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The Permanent Secretary to the President, Emma Peloetletse, is poised to leave her post before the completion of her contract, which expires this year in March, Botswana Guardian has learnt.Botswana Guardian has established that this is mainly due to...

The race to succeed Mokgweetsi Masisi as BDP President gets interesting and more unpredictable by the day.While it is widely known that big guns in Slumber Tsogwane, Mpho Balopi and Dorcas Makgato as well as lesser known Dr Maxwell Nhlatho have...

Court of Appeal Judge, Mercy Garekwe says she wonders why President Advocate Duma Boko’s statement on fighting corruption touched a nerve in the Carter Morupisi case.The judge said this when delivering a judgement in a case in which the Director of...

As the Botswana Democratic Party braces itself for a crucial elective Congress that holds the potential to shape its future, internal tensions and political manoeuvring are beginning to surface, giving rise to a deepening rift within the party.The...

Pressure is mounting on Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Micus Chimbombi not to appoint a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) member to act as Kweneng Landboard Chairperson.The BDP member, Tshepo Wareus has been recommended to replace suspended...

Khato Civils (Pty) Ltd has dismissed allegations that the company paid former minister Dr Kefentse Mzwinila P700, 000.00 to be awarded a tender.Chief Executive Officer Mongezi Mnyani said the alleged payment of P700,000 is a gross “taradiddle...

About 130 to 250 people were this week Tuesday stuck at Majaela Ploughing fields in Khurumela ward as floods swept through the Palapye District continuing a trend that began since the festive season.“The ploughing fields are housed between two dams...

The news about the termination of contract for the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) brand ambassador was met with celebrations during the festive season but it turned out to be a hoax.During the celebratory period a well-known social...

Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is under scrutiny following allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement surrounding a recent accounting and payroll system tender.Awarded at a reported excessive price, the tender for ERP system design and...

The ongoing forensic investigations at the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) have uncovered malpractice involving members of its executive management, including illegal cigarette smuggling, fraudulent tax refunds, and questionable tax...

Member of Parliament for Molepolole North, Arafat Khan says for the longest time, or at least in the past five years, Botswana's reputation has swung from that of a land of great opportunity to that of a country with an uncertain future.Taken as...

Hardly two weeks after President Advocate Duma Boko dismissed reports that all is not well within his new administration, fresh information suggest to the contrary.The tension between contracting partners, Alliance for Progressives (AP) and Botswana...

Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency (CEDA) Brand Ambassador, Orabile Sonny Serite and his company Elephant Paw (Pty) Ltd, has demanded P7 million for defamation from activist, Setlhomo Tshwanelang.According to a letter of demand from...

Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) has taken a decision to drag Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) before Industrial Court over revised Organisational realignment project.In a notice to its members, BOPEU, through is General Secretary,...

Businessman Monametsi Chiepe of Champrimo Botswana Group of Companies has finally made an application before the High Court to drag former President Mokgweetsi Masisi into a legal suit against the government's procurement of Bulls for the...