
Form 3 teen commits suicide
Mogoditshane police are investigating a case in which a 15-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree behind a yard in Metsimotlhabe on Saturday evening.
Mogoditshane police are investigating a case in which a 15-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree behind a yard in Metsimotlhabe on Saturday evening.
The Bank of Botswana (BoB) last week raised P4.6 billion for government in the capital market, the highest amount ever raised in a single monthly auction, but one which will squeeze the already tight liquidity in the market.
Botswana Examination Council (BEC) has recorded a slight improvement in the performance of the 2024 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results with the pass rate going from 77.79% in 2023 to 81.66% this year from both government and private schools.
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.
Businesses have pleaded with government to introduce the P4,000 minimum wage in a phased manner over several years, arguing that most of them do not have ability and are not prepared for higher payouts to workers.
President Duma Boko’s recent claim that “90% of media output is fake news” is not only baseless but dangerously dismissive.
FRANCISTOWN: The deep fault lines that have engulfed the Botswana People's Party (BPP) were laid bare this week following the suspension of yet another prominent figure from the party.
The newly appointed Chief Justice (CJ) of Botswana, Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe expressed his sentiments during his maiden speech at this morning's Opening of the Legal Year saying, "Go lebega e kare bo rraboko ba tla itaola thata (loosely translated to 'ritual killers are getting out of hand'.)"
UDC's 100 Days: Please deliver your promises!
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...