The delegation – comprising two members of the group, Mumba Malila and Elina Steinerte – will visit Gaborone as well as other parts of the country. They will meet government officials, civil society groups and other relevant stakeholders during...
In a surprising move, Macholo was announced as the new DPSM director this week. She has spent over 20 years of her professional life in the private sector.Her area of focus has been human resources and organisational development amongst others.Until...
Already neighbouring country, South Africa, has confirmed its first case of Monkey Pox but Botswana has recorded none so far according to the ministry.“The ministry surveillance and response teams are undertaking a range of preparedness and...
This came about after Sejoe was said to owe Esther Mfolwe. Sejoe is supposed to be running for the position of deputy secretary for the Gaborone regional committee of the party under a team called #realignment of Gaborone region led by Lebogang...
The DIS and the prosecuting agency, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions want the Court of Appeal (CoA) to review the decision that was made by Justice Zein Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court last year August to acquit and discharge...
The party in its court papers said the members Kgakgamatso Kebiditswe and Tlamelo Mpodi have no rights to interdict the party and its activities because they failed to produce BNF membership cards. In its court papers, the party says failure to do so...
Last year December, two High Court judges in separate applications ruled against the spy unit in relation to the house.The first appeal which is in relation to a search warrant that was denied against the DIS by Lobatse High Court, Ranier Busang the...
On Tuesday at around 2:30am four men allegedly stormed the station and proceeded to tie down the female police officers with cables and locked them at the radio room and headed to the armoury.The embarrassing incident took social media by storm with...
Available data indicates that at their latest levels, motorists in Gaborone are paying 81% more for Unleaded 95 petrol than they were in June last year.And while the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) indicates that even with the latest...
For weeks there have been reports that some party members were pushing for a consensus candidate. Late last week, BDP members at Moselewapula convened a meeting where a proposal for a consensus was declined by prospective candidates.Even the party...
Currently, members of the area seem to be divided between the area Member of Parliament (MP) Chris Greeff and Alfred Madigele.Madigele, who is the former MP for Mmathethe/Molapowabojwang constituency, has now relocated to Gaborone Bonnington South...
The by-election has been called to replace fallen BCP councillor, Reuben Kethoilwe. The UDC is a coalition featuring BCP, Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP).The BCP had initially said it will contest under the coalition...
For a party that was wounded in the 2014 general elections, BCP managed to find stability when it joined the UDC in 2018 and now that is about to be eroded away should the party leave the opposition coalition.BCP made history in the 2019 general...
Emerging from a weekend of political events in Palapye where Boko asserted himself as the UDC president and slapped his deputy Dumelang Saleshando who is also BCP president and secretary-general, Goretetse Kekgonegile with suspension for their...
Looking back, when the UDC was formed in 2012, then coalition partners, the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the now ousted Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) had little in common other than a desire to remove...
The incident has humiliated the police and some members of the public has since lost faith in the service. The robbers made away with 14 AK47 rifles, five pistols and other undisclosed ammunitions.The robbery has since caused panic and some members...
The Police have since said they have not made a mistake. They said it is a statement of intent to elevate BPS.For years the BPS has been hiring police constables with Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) qualification but this...
Confirming to be investigating the case, Goodhope police station commander, Superintendent Batshwari Gaobatelwe said on Tuesday morning they received a report that a 28-year-old woman was found in a pool of blood lying in her bed. While investigating...
Moses Lesaro was convicted on his own plea of guilt for murdering the mother of his four children, Diane Jeremea, on August 16, 2017 at Manowe ward in Tonota.When pleading for his client to not receive the ultimate sentence of death, Lesaro’s...
According to a press statement from the police, unidentified armed men attacked on-duty police officers at Goodhope Police station in the early hours of Tuesday.“During the attack, the suspects stole 14 riffles, five pistols and an undisclosed...
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