be reinstated with immediate effect.Justice Zein Kebonang said there was nothing he could do if the members of BONU CC had...

However, the race to replace him has been marred by disputes, prompting the intervention of the BCP executive committee. At the heart of the conflict is an accusation from Reuben Kaizer's camp, also known as 'The Boy', which claims that...

While leading opposition parties, the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) have gender policies and quotas advocating for women to assume positions of power internally and at national level, the ruling Botswana...

UDC is in talks with the Alliance for Progressives (AP) and Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF). Currently, UDC affiliates are Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and Botswana Congress Party which is on its way out.In an...

Speaking at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) 50th celebration of its work in Botswana, she urged women in politics to resuscitate the caucus as a means of increasing women's representation in the upcoming general election. The caucus once...

The SG, Lebogang Phillip was suspended by the annual general conference (AGC) pending forensic audit into the alleged mismanagement of funds by the previous committee, which the SG and other serving seven committee members were part of.The AGC held...

Over the past weekends, the party’s regional congresses have been grappling over whether or not party primary elections known as Bulela Ditswe should be held in constituencies where the BDP is incumbent. While some regions strongly advocate the...

Council chairperson for the district Ketshwereng Galeragwe, who described the squatter camps as unsightly, told The Monitor of the dire circumstances the individuals face. “It seems these are forced by lack of jobs at the cattle post and come to...

Gaoberekwe’s corpse has been lying in a private mortuary for the past 18 months, clocking a bill of over P200,000. The local authorities have been denying the family a permit to bury their father who died on December 21, 2021 in the Central...

This was revealed at the BDP South East regional congress held at Matlala Community Junior Secondary School in Tlokweng on Sunday. The region feels that the current P10 million is not enough to address the challenges of youth unemployment amongst...