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  • Convicted BPF leaders eligible for political office

    This week, Justice Michael Motlhabi slapped five BPF leaders with a 30-day imprisonment sentence wholly suspended for 12 months, contingent on their good behaviour during the suspension period. Justice Motlhabi stressed the importance of upholding...

  • Ministers uneasy as Bulela Ditswe tensions rise

    The shift in attention is towards constituencies that some Ministers are eyeing and others BDP members believe are easily winnable. Already pressure is mounting in some of the constituencies with the start of faint campaigns despite the party having...

  • Supply improvement excites gov't

    When giving the House an update on the matter, he said there has been good progress.“I can speak confidently, that the steps that we took then, to avail medications in the country, as I did apprise this House in the past, have significantly...

  • BDP national council, congress set for September

    The party’s secretary-general, Kavis Kario, confirmed the dates in a statement to The Monitor on Sunday.The first day, September 2, will focus on the national council’s deliberations, covering crucial reports from census and delimitation, amongst...

  • Fights within Molepolole South constituency continue

    In Molepolole South constituency, the State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng is crying foul against the potential challenger, Godfrey Sibisibi.Morwaeng has written a complaint letter to the party secretary-general (SG) Kavis Kario that Sibisibi be...

  • BDP congress promises fireworks

    Fireworks are expected at the upcoming special national congress billed for next month as the party is divided on many critical issues affecting the future and the upcoming elections.Mmegi is reliably informed that among the top issues that are...

  • Mothers encouraged to breastfeed

    He said the World Health Organization (WHO) also recommends that babies be breastfed for two years and beyond, with the introduction of complementary food at six months of age.The theme for this year was 'Enable breastfeeding; making a difference...

  • Minister urges self-dependency in food production

    He stated that the change is occurring at a time when the nation is urging a decrease in reliance on foreign food products and is actively exploring ways to produce and export goods to boost domestic revenue.Officiating at the 49th Ghanzi...

  • Alleged land grabbers to account for plots

    The Board has always indicated that it wants to bring perpetrators of the controversial Compensation-In-Kind Policy to account by questioning people who were allegedly abusing the model.In 2019, the Mogoditshane Sub Land Board announced that when one...

  • About P6.4m industrial machines idle

    This revelation came out when the Permanent Secretary (PS) for Ministry of State President Goitsemang Morekisi updated the committee that the programme is not doing well contrary to expectation.The committee also learnt that the Ministry acquired...

  • Digital migration (Set box) not appealing

    Their concern is that the Set box seems not to be appealing to Batswana at large.The committee wanted to know whether the Ministry had conducted a survey on the process which could indicate whether Batswana have bought the set box or not.The members...

  • I'm still BPF president – Butale

    However, Butale still has hope for reconciliation with his nemesis. “I am still the BPF president.The judgment of Justice Michael Motlhabi still stands and it will be unfortunate if my party members believe that party disciplinary hearing committee...

  • Botswana to gift Angola 8,000 elephants

    At a press briefing held on Friday at the Office of the President (OP) by both President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his counterpart, Lourenço, the latter said the reason why they had not yet received the elephants was because of what was happening in his...

  • Angolan President, Masisi hold first bilateral talks

    Masisi has visited Angola three times before. Briefing the media about the Angolan President's visit on Thursday, the director of Africa and the Middle East at Foreign Affairs, Pule Mphothwe said some of the issues that both Presidents might talk...

  • Masisi’s lexicon, way with words

    Sese was not exactly a shock as outlandish statements have been the hallmark of Masisi all along. When addressing the residents of Sese, a small village a few kilometres from the diamond town of Jwaneng on Tuesday, Masisi, in his usual play of...

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