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BDP supports prosecution of wrongdoers

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, the defense lawyer in the P250 million money laundering case, has dismissed Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) as a “useless entity” that only goes after” petty thieves while real criminals” are left to...

05 February 2018

Gudu, Kuchwe face BPP’s disciplinary board tomorrow

Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) suspended Chairperson Richard Gudu and additional member Peter Kuchwe will place their hopes on the party constitution in tomorrow’s disciplinary hearing. The two men were suspended for attending an Umbrella for...

05 February 2018

Mosugate’ is fake, says Ombudsman

The Ombudsman, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe has cleared President Ian Khama of any wrong doing in a matter in which Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has alleged maladministration and abuse of Office of the President. The BCP had complained that Khama is...

05 February 2018

AP not ready to contest Mochudi, Ralekgetho by-elections

Alliance for Progressives (AP) is yet to decide whether to participate in the pending parliamentary bye-election in Mochudi East Constituency and the Council bye-election in Ralekgetho Ward at Moshupa- Manyana Constituency. The bye-election in...

05 February 2018

BOFEUSU postpones elective congress

Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) has postponed its elective congress to a yet to be announced date. BOFEPUSU President Johannes Tshukudu revealed that the decision was arrived at due to the delay in...

05 February 2018

Maun tourist resorts revive aviation industry’s fortunes

The swelling tourist numbers into the resort town of Maun every year have pushed up the country’s aircraft movements. Latest data from the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) for the 2nd quarter of financial year 2017-18 indicates a...

05 February 2018

Botswana signs FTA agreement with COMESA, SADC, EAC

Botswana, a mining-rich country, has become the latest country to sign the COMESA-EAC-SADC  tripartite Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement, which once in full swing will give the country access to a market of well over 700 million people and...

05 February 2018

Tshekedi dumps BITC

Acting Chief Executive of Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) Meshack Tshekedi has resigned.  Tshekedi steered the BITC ship after the departure of founding Chief Executive, Letsebe Sejoe early last year when the latter’s contract was not...

05 February 2018

Botswana scribes operate under draconian laws – Expert

Richard Rooney, associate professor and former Head of the Department of Media Studies at the University of Botswana says most journalists are hindered by restrictive laws and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Service to do their...

05 February 2018

Mokaila in mean mood

Minister of Transport and Communications, Kitso Mokaila will not stop at anything or be intimidated in his quest to uproot corruption at his ministry. According to Mokaila he has no political career to protect as many might think he will be...

05 February 2018

No hope for a people’s budget

Finance minister, Kenneth Matambo will on Monday present the 2018/19 budget speech in Parliament. Matambo will be mindful of citizenry high expectation on incoming President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, a looming budget deficit on the backdrop of fragile...

05 February 2018

The business of ‘go becha’ and the sex dol

I once had a light-hearted debate with a few people over the notion that it is a man’s duty to take care of the woman in a relationship. It is always interesting to listen to other people’s views about matters of life, love and everything in...

Keletso Thobega | 05 February 2018

ATI wins big at YAMAs, Bouncy's butt steals the show

Local music songstress Bouncy had the YaronaFM Music Awards (YAMAs) in overdrive with a sensational performance that had the ecstatic crowd eating from her bare behinds at the GICC on Saturday night. It was actually her fully exposed butt that...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

WE WILL KILL THE CRIMINALS

The question of whether dangerous crime suspects should be given bail is a burning issue currently. This has been fuelled even more this week after the Botswana Police announced on Monday that they were on the hunt for a 19-year old Keodiretse...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

New opposition alliance on the cards – Nkaigwa

Member of Parliament for Gaborone North Haskins Nkaigwa, who recently defected from the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) to the Alliance for Progressives (AP) has explained that his decision to dump the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) by...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

A three-horse race for Mogoditshane in 2019

The 2019 general elections will come with headaches for Mogoditshane residents as they will be compelled to make a choice between their homeboy Sedirwa Kgoroba of the Alliance for Progressives (AP) and the new kid of the moment Tshepang Mabaila....

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

MPs warn Masisi against military spending

Francistown West MP Ignatius Moswaane of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) President Duma Boko has warned the incoming President Mokgweetsi Masisi against overspending in military equipment. Moswaane told this...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

Night patrol with Mochudi Police

It was a breezy nightshift (8pm-4am), as we jumped into an open van and joined a group of seven police officers tasked with patrolling the Bakgatla village and its neighbouring settlements. Actually, there were two groups of seven in two different...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

Makgato threat to kill case takes "political twist"

The case in which Wadza Tombo is facing a charge of threat to kill has taken a political twist. Tambo opened a can of worms on Tuesday morning, appearing before Broadhurst Magistrate Tshepo Thedi, when he claimed that he was denied a CEDA business...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

Next parliament to discuss BMC woes - Khama

President Ian Khama has promised to get the next session of Parliament to address the woes besieging the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) before he hands over the baton to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi in April this year. Although speaking to a...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

"School from hell"

Upon arrival in Molepolole, one is greeted by the fancy looking Blue Bows English Medium School. The outward façade gives the impression that this is an international school of repute, but for the employees, Blue Bows School is a walking...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

President Masire's grandson, Eno, speaks politics, patriotism and relationship with Ndaba Gaolathe

When he took to the podium and spoke at the funeral of his grandfather, former president Sir Ketumile Masire, Eno Mwaba undoubtedly caused most people to sit up and listen. Poised and articulate in the Queen’s language, he belied confidence and...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018

Women emotionally abused in relationships

Kaone Mmereki* was in her late twenties when she met her husband at a music festival. He had all the makings of an ideal 21st century man to fall for: kind, intelligent, wealthy and caring. She fell in love with him quickly and felt he was the one...

Sun Reporter | 05 February 2018