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Nicholas Mokwena
  • Smoke detected in P204m tourism tender

    In the swirling tempest of controversy surrounding the P204 million Ministry of Environment and Tourism project in Kasane, some aggrieved bidders have taken the route to report the matter to the corruption busting agency, Directorate on Corruption...

  • Panic as retrenchment looms at ABSA Botswana

    Panic and distress has hit most employees of Absa Bank Botswana Limited as the bank undertakes a rationalisation exercise which will see some employees, especially at managerial level, retrenched. Absa Bank Botswana is part of Absa Group Limited, an...

  • Corporate Governance on trial at BIUST

    A classical case of boardroom brawl and corporate governance entanglement has been exposed at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Botswana Guardian has established.The University is currently conducting a...

  • Govt considers minimum wage adjustment

    The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Anna Mokgethi says government will consider the adjustment of minimum wage in the current financial year.She said the Minimum Wage Advisory Board, convened on the 10th August 2023 and 13th September 2023 and...

  • My government is corrupt - President Masisi

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi has admitted that there is too much corruption and maladministration in the government he leads. He said they have discovered that the ministries are very weak. According to the President, this is disheartening and needs...

  • Bluthorn directors slapped with P239m claim

    As the plot thickens for Bluthorn directors and officers, the liquidator has slapped them with a P239 880 724.32 claim for recklessness with investors’ money, among others.Kopanang Thekiso was appointed Final Liquidator of consolidated estates of...

  • My wife is the target - PSP's husband ....As President Masisi is petitioned over construction of 28 police stations

    Joe Peloetletse - husband to Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Emma, has defended his wife and company - Legacy Pursuit (PTY) Ltd - from accusations of impropriety in the award of a controversial P256 million tender.The tender is for the...

  • Rolong Land Board accused of maladministration

    Rolong Land Board is alleged to be grappling with acts of maladministration under the watch of its Board and management.Sources close to Botswana Guardian reveal that members of staff are deeply worried by the direction the Land Board is taking....

  • Media defence seminar coming next week

    Campaign for Free Expression (CFE) has partnered with Botswana Editors’ Forum (BEF) and INK Centre for Investigative Journalism to host a Media Defence Seminar on October 31st, 2023, with support from Media Defence London.The Project Manager,...

  • Botswana Gazette appeals ruling on WUC report

    A local weekly publication The Botswana Gazette has launched an appeal to the Court of Appeal against the judgement of the High Court regarding the release of a Report by Water Utilities Corporation (WUC).High court Judge Omphemetse Motumise had...

  • Surgeon ordered to compensate patient close to P1million

    High Court Judge Michael Leburu has ordered a medical doctor to pay a patient for general damages, disfigurement and disability.He said considering the nature and extent of the harm suffered by the plaintiff and the sequelae thereof, a reasonable...

  • Komatsu Botswana operations under scrutiny

    The Botswana Mine and Allied Workers Union (BMWU) has demanded that Komatsu Botswana complies and fulfils its statutory obligations under International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 176 and its corresponding provisions under the Mines Quarries...

  • New entrant in BDP’s Tswapong South contest shakes things up

    The battle for Tswapong South constituency within the ruling Botswana Democratic party (BDP) has taken an interesting twist as a new entrant has emerged.The new comer for the contest in the name of Deric Ramaano, is said to have shaken some of the...

  • Union wants BEC head fired

    Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) has called upon the Minister of Education, Dr. Douglas Letsholathebe to be decisive on the examination crisis.The union called on the minister to remove the Botswana Examination Council (BEC) Chief...

  • Controversy dogs P103m GBEA tender

    Controversy has emerged around the Government of Enterprise Architecture tender worth millions of Pula for the detailed design, implementation, and support of the Government of Botswana Enterprise Architecture (GBEA).The ongoing controversy...

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