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Nicholas Mokwena
  • Mine Workers Union lambasts Boko, Kenewendo

    Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has expressed concern at the President Duma Boko cabinet’s indifference to its calls for intervention over non-payment of Meropa Resources and Johdee Mineral Processing.Meropa Resources and Johdee Mineral...

  • BIUST rejects own appeals committee's order

    Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and its Vice Chancellor, Professor Otlogetswe Totolo, have been taken to the High Court by former lecturer and whistle-blower, Dr Malatsi Galani.Galani is contesting the...

  • Beating the odds

    Leeroy Systems, a 100 percent citizen-owned company, has emerged as a true beacon of perseverance and innovation in the realm of Prepaid Smart Water Meters.Over the past decade since its inception, Leeroy Systems has faced numerous hurdles, red tapes...

  • No salary increment for public servants

    The government, through the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), has brought nothing to the negotiation table with the six (6) recognised Trade Unions, Botswana Guardian can reveal.The two negotiating teams started their engagement on...

  • BTU bemoans betrayal of quality education

    Botswana Teachers’ Union President, Gotlamang Oitsile says schools are crumbling, and many of the public institutions are in dire disrepair.He said that teachers are grappling with textbook shortages, broken furniture, large class sizes, and a lack...

  • Botswana, Zambia reaffirm commitment to regional integration

    The Joint Ministerial Committee meeting of the Mosetse-Kazungula-Livingstone Railway Link Project underscored the strategic importance of the project in facilitating trade, promoting economic growth, and improving regional logistics efficiency.The...

  • President Adv Boko’s headache

    President Advocate Duma Boko has refused to bow to some of his ministers demands to fire or transfer their Permanent Secretaries.The president confirmed this week that some of his ministers want their permanent secretaries removed as they make it...

  • Sir Ketumile Masire Hospital failed Batswana

    Cabinet has approved the use of Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH) by the general public for healthcare services.This was revealed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Oatlhoka Nkobazana, during an appearance before the...

  • BNF at crossroads

    Signs of disunity are now showing within the Botswana National Front (BNF) ahead of its Congress on the 20-21 July 2025, in Palapye, which will among others, elect the Central Committee.News emerging at Puo-Phaa, as the BNF is affectionately known,...

  • DIS trapped in UDC, BNF internal wars

    A rift is reportedly growing within the highest ranks of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), with senior officials allegedly split between the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and its affiliate, the Botswana National Front...

  • Boko takes a swipe at Air Botswana top brass

    President Advocate Duma Boko has taken a swipe at the lack of strategic thinking by the Air Botswana leadership.The president revealed that out of the many priorities he has set for himself, there are four key organisations topping his agenda that...

  • Gumare-Sepopa road stalls

    Bango Trading (PTY) Limited finds itself at the centre of another controversy within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, after the Department of Road Infrastructure Development and Maintenance varied their tender by more than P40...

  • DCEC probes Air Botswana

    National Airliner, Air Botswana is under investigations by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) for possible corruption in the procurement of its recently procured aircraft.The procurement of the three (3) aircraft has been marred...

  • Mine workers union slam Adv .Boko

    The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has slammed President Advocate Duma’s remarks during his recent address to civil servants, in which he revealed that Debswana Diamond Company intends to retrench over 1000 employees due to the ongoing downturn...

  • Reshuffle looming for Permanent Secretaries

    A major reshuffle involving Permanent Secretaries (PSs) is looming as growing tensions between some cabinet ministers and their top administrators threaten to paralyse operations across key government ministries.Botswana Guardian has been reliably...

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