According to the Minister for Defense and Security Kagiso Mmusi, his ministry, particularly the police have been stretched and had to sacrifice some of their services to cater for safe transportation of the money.“The country has experienced an...
BMWU represents 111 who are working at MGM, the only gold mine currently in operation in Botswana, located about 30 km south east of Francistown.The dispute over the payment of bonuses started after MGM informed BMWU that it has no obligation to pay...
Recently Norris did an interview with one of the local media houses in which he said that the university does not have money, as it is de-linked from the government. “We have a joint management committee where management and the union leadership...
The development follows the completion of a commission of inquiry that probed cross boarder cattle rustling in Bobirwa area with some perpetrators reportedly being from neighbouring Zimbabwe. Recently, Bobonong Member of Parliament (MP), Taolo Lucas...
This followed a case in which Komboni had launched an interdict challenging his transfer to another work extension, the Francistown High Court. It is said that Rannowane had attempted to move the case to Gaborone High Court and appointed Justices Dr...
The Expo aims to bring together local and international players in the health and wellness industry under one roof to network and market their products and services and most importantly highlight the advancement of new innovations and technologies to...
The two BPF factions, one led by former president Ian Khama’s family and the other by former Tati East Member of Parliament, Samson Moyo Guma have been battling for the soul of the BPF for months. The majority of those who are viewed to be...
There are reports that the UDC is in the process of introducing a revised constitution. Reports indicate that under the new constitution, the position of VP will be scrapped off. The new constitution, according to reports, will also give the UDC...
With the former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leader having quit his late father Sir Seretse Khama’s party on the eve of the 2019 General Election, the Commission has recommended that a retired president who has served an aggregate period of 10...
“You are correct that I have said reports about my immediate return are false. I once again wish to reiterate that it is my intention to return sooner rather than later but when I feel that time has come I will announce it and once I have updated...
In a dissenting judgement she issued for the DIS appeal against Khama about the search warrant for his State House, Justice Garekwe disagreed with her counterparts Judge President Tebogo Tau, Justices Isaac Lesetedi, Lakhvinder Singh Walia and was...
The recommendations are contained in the committee’s report scheduled to be debated by Parliament. The report follows a four-month countrywide consultation which involved 132 kgotla meetings, attended by nearly 30,000 attendants.The...
The Director is referred to as a public officer and has always been subject to supervision from the AG but the Commission has recommended that Section 51A (1) of the Constitution be amended to make it discretionary whether the Director should consult...
This came to the fore in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Constitution of Botswana report. Following its countrywide consultations, the Commission made several recommendations, among them that legislation should be...
It further recommended that the Births and Deaths Registration Act be amended to provide for delayed selection of gender marks for intersex people until the individual is fully developed to choose their preferred gender mark. This comes after the...
“The Commission recommends that the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) should improve implementation and monitoring of education policies and programmes for improved academic performance in schools and promotion of technical and...
The Commission revealed that during kgotla meetings that were held across the country on the Constitutional Review, there were views that those convicted of rape should be castrated or hanged. This social ill remains the country’s nightmare as...
The Commission is of the view that drug lords and drug traffickers deserve nothing but to hang by the neck until they die, thus recommending the amendment of the Act and proposing stricter sentence in the form of death penalty for those dealing in...
The report says some Batswana feel this enables other tribes to elevate over other tribes, “It was pointed out that marginalisation of tribes was a potential trigger for civil strife,” reads the Commission report in part.The report further states...
The Commission recommends that: “Political party funding be introduced based on parliamentary seats won by parties in the immediate past general election at the rate of not less than P50,000 or such amount as may be determined by Parliament from...
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