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Youth movement encourages voting

In an effort to tackle voter apathy among the youth of Botswana, a group of youth have come up with a project called ‘Young Voters Rock’ to appeal to the young people. The Young Voters Rock project is a brainchild of two local music producers,...

17 January 2014

Ministries require close to P800 million Bobirwa

Government ministries require an estimated total of P792 130 910 million supplementary budget from the consolidated fund. Parliament financial estimates committee report on supplement estimates of expenditure for the consolidated fund of 2012/2013...

17 January 2014

Turning Gaborone into a diamond city

Gaborone City Council pins its hope on the private sector to turn Gaborone into a diamond city. In an interview, the City Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa said they will need huge support of the private sector in order for them to perform the multi-million pula...

17 January 2014

Sechaba likely to delist in protest - source

Sechaba Holdings Limited, the manufacturers of Chibuku and St. Louis lager, is ‘likely to delist’ from the local bourse this year, as a way of showing displeasure against government’s persistent increase of the Alcohol Levy. A highly placed...

17 January 2014

BIUST paralyses FET

The Faculty Appointments, Promotions and Reviews Committee (FAPRC) at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) of the University of Botswana (UB) has admitted that it is devastatingly losing seasoned academic staff to the Botswana...

17 January 2014

New year, new beginnings

When Johnson Oatman Jr wrote the much-loved hymn Count your blessings in the 18th Century, he had it in mind that we have to be thankful to our maker for what we have. Apart from fatigue from the festive jubilees, many people find themselves in...

17 January 2014

BPL has declared war on us - BDF XI

The beMOBILE Premier League championship leaders BDF XI have described the Botswana Premier League’s (BPL) decision to sentence them to a six point deduction and a P10 000 fine as outrageous, egotistic and vengeful. The BPL announced their...

17 January 2014

Bulela Ditswe appeals reduced to a sham

The controversy surrounding the ruling Botswana Democratic (BDP) Bulela Ditswe primary elections continued to play itself out on Wednesday as the Special Committee appointed to hear the appeals convened the hearings in the absence of key...

17 January 2014

BDP frustrates Bulela Ditswe protesters

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members have accused Tsholetsa House of trying to use the prohibitive cost of travelling to Gaborone with witnesses for the Bulela Ditswe appeal hearings to get them to drop their cases. The BDP Special Committee is...

17 January 2014

Operation ditch Umbrella

A structure made up of party veterans is believed to be frustrated by the BNF’s decision to participate in the Umbrella and is calling for the party to review its participation within the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). Central to the...

17 January 2014

Spaghetti junction in Francistown

Botswana will have a ‘spaghetti intersection’ in Francistown - a historic mega road project aimed at easing traffic flow in the second city. The multi-million Pula ‘Spaghetti junction’ forms part of a dual Tonota-Francistown road. Officials...

17 January 2014

Tourism rules still rigged against black Batswana

Aided by a collusive British colonial government, the exclusion of Batswana in lucrative tourism operations started way back in the Bechuanaland Protectorate era. Independent Botswana should have brought radical changes but, as a new book shows,...

17 January 2014

Discovery Metals retrenches 100s

Loss-making Discovery Metals Limited this week announced that it has no option but to retrench dozens of its employees at the Boseto Copper Project, with Country Manager Mokwena Morulane downplaying union concerns and assuring shareholders that...

17 January 2014