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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...

The office of the Ombudsman has taken a decision to subpoena government officials to appear for cases concerning their ministries and departments.The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ramaotwana Ramaotwana, says that following a...

The social media pseudo account - Happy Omang - continues to ruffle feathers across sectors with a growing criticism that it could be a government-sponsored account meant to attack those who differ with the government of the day.The account which in...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) conducted supplementary voters’ registration exercises at all the 61 constituencies from 12th January to 13th February, 2026, and from 18th February to the 3rd March, 2026.According to the Minister for...

Cash strapped Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has decided to set up a campaign Fund where wards will make monthly contributions. The BDP has since losing power in 2024 lost a significant number of its funders, affecting the party’s finances. BDP...

President Advocate Duma Boko has finally broken the silence on claims that he revealed that if it was not for the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and its Director General, Rt Brigadier Peter Magosi, his party would not have attained...