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In its latest alert, the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture confirmed that Zimbabwe has reported an FMD outbreak in the Mangwe District of Matabeleland South Province, an area that shares a border with Botswana’s Tutume, North-East, and Bobirwa...

On Tuesday morning, I stood at Ben Thema Primary School and watched you arrive, small bodies wrapped in oversized uniforms, some clutching lunch tins tightly, others holding onto their teachers as if the world might shift beneath their feet. It was...

As such, the choice of venue was deliberate. Throughout the rally, speakers framed the bus rank as an economic lifeline for transport operators, vendors and small-scale traders, arguing that its alleged closure would destroy informal jobs and deepen...

The report not only recaps the legislative and oversight work of the recent session but also draws comparisons with the previous year's SONA, citing improvements in consistent law-making, enhanced accountability, and growing international...

And maybe, just maybe, it's not so difficult after all. Maybe, and please hear me out, maybe we should be proactive agents of self-preservation and crack open the proverbial window lest we suffocate.Maybe, just maybe, it's high time we let in...

Presenting the laundry list of issues at a press briefing held amidst the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), Nicholas Motiki, the BHCTTWU executive secretary, said the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the...

Palapye Council chairperson, Kabo Ketshogile, says the move follows a government directive issued earlier this year targeting rapidly growing settlements across the country for transition. “In May this year, the government released a directive that...

The two recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that builds on the relationship already established between the organisations. Officials said the move brings together Absa’s citizenship focus areas—education, entrepreneurship,...

The competition is aimed at celebrating learners who excelled in a demanding stock market simulation and the 2025 edition saw 28 schools participate, a significant rise from 15 from last year, signalling growing interest in financial literacy and...

On Friday, the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship (MTE) celebrated its diamond jubilee with a Staff Open Day that highlighted both its historic achievements and the urgent economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at the event, Mathoothe...

After years of hostility, excommunications and competing claims to leadership, the two factions appeared before the court having reached a consensus. Justice Kebonang endorsed the agreement and made it binding, declaring, “When they leave, they are...

The conference aims to confront a growing list of social ills, including the proliferation of drugs and illicit substances, homelessness/ street children, high divorce rates, crime and rising levels of corruption.Botswana has in the recent past...

Following long periods of deferring maintenance and an ageing rolling stock, the delays have crippled the parastatal’s ability to deliver freight, with the rail network also being increasingly unreliable. Caretaker General Manager, Dominic...