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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...

Botswana’s Environment Minister, Philda Kereng stormed the British House of Lords on the 26th of June, 2023 ostensibly to tackle the elephant in the room - the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill.Kereng and her delegation were hosted by a...

The major challenge that spoiled the inaugural graduation of the multimillion Pula Botswana Orange Digital Centre (ODC), which presents strategic technology programs to youth free of charge, is that many dropped out of class due to lack of transport...

Members of Parliament took turns in parliament displaying their unhappiness and questioning the selection criteria that government used when entering into an agreement with Belgian diamond company, HB Antwerp.Supplementary questions poured in...

Member of Parliament for Sefhare-Ramokgonami, Dr. Kesitegile Gobotswang has told Parliament that DDT College of Medicine at Gaphatshwa Campus must be shut down because of its poor teaching conditions and learning facilities.Gobotswang said in his...

A number of both current and former African political leaders including, Dr. Ian Khama recently participated in a privately organised conference in Poland focusing on how the world is increasing assaults on democracy.Dubbed, ‘Rolling Back...

Can former President and founder of Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Dr. Ian Khama’s truce help his party to retain the Serowe West constituency parliamentary seat left vacant by the departure of his younger brother, Tshekedi Khama?Last week Khama...

The nation eagerly waits to see if Minister of Transport, Eric Molale will accept the resignation and let go Air Botswana General Manager, Dr. Agnes Khunwana who “jumped off the cockpit” to end her leadership of the troubled airline.Khunwana’s...