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This is the period before and after the current suspended executive chairperson of the company Andrew Motsamai was employed. Motsamai assumed the position on February 2017. He was given 10 days leave of absence on Wednesday. This follows talks of...

A referral would possibly lead to Khama setting up a Tribunal into their conduct, in the same manner a previous Tribunal was set up in 2015 in the now infamous saga involving four other High Court justices who were suspended in September of that year...

AB InBev, formerly SAB Miller, sponsors the regional tournament through its Castle Lager brand. Khama’s disdain for alcohol had seen the government coming up with a position forbidding  liquor companies from sponsoring sports...

The ringleaders of the coup however backed off from their plan at the last minute, as they feared it would destabilise the BNF and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). Boko is also the leader of the UDC.  The coup leaders, it is alleged,...

This is according to the Chinese Embassy in Gaborone’s press release in which the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang pronounced Beijing’s position. “China’s stance is clear. We hope relevant country can see clear the...

Botswana has been sternly warned not to “harm such a true friend and reliable development partner in China by challenging the core interests of China and the dignity of the 1.3 billion Chinese people”. Ambassador Lin Songtian made these...

Ambassador Lin Songtian revealed this during Botswana Friendship Delegation visit to China last week. Lin is the secretary general of the Chinese Follow-up Committee on Forum on China-Africa Cooperation or FOCAC. Speaking about Morupule B project...

In one of their journal articles, their commentary piece reflects on the efficacy of Botswana’s ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy, its effects on communities neighbouring parks, and on cross-border relations. “It asks whether this policy...

“The power to appoint such a judge properly vests in the JSC [Judicial Service Commission]. To the extent that the President may have any discretion, I entertain no doubt that such discretion must be exercised rationally and for a legitimate...

In a strongly worded 10-page petition titled ‘Botswana’s arms race in the midst of poverty, massive unemployment and social inequality’, signed May 30, 2017, Boko says as the current regime is left with barely two years to the next...

The JSC, chaired by Dibotelo, sat last week and this week Motlhabi served Justices Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe, Lot Moroka, Godfrey Nthomiwa and Tshepo Motswagole with notices to apologise for the petition. JSC sources claim that the decision to force...

Advocates Wim Trengove and Alec Freund are considered amongst the best legal brains in South Africa and are also regulars at the High Court and the CoA of Botswana. Trengove appeared for President Ian Khama, CoA judges and others who appealed a...

According to sources close to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Kirby expressed his opinion during a heated meeting on May 11, 2017. “The JSC had a heated meeting with Kirby angry that His Excellency (HE) the President Ian Khama appears...

Besides Gaolathe, other suspended members are former BMD youth president Phenyo Segokgo, vice president Wynter Mmolotsi, national organising secretary Kabelo Mahupe, Pako Keokilwe, chairperson of the council of elders and Harriet Rampa, secretary of...

The IEC attorney John Griffiths confirmed this to the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) in a correspondence dated April 26, 2017. “We refer to our previous correspondence and our advice that our client has stopped purchasing the Electronic Voting...