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Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) and Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) have welcomed and embraced with reservations government’s decision to buy over 1000 houses put up for sale by the BCL mine liquidator.The unions cite not being...

United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded over US$1 million grant to Botswana Fibre Networks Proprietary Limited (BoFiNet) for a feasibility study to support equitable and affordable broadband internet access to nearly half million...

The United States government has waded into the crisis of Gender Based Violence (GVB) currently besieging the country including the armed forces, Botswana Defence Force (BDF).Last week through the bilateral cooperation that exist between Botswana and...

The absence of Climate Finance Mapping (CMA) and Climate Finance Investment Plan (CFIP) respectively leads to Botswana experience a duplication in the implementation of Climate Change initiatives.This revelation comes just after the recent inaugural...

The three investors in the multibillion Pula Korowe mine in the Boteti district hit a stroke of luck that is needed when venturing into the mining business.The reasons are very simple as Lucara Botswana Managing Director Naseem Lahri puts it. “In...

Adam Cruise, the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, has since escalated his smear campaign of Botswana Tourism to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.In his concerted campaign, Cruise is calling on the Lords to...

It is only a matter of time before Botswana starts to mine its own gas and generate enormous amount of power which can feed both the local and international markets, Botswana Guardian has reliably learned.The gas mining project will be situated a few...

The scientific survey report released by the Kavango Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) indicating that Botswana has the largest volume of elephants strengthens the country’s case in opposing the UK’s Hunting Trophies (Import...

Prosperity has become unattainable for Ngami - a region that has financed the economic progression of other regions – yet it has no natural resources.This is the contention of Dumelang Saleshando, Member of Parliament for Maun West and President of...

One of Botswana’s shrewd business personalities, Jimmy Kereng certainly fits American multinational cosmetics company manufacturer, Estee Launders’ description - “I never dream about success I worked for it”True that, Kereng is not only...

The secretariat of the Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) based in Gaborone is embarking on a novel and ambitious multi country fundraising initiative named Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB).The CORB aims to enhance the livelihoods,...

The royal grave had been dug in Tonota's main Molebatsi Kgotla kraal in line with Bakhurutshi culture, ready for the burial of 93-year-old Kgosi Ramosinyi Radipitse the next day.But in the early hours of Sunday morning, 3am to be precise - an...

Mme Nomtuse (Tuse) Mbere is one of those South African mothers who considered Botswana her home even after she moved back to South Africa after independence.She was a special individual who lived a productive and purposeful life. She left bold...

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...