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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,...

Anticipating and pre-empting security risks, mitigating their impact or probability of occurrence, is a rational strategic endeavour.It has since emerged that while the dust was about to settle in the territorial battles between government law...

After nearly 60 years in power, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), cannot escape political responsibility for the governance environment under which the alleged failures exposed by the forensic audit emerged.In its Position Paper 2 on the National...

Political heavyweight, businessman-cum-politician Samson Moyo Guma has already set tongues wagging within the opposition Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) concerning his membership reinstatement.Guma has been both controversial and influential in the...

A storm is brewing at FSG, with shareholders voicing concerns about share transactions they believe may disadvantage minority investors.Issues surfaced during and after the company’s recent Annual General Meeting, where some shareholders questioned...

As workers gathered in Letlhakane to commemorate International Labour Day today (Friday), divisions within the trade union movement cast a shadow over the celebrations.Factional battles have reportedly erupted within the Botswana Federation of...

Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe has revealed that as of 31 October 2024, the Office of the Accountant General held 56 outstanding supplier payment instructions worth nearly P2 billion.He said these obligations relate strictly to...

A lapse by the government in failing to protect the country’s critical Zone 11 when Foot and Mouth was spiralling out of control in the region could have a devastating impact on the country’s economy and the beef sector.Last week, the government,...

Ipelegeng workers will have to wait longer before their allowance is increased from P817.00 to P2,500.00 as promised.Assistant Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ignatius Moswaane, revealed that the government has decided to...

The ailing Botswana Railways is yet to return to profitability despite the deadlines set by the government.Last year, President Duma Boko declared and decreed that Botswana Railways will be among the key state-owned enterprises that will return to...