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Botswana Congress Party (BCP) President Dumelang Saleshando has expressed concern that his plea to President Mokgweetsi Masisi to convene an All Party Conference has fallen on deaf ears.Saleshando told Botswana Guardian that the head of state has...

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development has failed to meet its target for cyclic maintenance of schools, Minister Dr Douglas Letsholathebe has said.He said his ministry has 207 Junior Secondary Schools, 32 Senior Secondary and two (2)...

There has been tensions within the royal Gammangwato family over the running of affairs in the royal house. Things escalated when former President who is also Kgosi of Gammangwato, Ian Khama fled the country to neighbouring South Africa.Khama has...

Mahalapye District Council has sought legal advice over its failed defective bus rank which has been under reconstruction.Construction of the bus rank started in May 2021 and since then it has never been fully utilised as it continued to experience...

An alleged intention by the Chief Justice to call for the convening of the High Court Rules Committee to amend Order 42 Rule 1B might plunge the judiciary into deeper crisis dampen the public confidence erosion, Botswana Guardian has learnt.Sources...

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP leadership has issued an instruction to party members not to get involved in any debate regarding the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Botswana Guardian has learnt.The...

Lands and Water Affairs Minister Dr Kefentse Mzwinila says he is not aware of any communities within Moremi Game Reserve facing challenges of plot allocations for residential, business and ploughing fields.He stated that Moremi Game Reserve is a...

Leader of Opposition, Dithapelo Keorapetse says the meddling of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) in tenders in the last five years has been unprecedented.He said DISS does security clearance and has used this to interfere in the...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...