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Moreover, the fact that people are naturally attracted to jobs with good remunerations means that in hard economic times, the country cannot afford to pay decent salaries. This was said by the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Human Resource...

The  South East District Health Management Team (DHMT)  told The Monitor that they have since discharged all the diarrhoea patients, mostly children DHMT head, Ellen Rannoba said  that no fresh cases were recorded last week adding...

The certification as explained by the hospital management, is meant to ensure quality and reliability of diagnosis. The standard issued by the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS) is called ISO 15189:2012. The scope...

The Christian movement had its annual conference over the weekend where the membership reaffirmed its position to respond to pertinent issues affecting women and young people today. Youthful YWCA member, who also represented its offshoot -Young Men...

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Botswana is increasingly becoming a monster that competes for resources against noble needs such as health, education and food. It is hindering developmental prospects for women and instead breeding a cycle of economic...

This is a joint resolution by the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators’ Trade Union (BOSETU) following Tuesday’s nationwide consultations on the matter. BOSETU secretary general Tobokani Rari said in an...

Officials said the hospital’s 567 beds had to contend with 750 in-patients, weighing on service delivery and quality. Absenteeism is rising as staff files sick notes to get away from the depressing demand for their services. Briefing the media...

Celebrating a feat of moving up from 11th position in 2013 to third countrywide last year, the school at the bottom Kgale hill south of Gaborone, has declared academic war on the best performing junior secondary, Orapa CJSS. For many years now, the...

Women in Agriculture At independence Botswana’s economy depended largely on agriculture, specifically beef production and women’s roles in the sector were very much pronounced. Recent studies show that while agriculture continues to be...

He lamented that this had resulted in a majority of these schemes not having a meaningful impact in addressing the socio-economic challenges that perpetuate the spread of the epidemic, especially among young women. Masisi made this remark after...

The creative poets, some of whom were cutting their teeth in spoken word, were a marvel to listen to as they beautifully weaved vocabulary into hilarious and informative awareness messages. They spoke of the thick clouds of smoke, otherwise the puff...

Botswana and Mauritius are the only SADC member states that have not yet signed the protocol. Gender activists view the former’s compliance as critical now, more than ever as the country takes over the SADC chairmanship on Monday. Botswana has...

Speaking during the official opening of the show yesterday, the Kweneng district farmer, who has been a member of this committee since 1988, bemoaned that that livestock farmers did not benefit from the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme...

Botswana prides itself as a beacon of peace and democracy in Africa, and is ranked well relative to most nations globally. As a result, the landlocked country continues to be highly regarded by the international community.  Despite strides in...

Clinical programme manager, Kegomoditswe Manyanda made the remarks as BOSASNet and other organisations embarked on an eight-kilometre walk last Saturday as a prelude to the Substance Abuse Awareness Month (SAAM). “Substance...