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Crunch time for softball women

Sixteen teams from around the globe hop into action this Friday at the Women’s Softball World Championship in the Netherlands, where Botswana remains the only nation to represent the African continent.  The fastpitch softball tournament has always...

20 August 2014

Khama’s desperate

The Office of the President has hatched a systematic plan to obstruct an investigation into the allegations of corruption levelled against the Director General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Colonel Isaac Kgosi. Operation Save...

20 August 2014

A mortgaged democracy

Much has been written and views expressed about the deportation of Professor Kenneth Good. The deportation has far reaching consequences for our democracy. I debated before writing this letter, whether it would be a good idea given the uncertainty...

20 August 2014

DIS Tribunal headless a year later

Acting minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Shaw Kgathi is not aware of the next appointment of the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) tribunal chairperson.   Quizzed on when the tribunal chairperson would be...

20 August 2014

The portrait you should never have seen

Tshenolo Ray Gare continues to court controversy even miles away from Botswana, in Australia, where he is now based. The renowned multi award winning visual artist, who left the country in wake of the controversial murder of John Kalafatis, is said...

20 August 2014

UDC will sue if Motswaledi was assassinated

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will take legal action against those who killed Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) president, Gomolemo Motswaledi, if pathology results show that the accident was arranged, a medical doctor representing the...

20 August 2014

Ebola outbreak: the deadliest in history

As of 4th August 2014 and since the first cases of Ebola were identified in West Africa in July 2014, four countries – Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - have recorded 1711 cases of Ebola and 932 fatalities.  Global Health defines...

20 August 2014

Subdued recovery dents Engen profits

Engen, the petroleum company, says subdued economic recovery is to blame for its poor results for the first six months of the year. All the major indicators of its financial statement released this week were in the red, showing that people parked...

20 August 2014

OLDMs walk for charity

This past Saturday Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa mines (OLDM) through its annual general manager’s sponsored walk raised funds amounting to P75 400 to be used in building houses for destitute families.  The 20km walk has been taking place...

20 August 2014

Nkomo the cop that could never act as one

Inspector Kenneth Baya Nkomo flourished every time he stood in front of the camera. Nkomo, one of the first actors that launched the Botswana Police Service (BPS) docu-drama Itshireletse ,was a natural born actor who never went through the doors of a...

20 August 2014

A mortgaged democracy

Much has been written and views expressed about the deportation of Professor Kenneth Good. The deportation has far reaching consequences for our democracy. I debated before writing this letter, whether it would be a good idea given the uncertainty...

20 August 2014