Bakgatla Heritage Fest
Bakgatla in Moruleng, South Africa held their annual Heritage Fest on Sunday. Kgosi Kgafela II addressed morafe on number of contentious issues affecting Bakgalta in Botswana and South Africa. PICS: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Bakgatla in Moruleng, South Africa held their annual Heritage Fest on Sunday. Kgosi Kgafela II addressed morafe on number of contentious issues affecting Bakgalta in Botswana and South Africa. PICS: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The Minister of Higher Education, Prince Maele, has suspended Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) Vice Chancellor Professor Ketlhatlogile Mosepele with immediate effect, in a dramatic move that throws the leadership of the institution into uncertainty.
Government has rebranded the Chema Chema Fund into the Mafisa Programme, introducing a new enterprise development model that will shift focus from funding individual businesses to supporting co-operatives and business clusters.
Nearly three years after her son was shot dead by members of Botswana Police Service (BPS) in Palapye, a Bobonong pensioner has turned to the High Court, accusing State authorities of failing to investigate the killing and denying her family justice.
Government’s hemp programme is moving into its commercial phase, with the earmarking of land at Dibete Farm for large-scale production, where licensed operators will be allocated plots as the country seeks to establish a new agro-industrial value chain.
With FIFA dangling a $40 million (nearly P550 million) windfall to member associations in exchange for backing a proposal to sell stakes in its flagship competitions, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) is expected to fall in line with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) when the vote is held.
LOBATSE: The High Court here has dismissed an application by a former Principal Education Officer who wanted government to reinstate him after it compulsorily retired him at the age of 60, ruling that he could not rely on protections under the repealed Teaching Service Act once he moved into a non-teaching position.
rBotswana Meat Commission (BMC) and government have been hauled before the High Court by two feedlot operators in an urgent legal battle.
Public servants deserve better than union infighting
‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...