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• Tuesday March 03
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Battle for regional supremacy

The preliminary round of the CAF Champions League qualifiers concludes this weekend throughout Africa, and here in Gaborone on Saturday afternoon, Botswana’s biggest soccer entity, Township Rollers, come face to face with South Africa’s log...

03 March 2015

Over 800 civil servants fired since 2010

On average 200 civil servants have been dismissed from work every year under Section 27 of the Public Service Act since its inception in 2010.This brings to 811 the total number of public servants summarily dismissed to date, Assistant Minister of...

03 March 2015

Man fails to claim dowry back

The Customary Court of Appeal, sitting in Francistown on January 28, has rejected Alfred Tshambani Phusumane’s appeal to have his dowry returned after his newly married wife deserted him after less than a week. The facts of the matter are that in...

03 March 2015

The Auditor runs the gauntlet of non-compliance

Failure of government offices to comply with requests to submit their audit accounts disrupts staff of the Auditor General’s office schedule to the point where there are times when they find themselves “idling for two to three weeks”, the...

03 March 2015

NDB union and management clash

The future of Lorato Morapedi as chief executive of the National Development Bank (NDB) has been thrown into serious doubt after the bank’s staff members voted to endorse a vote of no confidence on her and the bank’s Board of Directors. The...

03 March 2015

Education ministry to intensify discipline in schools

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development will intensify discipline in government schools as a way of redeeming poor examinations results, Permanent Secretary Richard Matlhare has said. Speaking at the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC)...

03 March 2015

Low liquidity may affect property developments

Banks are expected to be more conservative in their lending assessment and pricing in property financing this year. A property expert and Managing Director of Vantage Properties, Sethebe Manake is of the view that access to property financing will be...

03 March 2015

Vision Council looks back

The Vision Council is expected to take time out to look back at the progress attained so far in realising the goals set for the National Vision 2016, and consider recommendations for post 2016.The Council has scheduled a two-day dissemination...

03 March 2015

Global economic forecast positive

The poor outlook of markets like the Euro have potential to affect good economic outlook in the US due to inter-regional trade, Stanlib Chief Economist, Kevin Lings says. Lings was presenting on the current challenges faced by ripple effects across...

03 March 2015