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It’s been almost two months since the new Ray of Hope Adult Day Care and Boarding Centre located in Block 8 in Gaborone opened its doors.Founder and Director, Phumla Ngorosha told The Midweek Sun that it was a long time coming. The Centre offers...

The newly unveiled eight-member Mental Health Board is expected to look after the welfare, rights and dignity of mental health care users and their families for the next three years.According to Minister of Health Dr Edwin Dikoloti, the Board is...

Indulgence in drugs and alcohol has a negative impact on teaching and learning in the Kgatleng district and parents have been urged to take keen interest in their children’s education to ensure academic success.According to the Kgatleng Regional...

Facilities Management has been allocated P2 billion of the recurrent budget and P1 billion for the development budget, however every year; P3 billion goes back to the finance ministry as a result of non-utilisation.According to Minister of Transport...

Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (BOCONGO) in partnership with Ministry of Health are implementing a three-year capacity building project titled, ‘Reclaiming Smoke-free Workplaces; Ga Go Gogelwe Fa!’The aim of the project is to...

There are currently only two Doctors of Clinical Neuropsychology in Botswana, meaning a significant gap in the health system.One of the two, and the youngest in the country is Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Tumelo Kgolo-Ramashaba.According to the...

Radio Botswana veteran, Geoffrey Motshidisi, has been described as a selfless individual who gave himself to radio and the people of Botswana.The legendary broadcaster who was known by several names on radio including, Rragwe Malaakatse, Ko Kichining...

Social work has been described as a calling because it demands an individual to offer help to others, often in the face of difficult and stressful situations.The inaugural Botswana National Association of Social Workers Symposium 2023 heard that...

Extreme household poverty is a major factor causing families to break down and drastically reduces their ability to offer quality care to children, the SOS Children’s Village has found out.As a result, SOS Children’s Villages have embraced the...

Comprehensive knowledge of HIV remains low, condom use among sexually active young people is declining, and rates of forced sex and teenage pregnancy are ominously high despite increased awareness of HIV in general.This is a concern of government...

The annual flooding of the Segoditshane River may be a thing of the past if government’s ambitious plans to transform the Segoditshane Corridor into an ecological corridor with mixed land use comes to fruition.Acting Director of the Department of...

- Measures to address GBV include introduction of Gender and Children Friendly Branches in Police stations, GBV Toll Free Line and Standard Operating Procedures for handling GBV cases.The Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare...

The new Disability Resource Centre is expected to assist disability organisations, volunteers and parent-led organisations that are increasingly weakened by the limited resources in the disability sector.The Centre was conceptualised to close service...

The need for psycho educational assessments in Botswana to detect learning disabilities, as well as other mental health issues that interfere with learning is overwhelming.Psycho educational assessments identify learning challenges in students of all...

Waiting for academic results of national examinations either at PSLE, JCE and BGCSE level can be nerve wrecking for both parents and children.It would be great if all of us would mind our own business and refrain from asking other people about their...