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Masisi and Magosi PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Masisi, Magosi face subpoena in P45m Karakul sheep scandal

Former president Mokgweetsi Masisi and Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) Director General, Peter Magosi, are expected to be subpoenaed before the court in the ongoing controversy over the Karakul sheep allegedly procured with more than P45 million of public funds.

Lovebirds: Directorate on Intelligence Services Director General Peter Fana Magosi and senior agent Tshepo Tilia Thupa. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

‘I’m in love with the Spy Chief’

In a rare exclusive, The Monitor Correspondent THALEFANG CHARLES sits down with spy chief Peter Fana Magosi and his sweetheart, agent Tshepo Tilia Thupa, for a tell-all interview.

Unik Construction office PIC: Unik Construction

Construction titans clash as DM model crumbles

The infamous Development Manager (DM) model has once again come into the spotlight, this time after construction industry titans Tau Grading, Unik Construction, and development manager Pro-Serve Consulting clashed in court over the P300 million Modipane–Mabalane road project.

Salakae PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Salakae denies implication as BR cancels Baaitse deal

A deal between businessman, Shadrack Baaitse and state-owed Botswana Railways (BR) has been cancelled with growing speculation of political interference, information reaching Mmegi has suggested.

Galebotswe. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG.

BPF gave me a political lifeline – Galebotswe

PALAPYE: The self-proclaimed legitimate interim leader of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Retired Lieutenant General Gaolathe Galebotswe, says he will fight for the party as it has saved his political career. He said he was mistreated at his former political home, the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

Journalists at work. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

How Boko belittles Botswana journalists

A year after the historic Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) electoral win, journalism in Botswana finds itself at a crossroads.

Army of expertise: The BoB boasts some of the country’s brightest economic and financial minds PIC: BANK OF BOTSWANA

Banks reap fruits of forex framework changes

The country’s commercial banks raked in P3.3 billion in non-interest income from January to August, up nearly P750 million from the same period last year, a boost analysts attribute to the July changes to the foreign exchange rate framework.

Hopeful: Ntwaagae says this year’s loss is an improvement on last year’s performance PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Cash-strapped BR expects P25m loss

State-owned rail monopoly Botswana Railways (BR) is expecting a financial loss of P25 million this year, remaining in the column of the country's loss-making parastatals.

Omitted: Mangolo and Setsile are only on the reserves list PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Mangolo, Setsile, Kgaswane miss Morocco flight

Gaborone United (GU) attacking midfielder Mpho Kgaswane, Richards Bay defender Benson Mangolo, and Libya-based Thero Setsile are the three biggest names to miss the Zebras' Africa Cup of Nations plane to Morocco.

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