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ENERGY SECTOR GETS LIONS SHARE OF THE 2017/18 DEVELOPMENT BUDGET

Government is expected to invest close to P3 billion in the energy sector following several episodes of load shedding that affected the country’s major cities. This was mainly due to the failure of the Morupule B power plant. However the energy...

07 February 2017

Tribes’ accessories personify African beauty

Three years ago, Vanessa Chikazunga took a bold step and got rid of her long chemically processed hair and embraced a natural look. If you have gone through this stage of taking the natural look route, you will know that you start to question a whole...

07 February 2017

Wiona Store helps you put your best foot forward

Wiona Store & Co, located at the Craft Market (Unit 13 in Broadhurst Industrial) is breathing life into Botswana’s versatile fashion scene. Walking into the store, shoe lovers are transported into their own little paradise. There is everything for...

07 February 2017

33 Beige Cakes offer delectable baked treats

What would a celebration be without a cake to complete the occasion? A delicious, fresh, beautifully decorated cake usually complements the occasion, whether a birthday, wedding, baby or bridal shower. It also has to be scrumptious enough to leave...

07 February 2017

Ten Garrick ex-employees petition OP

Ten former Garrick Operations employees handed a petition to the Office of the President last week, seeking its intervention on their unpaid severance benefits, leave and overtime balance that accrued from 1st January to 31st December 2014. The...

07 February 2017

Motion for mother tongue teaching, community radio stations coming

Member of Parliament for Francistown East Honest Buti Billy will table a motion in the first session of parliament calling for the introduction of indigenous languages as a medium of instruction in the Botswana Education system. The Botswana...

07 February 2017

Kgamane finally speaks on Nata chieftainship crisis

Bamangwato Regent Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane has finally revealed to Northern Extra that he will soon be addressing the Nata chieftainship crisis after a protracted battle with residents. Last year the residents petitioned the director of Tribal...

07 February 2017

Magosi strike gold in transfer window

BTC premiership outfit Mochudi Centre Chiefs (MCC) might have struck gold with their new signing of Absolom Limbondi from Tigers FC in Namibia. Following the conclusion of the January 2016/2017 BTC premiership transfer window this week, Magosi...

07 February 2017

BFA purge targets Sebego’s remnants

Botswana Football Association (BFA) factions seem to be alive and well. Four months after the Maclean Letshwiti regime vanquished their rivals, factions seem to linger at the football association.  The recent reports from Lekidi are that the new...

07 February 2017

What I learnt from Women In News

Last year, WIN-IFRA combined its Sida-funded Women in News Africa programme with its Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded programme to workshop participants in media management, peer mentoring and networking events. The group of 45 high...

07 February 2017

Cancer overtakes TB as leading cause of death in HIV+ patients

It’s now official: cancer is the country’s top silent killer in HIV+ patients. Scientists gathered in Gaborone recently for the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP) 20 years’ anniversary celebration, have confirmed. A doctor at...

07 February 2017

BCL advisors under investigation

In the latest twist in the BCL saga, BG investigations have uncovered that MDCB hired auditing firm Pricewaterhouse Botswana (PwC) to probe the appointment of BCL Advisors as well as Pula Steel, a company in which BCL holds a controlling stake. BCL...

07 February 2017

Teacher fired for criticising Khama appeals

The constitution of Botswana allows everyone to freely express themselves in criticising President Ian Khama and his administration, Advocate Sidney Pilane has said. Advocate Pilane says a teacher who was sacked from his employment for criticising...

07 February 2017

Seeletso says EVMs are not computer-based

The recent amendment of the Electoral Act, which has, among other things, introduced electronic voting and the cancellation of supplimentary registration, has divided the nation right in the middle. While one section seems happy with explanations...

07 February 2017

UDC/BCP seal Pact

Umbrella for Democratic Change and Botswana Congress Party will today (Friday) announce the outcome of their cooperation talks following a week of confusion, chaos and instability between the parties. After the two parties won the Tsabong and...

07 February 2017

2017 budget: Matambo’s litmus test

Finance and Economic Development minister, Kenneth Matambo will present perhaps his toughest budget next week Monday, two years before what promises to be a highly-contested general elections for the landlocked country. As he walks inside parliament...

07 February 2017

Inside plan to oust Masisi

As divisions unravel within Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) youth, the party Chairman Mokgweetsi Masisi is the latest target as the Young Turks gun for him in the coming youth elective congress. Botswana Guardian understands that as the youth...

07 February 2017