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Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) has planned interventions, including entrepreneurship workshops, mobilising communities around social enterprises, and leveraging Rural Development Council (RDC) projects to create meaningful impact on the citizens,...

BaMmangwato Kgosikgosolo Ian Khama IV has called on the nation to honour his late father, Botswana’s Founding President Sir Seretse Khama, not only in words, but in deeds.He stated that in 1966, the country’s challenge was to build a nation while...

A growing internal battle over the Botswana Power Corporation’s (BPC) P150 million smart meter tender is threatening to further delay the rollout of electricity meters across the country, even as the utility grapples with a significant installation...

Across Botswana’s public institutions, a quiet but increasingly important governance question is beginning to emerge: what happens when organisations established to drive national priorities spend extended periods under caretaker leadership?The...

The Directorate on Intelligence Services (DIS) acquired phone tapping equipment worth over P13 million about eight months before last year's election, reinforcing public concerns that the spy agency was prepared to interfere in the election,...

An unprecedented governance war has engulfed one of the country’s critical economic diversification entities, SPEDU, as the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Othata Batsetswe, finds himself fighting for survival from his superiors’ drawn swords,...

Trouble is brewing within the coalition government, Umbrella for Democratic Party (UDC), as contracting partners move to position themselves ahead of the 2029 general election, Botswana Guardian has learned.The UDC comprises three contracting members...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President, Mpho Balopi, has cautioned party members not to be distracted but to focus on the bigger picture, which is the 2029 general election, as the nation gets frustrated by the new regime.He said today many...

Long before the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) was born, the brightest minds in the Botswana National Front knew one truth: Kenneth Koma would not allow any policy to pass without Taolo Lucas’s eye on it.This is according to Team Taolo Lucas...

A procurement controversy has clouded Botswana’s historic hosting of the Debswana World Athletics Relays 2026, with questions raised over how the athletes’ diamond-encrusted medals were sourced and designed.The medals, valued at P10 million and...

As the country grapples with the fight against the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), some cabinet ministers are allegedly frustrating these efforts by failing to follow the set protocols.Half of the country is currently on lockdown for the control and...

Tensions have escalated between the government and the National Amalgamated, Local, Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU), regarding the Government Employees Motor Vehicle and Residential Property Advance Scheme (GEMVAS).GEMVAS...

Instability continues to haunt the opposition Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) as the party now finds itself having to deal with internal fights over the youth Pitso, which is scheduled for next week at Tati-Siding.As the party prepares for this...

Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, has called on President Duma Boko to swiftly act on the deployment of executive management within the ministry and councils, stressing that effective leadership is critical...

Cash-strapped Botswana Railways (BR) has failed to make profits over the year, with operating costs hitting over P250 million between financial years 2021/22 and 2024/25.The BR was established to run on a commercial basis, transport bulk freight,...