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Nicholas Mokwena
  • Pitfalls in the Reset and Reclaim Agenda

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Reset Agenda is said to have had its fair share of challenges. The Reset Agenda’s objective is to improve service delivery.Vice President Slumber Tsogwane has revealed that one of the biggest challenges so far has...

  • Tsogwane vows BDP will deliver fully on its promises

    The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairman Slumber Tsogwane has expressed confidence that his party will be able to deliver on its 2019 general election promises.VP Tsogwane said the BDP-led government is well on track in delivering its promises to...

  • Tshekedi risks losing his Parliamentary seat

    Member of Parliament for Serowe West Tshekedi Khama risk losing his Parliamentary seat and causing a by- election if he fails to attend the current Parliament sitting.The MP fled the country in March last year following his arrest and detention...

  • Root out weakest links - Adv Boko

    From the vantage point where he is perched to see everything, Botswana National Front President (BNF), Advocate Duma Boko has called on the party members to focus on the weakest link in the party and its structures.What Boko has learnt is that there...

  • Court allows Seboko to file replying affidavit in Museveni’s case

    Gaborone High Court Judge Dr. Zein Kebonang has granted Botho Seboko a chance to file his replying affidavit out of time in his case against Specially-Elected Member of Parliament Dr. Unity Dow over the controversial Facebook account of France...

  • The tedious land registration system

    Amendments to the various pieces of legislation intended to achieve broad land sector reform, have instead made the entire process very tedious, impossible and hard on individuals thereby negatively affecting businesses, Botswana Guardian can...

  • Ram's company gets multimillion direct appointment at MoH

    Life in Botswana continues to get tougher for indigenous Batswana, who scramble for the crumbs, while the elites, most of whom are of Asian descent swim in opulence.Recently, Mediland Healthcare Distributors, a company co-owned by Choppies...

  • President builds Mom state-of-the-art Mansion

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi - an avowed fighter of corruption, allegedly has a cozy relationship that could compromise him - with one of the leading Chinese construction companies in the country, Unik Construction.Unik Construction is a leading...

  • Dr. Madigele to challenge 'weakend' Dr. Matsheka in Lobatse

    Former Minister of Health Dr. Alfred Madigele has decided to bow out of the contest for Gaborone Bonnington South in the coming Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections.The former MP took the decision after realising that he doesn’t stand...

  • Masisi hopeful of reconciliation with Khama

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi has called for a truce with former president Ian Khama, who has been on a self-imposed exile in South Africa for a year now.Masisi expressed hope that one day they will find a common ground and forgive each other for the...

  • Budget bonanza for the rich, gnashing of teeth for the poor

    This year’s budget promises an unprecedented bonanza for the few and gnashing of teeth by many for this is a government of the few, by the few and for the few, the Leader of Opposition Dithapelo Keorapetse has predicted.For Keorapetse, a number of...

  • BOFEPUSU wants PSP Peloetletse charged for corruption

    Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sectors Union (BOFEPUSU) says the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) should be emboldened by the Carter Morupisi case to pursue bigger...

  • Mogoditshane-Thamaga grapples with waste collection

    Mogoditshane-Thamaga District Council is failing to keep up with waste collection in its jurisdiction due to lack of funds.The council Senior Assistant Secretary Losika Mosarwa revealed that the council has run out of funds and has overspent its...

  • DIS in corruption web for multi-million roads projects

    The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) is caught in a web of corruption allegations.It is accused of having influenced the award of two of the three road construction projects last year with the aim of its head, some senior government...

  • BURS project higher revenue collection in 2023/24

    Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) is projecting to make higher tax collection in the next financial 2023/24, Board Chairperson Dr. Lesedi Senatla has said.BURS has been assigned the responsibility to collect the tax revenue and other revenues...

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