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Health Minister Dr Stephen Modise has issued a stark warning: once investigations into the sector’s turmoil are complete, senior officials will face dismissal as government confronts the deepening health crisis. Modise acknowledged existing...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been accused of approaching the Court with “unclean hands” in its ongoing legal battle with former Minister of Lands and Water Affairs, Kefentse Mzwinila.The dispute centres on the cessation and...

Efforts to modernise Botswana’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) capability have been under discussion for many years, but have failed to reach full implementation, information obtained by this publication shows.A defence insider said a project...

Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) has dismissed reports alleging irregular inflation of P40 billion in projects under the National Development Plan 11 (NDP11), branding them false and malicious.The widely-circulated report claims that WUC inflated...

Member of Parliament for Tswapong South, Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang, has declared President Duma Boko a clear candidate for impeachment, citing neglect of the health system and constitutional breaches.Although there are many reasons, Gobotswang says...

BURS is locked in a legal battle with a South African audit firm over unpaid invoices and reputational fallout, Botswana Guardian has learnt.BURS had engaged a South African firm - Alchenmy Africa, for Information Technology Audit Services.On 16...

Experts warn of grave implications for national security and peace as tensions between the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) intensify.Although the two agencies publicly...

SPEDU has alleged bowed to pressure from the Office of the President to cancel the controversial multimillion Pula Mathathane–Platjan Border Post Road tender, which is financed by the European Union (EU).The construction of the road has, over a...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, has filed an urgent application seeking a restraining order against properties owned by former Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Lefoko Moagi.In his...

Air Botswana and Botswana Railways (BR) have delivered a stinging rebuke to President Advocate Duma Boko’s bold pledge, exposing cracks in his promise that four parastatals would be revived to profitability and serving Batswana by December 2025.The...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, has filed an urgent application seeking a restraining order against properties owned by former Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Lefoko Moagi.In his...

The Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Moeti Mohwasa, says the reports of Presidential Commissions of Inquiry have been treated as artefacts for the archives, rather than as vital instruments of public accountability.This practice of...

The Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, says the ongoing development works at the Gaborone Bus Rank are necessary to modernise the public transport infrastructure in Gaborone, enhancing safety, efficiency,...

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has stepped in to support government’s agenda of introducing a P4000 minimum wage.BTC Chief Executive Officer, Jürgen Peschel said they do not want to have any of their employees left behind. He...

President Advocate Duma Boko has defended the decision by his government to approach Constitutional review in a piecemeal manner.The government has moved through the Minister of State, President Moeti Mohwasa, a Constitution (Amendment) Bill for the...