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Botswana Democratic Party's (BDP) secretary general Kavis Kario has hailed his party as the more democratic and transparent in decisions made to decide who the party President should be. He was speaking as a guest speaker at the Francistown...

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) parliamentary candidate for Francistown West, Nthusi Chimbise says Botswana’s second city is neglected by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government.“Unlike the BDP government, when given the power to govern, the...

The President of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko and his deputy, Ndaba Gaolathe, have got serious doubts about the efficacy of the recently-introduced Chema Chema empowerment scheme designed for the low income segment of the...

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has got what it takes to change government in this country and it will do so, come October this year, party president Dumelang Saleshando has told the people of Shashe West constituency.The BCP leader was launching the...

Zwenshambe community aims to establish Zwenshambe Primary School as a centre of primary education excellence, with a focus on both academic and foundational digitalisation skills to enable high productivity among the community.President Mokgweetsi...

The opposition in Botswana has a long history of unsuccessful attempts at removing from power the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The party has been in government since 1966 when Botswana, formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate, gained independence from...

Former Botswana National Front (BNF) Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone West Robert Molefhabangwe, has joined the recently-formed Botswana Labour Party (BLP) after a fallout with Advocate Duma Boko.Molefhabangwe was initially expelled from the...

The acutely limited fuels storage capacity is an economic risk to the country’s sustainable development, Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane observed in his keynote address during the Ghanzi fuel depot ground breaking ceremony recently.Tsogwane, who...

There may be corruption in the management of diamonds in this country due to a cloud of secrecy, Member of Parliament (MP) for Selibe Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse has intimated.Addressing the Botswana Mine Workers’ Union (BMWU) 22nd elective...

Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will face-off in a by-election in the Lepokole-Borotse ward in the Bobirwa constituency on Saturday.The by-election is a result of the resignation...

Vice President Slumber Tsogwane has commended the excellent relations that exists between the Government and the private sector.Officially opening the Business Botswana Gala Dinner at Adansonia Hotel in Francistown, Tsogwane reiterated his...

Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leaders and those of their affiliates in the Alliance for Progressives (AP), the Botswana Progressive Front (BPF), Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), must practise what they preach...

It is not the first time that an alarm has been raised concerning the care of voter registration books.In the 2019 general elections, Morgan Moseki, a UDC parliamentary candidate then, vehemently objected in a letter dated July 31, 2018 to the...

- In this encounter, former president of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Biggie Butale discusses his new project, the Botswana Republican Party (BRP) with Edward Mpoloka of The Midweek SunSun: What are the colours, slogan of the BRP and what do...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Francistown south, Wynter Mmolotsi on Saturday called upon his constituents to unite against Botswana Democratic Party’s 57-year-old rule at the 2024 general election by denying them the vote.“In 2024, the opposition...