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Bakwadi rejects Karate interim committee

MOGODITSHANE: Things continue to get interesting within the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) after incumbent president, Mpho Bakwadi, rejected an interim executive committee that was voted over the weekend during a Special General Meeting (SGM).

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Leading the market: Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund CEO, Moemedi Malindah. The BPOPF is the country's largest pension fund

Pension funds beat NBFIRA target

The country’s pension funds held 42.6% of their assets domestically as at November, or P64.4 billion, comfortably above NBFIRA's target of 41%, central bank data shows.

Moseki appointed deputy bank governor

Boko appoints deputy governor of Bank of Botswana

PRESS RELEASE: The President of the Republic of Botswana, President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, has appointed Lesego Caster Moseki to the position of Deputy Governor of the Bank of Botswana, for a term of five years with effect from 1 February 2025.

Tebelopele office in Gaborone

Gov't confirms Tebelopele nationwide shutdown

Following US President Donald Trump's 2025 executive orders halting funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the government has now confirmed the complete shutdown of Tebelopele Voluntary Testing and Counselling Services nationwide.

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Boko’s fear of wielding the axe

On November 1, 2024, when the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) took over government, the coalition’s supporters were cheering their ‘boy’ on hoping for President Duma Boko to remake the government and wield new power. Mmegi Staffer SPIRA TLHANKANE looks at how after 100 days the UDC administration has treaded carefully and it is somewhat fearful of implementing sweeping changes

Capello Molapo Crossing restaurant....PIC.PHATSIMO KAPENG

Capello Molapo Crossing restaurant launches in style

A number of Gaborone's movers and shakers went to witness the launch of another addition of one of the country's vibrant restaurants, Capello at Molapo Crossing mall on Friday.

Boko has made seven trips outside the country, and has been visited by two heads of State .PIC.DGB FACEBOOK

Boko`s first pals and travels

In his first 100 days as Botswana’s head of State, President Duma Boko has made seven trips outside the country, and has been visited by two heads of State and government. The diplomatic trips oscillated between peace interventions meetings, economic and political diplomacy mainly because of an unclear diplomatic stance the country wobbles in writes TIMOTHY LEWANIKA.

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United Chem successfully exports washing powder to SA

The Botswana manufacturing sector has been given a boost after one local company recently exported first consignment of its washing powder to South Africa.

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Karate woes reflects BNSC's lack of teeth

It is a fight that has swung this way and that way with very little intervention from the body that is supposed to play the role of a mother. The Botswana National Sport Commission has proved that it is a big bulldog without teeth. The enduring fight within karate is a microcosm of the wider fights that have engulfed sport with little done to end the wrangling. Recently, the BNSC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho, indicated that their hands...

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