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Nicholas Mokwena
  • Govt. commits to building 61,000 houses

    President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko says his administration’s bold and people-centred vision for Botswana’s future is not a political gimmick but a pledge they are ready to fulfil.Officiating at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Bonno Target...

  • GCC complicit in road infrastructure corruption

    The latest torrential rains in the southern parts of the country have exposed the poor workmanship of Gaborone's road infrastructure.Gaborone City Council’s (GCC) decision to buy cold matrix asphalt of poor quality from their preferred company...

  • Bakang Seretse laughs all the way to the Bank

    The High Court has ordered the state to pay P50.2 million in interest to Bakang Seretse and three of his companies for funds that were unlawfully frozen for nearly five years under the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act (PICA).Justice Michael...

  • Govt trapped in Multichoice internal wars

    Why was an instruction for a waiver to grant a work permit for Multi Choice Botswana Managing Director issued from the Office of the President instead of the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs?These are some of the questions that some Multi Choice...

  • Women representation in Parliament disappointing – Keorapetse

    The Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse says as a new government, they have fought gallantly for the country’s democracy.He said government therefore commits to nurturing this democracy through robust democratic reforms to ensure...

  • Public Sector Unions issue stern warning to UDC Govt

    Public Sector Trade Unions have sent a stern warning to the government of the day to clean sweep its house and ensure it delivers on the promises it made to public workers and nation at large.The public sector unions working as a collective under the...

  • BNF internal wars spiral into UDC Govt

    The growing tension within the Botswana National Front (BNF) - a contracting partner of the ruling Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) - has the potential to disrupt the UDC agenda of service delivery, Botswana Guardian has established.The BNF is a...

  • BCP, BDP are ideologically incompatible - Dr Pheko

    Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has refuted suggestions that it is considering forming a coalition with another opposition party - Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).This is not the first time a bromance between the BDP and the BCP made it to the news....

  • Masisi’s close associate under DCEC radar

    A close ally of former President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Kenneth Matswiri is under the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) surveillance in connection with the over P296 million tender for the supply of smart meter solution under Water...

  • Morwaeng calls for rejection of lobby lists

    Botswana Democratic Party’s candidate for Secretary General in the May 10 elective congress slated for Maun, Kabo Morwaeng, has advised democrats against the use of lobby lists.Morwaeng who holds a strong opinion against lobby lists says that the...

  • New fleet continues to haunt Air Botswana

    Six (6) months after its launch, the aircraft dubbed “Kalahari” Embraer 175, remains grounded as the National Airliner- Air Botswana – has failed to enter it into the schedule.Botswana Guardian has established that Air Botswana failed to...

  • UDC dead silent on minimum wage legislation

    One of the boldest promises made by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in its 2024 election campaign was to raise the national minimum wage to P4 000.It was a powerful message that resonated with multitudes of struggling Batswana, who saw the...

  • BPS's Forensic failures exposed

    An investigation by this Publication into the Botswana Police Service (BPS) has raised alarming concerns about the state of their Forensic Science Services (FSS).It reveals a potentially catastrophic failure in the justice system due to the use of...

  • Botswana Red Cross dirty wars reach OP

    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...

  • Masisi throws BDP’s inner party democracy under the bus

    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...

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