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Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Moyo Guma, who is also a member of the committee, told the forum that the patient was put on expired drugs for a month. Guma wanted to know the measures the Ministry of Health has in place for such...

The initiative is a partnership with a charitable organisation, Airbone Lifeline Foundation (ALF).  The two-year partnership, which started last September has seen Air Botswana offering six tickets monthly to destinations that include...

The letter penned by Tshiamo Rantao, Osego Garebamono, Mboki Chilisa, Kgalalelo Monthe, Kgosi Ngakaagae, Diba wa Diba, Lore Morapedi, Rueben Lekorwe and Tefo Gaongalelwe to President Ian Khama states a probe into the matter would without doubt be in...

This is subsequent to a review process that was undertaken by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and its partners in tertiary education financing. The review, carried out in April has just been concluded. According to the...

The nation is still reeling in shock following a week of stunning allegations involving politicians, a purported cover-up bid, a young school girl and a pregnancy. Just when Batswana thought they had heard the worst in councillor Kemmonye...

The Tutume Sub-District village has been the centre of nationwide attention after the leak of a purported Facebook conversation suggesting the defilement of a schoolgirl by a councillor and a subsequent attempt to help cover up by the Assistant...

Not only is the group agitating for the immediate resignation of Amon, but also the assistant minister of education and skills development, Fidelis Molao, whose name is mentioned in an online conversation allegedly over the girl’s...

The country’s history, scarcely recorded as it is in books, is largely that of men, their achievements, their failures and their contributions. It is written and reported from the point of view of men, local and foreign.  From the Three...

The pressure is real and fast-paced. Though not all-dark toned black women are part of it, there is a race to acquire lighter and fairer skin. There was a madness in the 1980s when many dark-skinned sisters would use anything to make their skins...

In turn, Khama who had never before  visited any higher learning institution since assuming office, gave glowing accolades to the Malaysian-born establishment for its role in the local tertiary education sphere. The occasion, whose agenda...

The teaching practice involves the attachment of the student teachers to public schools around the country, as part of their curriculum.  The students’ colleagues at Tonota College of Education as well as their self-sponsored peers started...

The prospective teachers were supposed to have commenced the exercise last Thursday, but late submission of their documents at the Department of Tertiary Education Finance (DTEF) has interrupted their schedule. A third-year student majoring in...

As a result, advertisements asking students to apply for sponsorships for the current academic year have been delayed. Education ministry spokesperson, Silas Sehularo said the review, expected to be complete in two weeks, is in relation to the number...

Yesterday, the national organising secretary of the union, Dimpho Nyambe, told journalists that the state of affairs was making it difficult for them to organise. The union, established last year, is seeking to draw members from the retail,...

UN Women country programme manager, Karin Fueg reiterated the need for gender parity in development. The agency has the mandate to coordinate gender equality and women empowerment within the UN and support member states to advance the same. Like...