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Botswana Red Cross Society (BRCS) skeletons are tumbling out of the closet and its former members and now Assistant Minister for State President Maipelo Mophuting has been implicated in the ongoing internal fights.The fights at BRCS, according to...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President, Mokgweetsi Masisi has been accused of trying to throw the party’s celebrated inner party democracy under the bus.The arguments by fellow democrats were echoed this past weekend when Masisi addressed...

Minister of Finance Ndaba Gaolathe delivered his budget speech proposal on Monday, and there was one item that captivated the imagination of the public - the Kanye Sanitation Project.Gaolathe cited the Kanye Sanitation Project as an example of...

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) continues the process of taking over the prosecutorial functions from the Botswana Police Service as directed by Presidential Directive of 2006.This was revealed by the Attorney General Mmako...

Former Member of Parliament for Shashe West and cabinet member, Fidelis Molao has also thrown his name in the hat of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) race for Deputy Secretary General.The BDP will hold its crucial national elective congress in...

Newly-appointed head of the Judiciary has made it clear that no excuse would be tolerated for the delay in delivering judgments by judicial officers.There has been a longstanding outcry by litigants and the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) over the...

Botswana Police has remained tight-lipped on the controversial disciplinary cases involving some of the junior officers.Botswana Guardian has established that the police have been slow in establishing Class II Boards to undertake disciplinary hearing...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President Mokgweetsi Masisi is a leader losing grip on the party which lost last year's general election under his watch after being in power for over five (5) decades.Masisi who will not be seeking re-election as...

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has experienced many challenges, which have regrettably jeopardised Botswana’s global corruption and governance ratings as well as progress in reducing the levels of corruption.The agency’s...

There is a conspiracy by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership to suspend some of its members who are vying for central committee positions.Information reaching Botswana Guardian suggests that the grand plan is to suspend the members a month...

The Permanent Secretary to the President, Emma Peloetletse, is poised to leave her post before the completion of her contract, which expires this year in March, Botswana Guardian has learnt.Botswana Guardian has established that this is mainly due to...

The race to succeed Mokgweetsi Masisi as BDP President gets interesting and more unpredictable by the day.While it is widely known that big guns in Slumber Tsogwane, Mpho Balopi and Dorcas Makgato as well as lesser known Dr Maxwell Nhlatho have...

Court of Appeal Judge, Mercy Garekwe says she wonders why President Advocate Duma Boko’s statement on fighting corruption touched a nerve in the Carter Morupisi case.The judge said this when delivering a judgement in a case in which the Director of...

As the Botswana Democratic Party braces itself for a crucial elective Congress that holds the potential to shape its future, internal tensions and political manoeuvring are beginning to surface, giving rise to a deepening rift within the party.The...

Pressure is mounting on Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Micus Chimbombi not to appoint a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) member to act as Kweneng Landboard Chairperson.The BDP member, Tshepo Wareus has been recommended to replace suspended...