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Nicholas Mokwena
  • BDP admits 58 years rule-burden cost them good judgement

    The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership has conceded that somewhere along the way, the burden of 58 years of state rule cost them the virtue of good judgment in several instances, against many Batswana.Mpho Balopi, the party president, was...

  • CEDA faces leadership confusion as two CEOs emerge

    The Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) has been plunged into leadership uncertainty, with two individuals effectively occupying the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The confusion stems from the Ministry of Trade and...

  • 500 face job losses at Kanye Sanitation Project

    The Kanye Sanitation Project faces a major setback: with the contractor unpaid, around 500 workers now face job losses and uncertainty.The contractor, Estate Construction, is allegedly always thrown from pillar to post whenever they submit their...

  • Botswana Railways wars get messy

    The internal squabble engulfing Botswana Railways (BR) has now gone messy with the entity’s newly appointed Board of Directors, Management, and the Minister clashing over BR revitalisation Plan.The Board, which was appointed in May this year, has...

  • Balopi building or burning bridges?

    Whether one agrees with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Central Committee’s approach of apologising to the leadership of Bagammangwato, it cannot be disputed that the leadership is walking the talk.Campaigning for office towards the Maun 2025...

  • The P3 billion CBD plot heist

    A storm is brewing over a controversial tender issued by the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture for leasing commercial plots in the Gaborone’s CBD, the Botswana Guardian has established.The tender, DOL/002/2025-2026, has been slammed as a blatant...

  • Minister wants Pula Consultants reported for fraud

    Minister of Water and Human Settlement, Onneetse Ramogapi, has allegedly advised that Pula Consultants be reported to investigative law enforcement agencies for fraud.This comes after the company's 'dirty deals' were laid bare by this...

  • Parliamentary Committee, DDT College meet over students impasse

    For the first time, DDT College was given the opportunity to present its case before Parliament. This publication can reveal that DDT College led by Derrick Tlhoiwe appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education and Skills...

  • Minister Ramogapi apologises for delayed project

    Minister of Water and Human Settlement, Onneetse Ramogapi has apologised to residents of Kanye on behalf of the Ministry for taking more time than planned to complete the Kanye Sanitation project that was supposed to take 48 months of...

  • Inside how Pula Consultants defrauds government

    Pula Consultants have been fingered in an elaborate scheme that has been defrauding the government using personnel who were rejected as non-qualified.Pula Consultants - a company awarded the Mmankgodi-Tloaneng-Gabane Link Road tender for direct...

  • Minister Ramogapi apologises for delayed project

    Minister of Water and Human Settlement, Onneetse Ramogapi has apologised to residents of Kanye on behalf of the Ministry for taking more time than planned to complete the Kanye Sanitation project that was supposed to take 48 months of...

  • Over P400m transferred to Local Govt. from Health Ministry

    An amount of over P490 million has been transferred to the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs for operations, and P155 million for development projects.This was revealed by the Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs,...

  • BTU calls for the dismantling of colonial curricula

    Outgoing Botswana Teacher Union (BTU) President, Gotlamang Oitsile, says the country’s education system is in urgent need of radical transformation.He is of the view that in alignment with the African Union's Agenda 2063 and its bold vision of...

  • UDC backbench revolt

    Tension is simmering between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) backbenchers and their President, Advocate Duma Boko, over what the MPs see as the absence of “engagement with their leader at a critical period in the country.”Several MPs...

  • DCEC top brass frustrates crucial investigations

    The Minister of State President, Moeti Mohwasa, has been called upon to institute an investigation into the conduct of Justice Dr Zein Kebonang and some of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) top brass.An Investigator at DCEC,...

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