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• Friday December 14

19 000 people acquired PrDP licenses since August

There are 19 468 drivers who have been issued with Professional Driving Permits (PrDP) since the start of the new exemption in August 2015 under the Road Traffic Act Regulations, said Minister of Transport and Communications, Tshenolo Mabeo. Mabeo...

14 December 2015

No politics for new BNYC Board-Olopeng

The new board members of the troubled Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) will not be allowed to take part in politics as was the case previously, Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Thapelo Olopeng has warned.  Most past board chairpersons used...

14 December 2015

Could new fighter jets trigger regional arms race?

It seems the honorary doctorate the south Koreans conferred on President Khama is already starting to pay dividends. The hidden strings attached to it are starting to show. If the recent interaction between President Khama and Korean Aerospace...

14 December 2015

BITRI expands its horizons

Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) has lined up research work for 2015/16 in establishing itself as a high profile research institution. Amongst the research work is the Seding Solar Street Lights which was exhibited at...

14 December 2015

Dumped workers score major victory

Francistown Industrial Court Judge Galesite Baruti has ordered Diesel Power Botswana - a mining contractor formerly contracted by the now liquidated African Copper at Mowana mine in Dukwi village - to pay its dumped employees their October and...

14 December 2015

Gasebalwe Seretse to be installed Pilikwe chief

Author, former journalist and pastor Gasebalwe Seretse will be installed the chief of Pilikwe village, Mahalapye East next year April. Gasebalwe told Botswana Guardian this week that preparations are ongoing for the event that is expected to attract...

14 December 2015

Pilikwe, Ministry agree on radioactive facility site

The site for the radioactive facility, which was to be set in Pilikwe is yet to be identified Botswana Guardian has learnt. Addressing the media on the updates of his Ministry this Tuesday, Nonofo Molefhi Minister of Infrastructure, Science and...

14 December 2015

Ferocious drought strikes Lake Ngami

The jewel of Ngamiland is already turning into a stench of rotting carcasses because of the drought, which is already distressing the area. Now some fear that it will get worse before it gets any better. The whole country was declared drought...

14 December 2015

Gov’t castigated for loving animals more than people

The decision by the Wildlife Department to not compensate people injured by wild animals does not sit well with a lot of Members of Parliament (MPs). Paulson Majaha, MP for Nata-Gweta has criticised government’s refusal to compensate people who get...

14 December 2015

Motswana takes Air Botswana top post

Minister of Transport and Communications, Tshenolo Mabeo is working under pressure to ensure that the national airline, Air Botswana achieves what it has failed to do for years – accomplish its vision. The vision, which has claimed the scalps of...

14 December 2015

Expo focus on selling Botswana as a holiday destination

Botswana’s partnerships with International Travel Bourse and National Geographic will give travellers all the more reasons to visit Botswana. This was highlighted by Jonathan Gibson, Board Member of the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) at the...

14 December 2015

BoPEU finally dumps BoFEPUSU

Members of Botswana Public employees Union (BoPeU) have voted for their union to cut ties with their mother body, Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BoFePUSU) at the just-ended elective congress in Palapye. This comes after the union...

14 December 2015

De Beers polishes image in Botswana

De Beers has adjusted the tone of its engagement with Botswana - making it more about the people than its relationship with the government - to manage the risk of being perceived as too close to the ruling party. This perception could cost it dearly...

14 December 2015

Public servants propose 13.5 percent salary increment

Botswana Federation of Public Sector Union (BOFEPUSU) has proposed a 13.5 percent salary increment for public servants for the financial year 2016/17. According to a document passed on to Botswana Guardian, BOFEPUSU proposes a salary increment of...

14 December 2015