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One issue that is still going to make a lot of people suffer, is this one. Some people have resorted to turn to God as relief for their life problems. Yes, God is available for everyone during times of hardship, but if the only reason we seek him, is...

The Ministry of Health is expected to spend over P60 million annually in salaries of Pharmacy Technicians, Principal Pharmacy Technicians, Senior Pharmacists and Principal Pharmacists ll, that is, if all posts advertised this week are filled.The...

Botswana’s investment agency, Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is confident the over 25 high net worth investors that graced the US-Africa Business Summit this week will make contact with possible partners locally that will eventually...

Land Boards across the country gave plot owners an October 2022 deadline to have registered their tribal or state land to get the new Secure Land Title (SLTs) when President Mokgweetsi Masisi launched the programme in June 2022.According to Botswana...

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...