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  • Botswana/Namibia petition SA on new harsh beef laws

    This include quarantine periods and pre-export health certification for all cattle, goats and sheep coming from Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Stakeholders have heavily criticised the new regulations, which were effected last month, as a...

  • Fists of fury fly at BOCONGO

    The organisation’s executive secretary, Bagaisi Mabilo’s year long and detailed frustrations “at the hands of his chairperson, Oscar Motsumi” have been laid bare before the general membership who are now calling for heads to roll at the...

  • Leaked emails reveal more

    The Director of Peddys Windows Forum- a counselling organisation, Pednah Mogomotsi confirmed to Mmegi in a telephonic interview that indeed there has been some communications amongst some of the members of BOCONGO pertaining to the matter. She said...

  • Basarwa livid after bogosi snub

    Members of the community had written to Kgamane mid-2015 asking him to pick someone from their ranks for the vacant post of tribal leader in the Nata chieftancy. Nata is led by three tribal leaders comprising senior tribal leader, tribal leader and...

  • Court overturns Bots-Nam �refugee abduction� deal

    Boster Samuele was one of eight applicants who, in their treason case in the Namibian courts, argued at the Supreme Court that he had been kidnapped by the Namibian military from Botswana to stand trial in Windhoek. The applicants are among the last...

  • Bakgatla royals in SA to defend Mochudi as headquarters

    The Commission was appointed by Mahumapelo after disapproving the initial report by the Commission on the grounds that they did not consult Botswana-based Bakgatla to hear their side of the story. Some of the Moruleng royal families want to cut ties...

  • Student kills another over nickname dispute

    The Monitor has gathered that the incident happened outside the Design and Technology class where a dispute is said to have erupted following several warnings from the nickname bearer who repeatedly showed his distastes over the said...

  • Review into �anti-gay laws� due out

    The assessment, termed a ‘Legal Environment Impact Survey’ aims to assess and reduce legal barriers towards accessing health care services, including changing provider attitudes towards the target Most At Risk Persons (MARPs). The review comes...

  • �They planned to shoot us...�

    They told Mmegi that over 10 law enforcement officers who attended to their matter nearly shot them, had it not been for one officer who pleaded for their mercy. The four Basarwa from New Xade are Dingalelo Nagayapo, Modumo Kgolelakang, Monxobuke...

  • Now Sesana fights government

    Sesana confirmed the arrest of his son to The Monitor on Friday and shared on the incident: “It is true that my son Tshoganetso was among the arrested people. I visited him at the detention centre where I demanded answers over his arrest. I was...

  • Mogae, American biographer fallout

    The book project, which Edge was doing with the assistance of some Batswana, started in 2009 immediately after Mogae left office, with extracts from the unpublished works making rounds in 2012. The Mogae autography has promised to reflect “on his...

  • Italian plans to change plight of children

    Massimiliani, whose organisation currently runs from his country of birth, Italy, says the organisation will be running in a couple of countries in the next few months, further adding that what should excite Batswana is that while most international...

  • Hundreds of Bakgatla to sue Council

    The residents, who have formed a committee of 10 members operating under the name Balli (the aggrieved), say they are angered by the fact that both the council and the contractor Monamodi Madille, do not want to own up to their mistakes but are...

  • Kgatleng Dumps Controversial Burial By-laws

    The by-laws which have divided the regional leadership, council, tribal authorities and other stakeholders have not gone down well with Bakgatla and their tribal leaders in general most of whom claim that the by-laws will in the long run cause...

  • Face-to-face with Bushiri

    As I enter the gates of his larger than life ministry, anxious of an unknown future, the first thing that strikes me to the core is the perennial incoming movement of hardcore believers from all corners of the world – pregnant with hope for a...

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