The intention is to develop and implement the plan over the next 12 months with the aim to improve the enforcement, supervision, and coordination of the EU’s rules on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. According to Executive...
This was the second time a state of public emergency was declared since Botswana attained independence in 1966. According to the Declaration of State of Public Emergency Order, “…it was necessary to declare a state of public emergency...
He lampooned President Mokgweetsi Masisi for appearing not to have made a clear plan of action in his last address to the nation that his administration would deploy aggressively once the lockdown had run its course. Mbuya bemoaned that President...
The rapid speed at which the virus spreads and the fact that there is yet no vaccine or cure for the disease has meant that the government has had to implement extra ordinary measures to combat it, that include amongst others, extreme social...
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of this year, organisations across the planet began to shift into action. But as critical as it was to react appropriately, it has also been important to proactively prepare for the next...
Chilisa goes that the seven-day period under which the public health emergency declaration was made by the Director having lapsed and not extended, there is no public health emergency under which he (the Director) can exercise his powers. With...
In my capacity as co-chair of the African Think Tank on HIV, Health and Social Justice, convened by UNAIDS and as President of Africa Judges Forum on HIV, TB and Human Rights, convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I have come...
The economic and financial impact of this pandemic, which is still unravelling, is analogous to past events such as the Great Depression and the 2008 global financial crisis. Several jurisdictions have declared a state of public emergency to deploy...
The Delta is a place of unparalleled natural beauty, a source of life and renewal for the world and a welcome reminder for me of better days ahead. The story of the Delta starts far away from Botswana in the highlands of Angola, where almost all the...
On August 31, 1974 he entered into holy matrimony with Kebatshabe Gloria Mhlauli (nee Modisa) and were blessed with three children. Mhlauli did his primary education at Francistown African School (now Nyangabgwe Primary School) and Tamocha Memorial...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread rapidly to most of the world's population since it first appeared in China. Indeed, one of the difficulties of writing an article like this is to keep up with the pace of change. The effects of this crisis are...
The President explained that it was necessary to extend the lockdown so that work underway in Metsimotlhabe, Molepolole, Ramotswa, Mahalapye, Bobonong and Siviya, where contact tracing and testing is being done could be completed. Giving...
They have to demonstrate to parents why they should pay school fees even though the academic calendar has been disrupted. It is likely to be lost altogether. They should put serious reasons forward as to why students who are now sitting at home...
Letsholathebe in a press briefing held last week deliberately misled the nation when he went on record on national television (Btv) to address the student population of this country on an array of issues affecting them amidst the coronavirus...
Kalake was a lifetime member of the Botswana National Front, having been mentored into the party by its founders, Cde Patrick Tshane and Bathoen II. Cde Kebadire Kalake was committed to the Social Democratic principles, which are the driving ideology...
Bagaetsho, it has been twenty four (24) days since we went into a national lockdown as a strategic measure to minimise and contain the risk of the spread and transmission of COVID-19 in Botswana. Since then, the majority of our citizens have complied...
Social distancing and lockdown rules, whilst necessary for the control of the virus, are detrimental to many economies and more so an economy like that of Botswana, which is reliant on sectors such as hospitality, travel, tourism, mining and the...
The Fund was established by Public Finance Management (COVID-19 Relief Fund) Order, 2020 to be administered by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning with a Committee on behalf of the Government of Botswana. Government represented by...
COVID 19 knows no boundaries and it seems the courts in many jurisdictions, and Africa in particular, cannot function amidst the crisis. There are no innovative and intelligent ways to provide a platform for the function of the courts without...
This article aims to tell the story from a different perspective, from the point of view of the compassionate, intelligent and resilient people who are living and will leave this pandemic. The article is not meant to minimise the negative...