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Cultural festivals prioritised over mother-tongue teaching

Cultural festivals have lately dominated our social calendar with various tribes showcasing their respective cultures in music, dance, food and art at regular cultural celebrations. Members of parliament, cabinet ministers, traditional leaders or...

17 March 2015

Exhibition traces Botswana/Russia diplomatic relations

Botswana and Russia have over the past week been celebrating the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic relations through song and art. An exhibition currently on display at the National Museum- and officially opened by Ambassador of Russia to Botswana...

17 March 2015

Masimolole to sue IEC, Kgoroba

The former Member of Parliament for Mogoditshane, Patrick Masimolole, is reportedly taking the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to court for his electoral loss in the general elections last year. Masimolole, who was a junior minister, lost to...

17 March 2015

The IMF: Suddenly pro-trade union?

For years, you could take it for granted that if anything were ever said by the International Monetary Fund about trade unions, it would be wholly negative. Like its next door neighbour, the World Bank,  the consensus of what passed for economic...

17 March 2015

The infamous whitewash media tour

Slowly and gradually, the Directorate on Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) is making inroads into the local media as it steps up its campaign to regain public confidence. As for the media, it is polarised. To the utmost glee of the DISS, it...

17 March 2015

G4S turns the corner

One of the country’s leading commercial banks, Barclays Bank Botswana, says its consolidated profit for the period ended 31 December 2014 will be significantly higher than the prior financial year’s, BG Business has learnt. This week, the bank...

17 March 2015

Gov't plans to slash scarce skill allowance

Government is hatching a plan to review scarce skill allowance for chartered accountants, architects and other scarce cadres without engaging trade unions.  Medical doctors, engineers, dentists, architects and other professionals are awarded...

17 March 2015