The by-election comes following the death of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) councillor, who died after a short illness. The central committee has since cleared two candidates, Same Senkanang-Ditshoto and Barulaganye Moloi, to contest the...
Kgomotso Sekerese, an inmate at Gaborone Central Prison, is appealing directly to Boko to remit the remaining four years of his sentence, invoking the President’s constitutional powers to grant clemency. In a letter addressed to the President,...
Salakae’s usual ministerial convoy was nowhere to be seen, and there was no entourage of government officials waiting to usher the Gantsi legislator into another official engagement. Instead, the man who only recently occupied the powerful office...
BMC told the court that the payments arose from an oral agreement concluded between the parties in January 2016. In a recent ruling, Justice Dr Zein Kebonang refused BMC’s application for summary judgment over its claim for P14,069,875.04, ruling...
Justice Bugalo Maripe has ordered BIUST to reinstate lecturer Dr Malatsi Galani with no loss of benefits or seniority, declaring that the Appeals Committee’s September 2024 decision was final and binding. The judgment, delivered in Maun on Friday,...
The Kgatleng Land Board's Report on the Legitimacy of Land Occupancy at Bodungwane, completed on April 15, 2026, offers the most detailed official account yet of the disputed settlement. It also exposes major differences over how many people live...
Minerals and Energy minister, Bogolo Kenewendo, made the revelation at Morupule Coal Mine last week, when engaging with small businesses participating in the mine’s Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP).The colliery has thus far spent P1.34...
Dr Stuart Marongwe and Dr Moletlany iTshipa are both based in the University of Botswana’s Physics Department. Marongwe is the principal architect of the Nexus Paradigm, developed over nearly two decades. Christian Corda, of the Department of...
Serowe Police Station commander, Superintendent Akimo Mlazie, confirmed that investigations into the matter are ongoing. He told The Monitor that the incident came to light after a neighbour became concerned with a foul smell coming from the...
In the first incident, a person living nearby found a 61-year-old man hanging from a tree in his yard at Malatswai. According to Serowe Police Station commander, Superintendent Akimo Mlazie, the deceased was discovered by the neighbour, who was...
The incident occurred around 7:20pm at Rungwana Ward on the A10 Road. Southern Division Traffic Officer, Assistant Commissioner Boiki Mojalemotho, said a probe has been launched to ascertain what could have caused the accident. He explained that the...
The accident, which claimed the life of the 39-year-old, occurred at around 4pm. It is reported that the two vehicles collided after one of them allegedly veered into the opposite lane. Southern Division Traffic Officer, Assistant Commissioner Boiki...
Party members made a number of requests at the party’s recent conference held in Jwaneng. Hence, they want special conference to provide clarity on which BNF policies are aligned with those of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government,...
Mmegi has learnt that the party’s executive secretary has received a number of submissions proposing amendments to the constitution, with some members calling for the powers of the party president to be revisited. Sources say the proposed...
The move comes after the diamond giant engaged external consultants to probe widespread allegations of fronting in the CEEP, with some early estimates suggesting that as much as 90% of participating firms were engaged in the practice.Hailed as the...
Moti’s African Hero project is now at the centre of a flagship school and clinic development bearing the President Duma Boko’s name. Moti, a friend to Boko, financed the Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) 2019 General Election campaign....
About 380 learners, 288 daily consultations and a technology-enabled campus emerge as African Hero puts speed at the heart of delivery. The Duma Boko School & Clinic is designed to put education and healthcare under one roof, creating what African...
The Duma Boko School & Clinic in Block 7 will officially be unveiled on September 5 during a tightly controlled launch event, according to an invitation and information published by African Hero, the infrastructure initiative behind the project....
The State has been accused of turning a court order meant to preserve the late Isaac Kgosi’s Kgosi’s property into a punishment, with the High Court describing the prolonged restraint of the ex- intelligence chief’s assets as an abuse of the...
Last week Justice Pusoentsi Mojapelo ruled that Kgosi’s widow, Matlho Jennifer Kgosi, is entitled to have the remaining restrained property restored to her estate after authorities failed to justify keeping the assets frozen. The case exposed how...
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