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The pint-sized light skinned and poetic Thabang Isaka is the classical embodiment of the maxim, 'dynamites come in small packages.'Standing at 1.5 metres, it is difficult to ignore the presence of the diminutive Isaka once in your company...

Farmers in Takatokwane constituency have expressed utter dismay at the nomenclature used by Members of Parliament to refer to semen imported from the USA and Australia as ‘moroto’ or urine.Through their MP, Friction Leuwe the farmers have...

The last session of the fourth meeting of the fourth session of the 12th Parliament ended last week with legislators approving over P1.6 billion proposed supplementary budget Fund.It will be used to mainly improve the power supply situation...

Major Blue Air Pty Ltd whose Air Operator certificate (AOC) was recently suspended by the Regulator suffered a double tragedy this week when Lobatse High Court Judge Reiner Busang dismissed their urgent application for reinstatement with costs.The...

Botswana gained over P25 million from hosting the economy-catalysing event named US-Africa Business summit.On the flip side, the country had budgeted only P8.2 million for the hosting, an amount that fell far short thereby necessitating Botswana...

President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi's external trips are central to advancing Botswana’s interest, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Lemogang Kwape told the just ended sitting of parliament.While some dismiss the President’s numerous external...

Air aviation spotlight focuses on Lobatse High Court where Justice Rainer Busang is due to deliver judgement in a case in which Major Blue Air (MBA) wants the court to turn down Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) decision to suspend the Air Operation...

Parliament on Tuesday approved a loan of over P2 billion from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Economic Recovery Support Programme.The opposition bench however, had reservations. They impressed upon the Minister of Finance, Peggy Serame who...

All Prosecutors are currently provided with 24-hour security at both their residences and their work places and additional security measures are being explored to augment what is already in place.Ronald Shamukuni, Minister of Justice revealed to...

The Gipps-Aero GA-8 Airvan - registration A2-MBE- belonging to Major Blue Air (MBA) that crashed late last month at Eaton and Sons farm near Ghanzi killing the pilot and two American billionaire tourists, was an accident in waiting.The damning...

Angola became the latest to express interest in having her diamonds valued and sorted at the world’s biggest and state of the art, Botswana Diamond Trade Centre (BTCB) once all protocols and negotiations protocols have been completed.Last week,...

Botswana’s environment Minister Philda Kereng has taken her campaign against the United Kingdom’s Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, this time by enlisting the British general public through an online debate facilitated by the Mail...

Tumiso Rakgare, the Minister of Youth Sports and Culture has called on government to increase funds for the annual creative arts as the P40 million disbursed for the just-ended competitions was not enough.Rakgare made the appeal Tuesday afternoon...

As a developing country, Botswana falls within the unfortunate category of sub-Saharan countries facing enormous challenges of industrialisation, job creation, economic diversification, skills gaps, narrow export commodities and low export...

Botswana has never had a proper separation of powers, former Judge President of the Court of Appeal and one of the country’s most colourful jurists this country has ever had, Dr. Ian Kirby, has observed.Advancing his argument at the recent...