
UK Prime Minister Johnson resigns
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative leader and will step down as prime minister when a new leader is found.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative leader and will step down as prime minister when a new leader is found.
President Duma Boko has expressed concern over the persistent use of corporal punishment in schools saying there are other ways to discipline learners.
Everything that has a beginning has an end. This is borrowed from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, which aptly says, “There is a day for everything”. Writes Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE
The Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) has taken a decision to close the National Stadium until September to refurbish the track, which was re-laid recently.
When the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) was elected into office in October 2024, it assumed control of the Executive arm of government. However, nine months later, the new administration finds its reform ambitions entangled in the complex web of a public sector it did not create. The question now is whether wielding bureaucratic power alone is enough to remake a public sector when the engine of government suffers from inertia, asks Staffer, TIMOTHY LEWANIKA
A magistrate at the Extension II Magistrate Court has granted bail to a teenage girl who is facing charges of unlawful wounding.
As doping cases continue to escalate in Botswana, Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) Zone IV manager, Andrew Kamanga has urged sterner action against a coach suspected to be involved in the practice.
As the forensic audit team seeks to uncover corruption and identify responsible parties for legal action, former president Ian Khama has hinted that his successor, former president Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Director General (DG) of the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS), Peter Magosi are the two main culprits who necessitated the audit.
No room for perjury
It seems some government accounting officers, sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but the truth" before Almighty God, may have deliberately lied during the committee’s vital work. If proven, this is not merely unprofessional; it is perjury, a serious criminal offence and it strikes at the very heart of responsible government.The PAC’s role is fundamental. After each financial year, it painstakingly examines how public...