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  • Mothei wins BDP primaries for Bophirima ward

    Out of the 12 council by-elections held so far, Saturday’s aspirant candidates contesting for the ward were all women. What made members content was the fact that even those who had lost vowed to support the winner so that the party could retain...

  • Central District in P141m deficit

    This was revealed during the chairpersons and mayors’ forum held on Wednesday this week in Gaborone. The Minister got a shock as he learnt that CDC has been operating on a deficit over the years.CDC chairperson, Ketshwereng Galeragwe said in an...

  • Gov’t approves councillors’ 6% salary increase

    This came after the councillors put pressure on the government to increase their salaries and vowed to de-campaign Members of Parliament (MPs) in their areas for failure to approve their salary hike. Autlwetse said the adjustment was approved against...

  • BPP: Time to do or die

    Machacha’s observation comes after some people held the view that the party’s current survival was only because it was affiliated to the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). “I believe that if the party was not affiliated to the UDC, it would...

  • Ledumadumane East loss ‘blame’ on Rakgare & co.

    The 10 members who are likely to appear before the party disciplinary committee for different offences include the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mogoditshane, Tumiso Rakgare, councillor Kemiso Tom, councillor Gaborutwe Thekiso, deputy branch...

  • BDP Mogoditshane branch in factional feud

    A meeting that took the decision is alleged to have been convened without the branch chairperson’s knowledge and it intended to take him out as he is said to be anti-Member of Parliament for the area, Tumiso Rakgare.Insiders at Mogoditshane told...

  • OP responds to Saleshando

    He was responding to the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Dumelang Saleshando who felt that President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed the Commission of Inquiry without any input from Parliament and therefore, it does not know what to do.“It is going...

  • MPs demand update on PNR deal

    This was after the MP for Selebi-Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse requested the minister responsible to update Parliament on the conclusion of the exclusivity period, the consequent signing of the purchase agreement and fulfilment of the transaction...

  • Councils to improve service delivery

    According to the ministry’s spokesperson Masego Ramakgathi, they took stock of the ministry’s past performance and equally deliberated on the five-year Strategy and Transformation Plan (MSTP 2021-2025), Reset Agenda as well as the National...

  • Parly rejects Btv transformation Bill

    Fifteen members supported the motion while 23 rejected it. Sixteen members were absent in Parliament on the day of voting.When debating a motion before Parliament, Boko said a free, objective, skilled media is an essential component of any democratic...

  • ‘Transfer Land Board powers to dikgosi’

    They expressed this in most of the kgotla meetings addressed by the Presidential Enquiry Commission on the constitutional review. Their main gripe is that families are suffering and therefore, failure by the Land Boards to allocate plots to the...

  • Residents call for direct presidential election

    Speaking during the Presidential Commission of inquiry on the review of the Constitution of the country, Moatlhodi Baaitse said; “ gone are the times when one automatically knows that if he/she is Vice President then they will become the next...

  • New stand-alone department christened, allotted P19m

    The EID will be responsible for monitoring the interests, income, assets and liabilities of any category of persons, to detect and prevent corruption, money laundering and acquisition of property from proceeds of other offences.The directorate will...

  • BDP to scrutinise Ledumadumane East loss

    Already the mini-report, which has been taken to the party chairperson Slumber Tsogwane, while a proper and complete one is yet to be made, has pointed fingers at some members who allegedly played a role in the by-election loss. The BDP members...

  • State of BDP concerns Balopi

    The BDP did not perform well in the by-elections having been outmuscled by the coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), most recently at Ledumadumane East in the Mogoditshane constituency last Saturday. The by-elections for 11 other council...

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