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The P70 million building was completed in December 2011 and was supposed to have started operations a few months after, but the minister of Trade and Industry, Dorcas Makgatho-Malesu put the spanner in the works when she denied them licences citing...

Makhwade said that it did not seem like the two men planned and intended to kill the deceased person.  Makhwade was reading judgment in a case in which Akanyang Ramontsho and Kagiso Dabakwe were on trial for allegedly killing Otsile Lekang in...

In an interview with The Monitor, Kgalajwe said the city has abundant land, which however is un-serviced. Apparently, potential investors have identified lack of serviced land as their stumbling block in their quest to put up companies in Botswana,...

  Gerald Estate: a beacon of hope for Francistown PATRICIA EDWIN Staff Writer FRANCISTOWN: Although Francistown is still lagging behind in its infrastructural development, the city council says there are some areas where the city has managed...

His comments follow the presentation of the national budget last Monday by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo. Ibrahim, a respected businessman who is also a past president of the business think tank, BOCCIM,  said...

The confirmed case is of a person who had travelled to Zimbabwe and returned with the disease, Dr Ayele added. “There is no outbreak of malaria but we have a confirmed case at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH) of a Motswana who had travelled...

Officer Commanding Senior Superintendent Israel Tuelo has quashed rumours that a body has been found and raised concern that people were being insensitive towards the family of the missing person. Bokani Mando Socks, a nurse at Nyangabgwe Referral...

Mungunda Mushongo, 37 is accused of shooting Mozulu Jackson, Kathiso Jackson and their son, Kebonyekgosi Kayukura, to death while they were travelling on donkey back to Chukumuchu sometime in April of 2009. Their bodies were not found until August...

They dodged a death penalty by a whisker as the judge noted that they had been drinking that night before committing the offence. During sentencing Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe said that he had taken into consideration many factors. Firstly, he...

Justice Zibani Makhwade was initially scheduled to pass the ruling on December 13. Maiketso was removed from the mayoral seat after only about four months in the position by a motion of a vote of no confidence. He now wants to be reinstated. The...

The trial within a trial, which has been dragging on for a while, will be concluded in January when Ketlogetswe determines whether Dube was forced to confess. Dube, 49 is facing a count of murder for allegedly killing his wife and staging the death...

Before Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe, Montshini Raphathi said yesterday that when he was employed, his contract stated that he would be paid using A2 scale. But the police did not honour the agreement because they started to pay him in the lower A3...

  Councillors have during the last several council meetings shown through motions that they would like to rename streets in the city, especially in the CBD. Their motions also showed that they would also like to name their new airport and new...

The motion tabled by BDP councillor, Raoboy Mpuang on Tuesday, wanted the council to resolve to request the ministry of youth, sports and culture to review constituency tournament rules and regulations and make it mandatory for all clubs to be...