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Five Cooperating Unions will hold countrywide mass workers’ rallies and meetings from the 22nd to 24th of April 2024, to update and consult public servants on the adjourned salary negotiations with Government. The trade unions are Botswana Public...

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) Central Executive Committee has been interdicted from increasing subscription fees for their members.On the 19th of February 2024, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) announced that membership subscriptions will be...

Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Molebatsi Molebatsi has been dragged before the court of law over a P1 800 000.00 suit and accusation of fraud. Ethel Gampone has filed against Molebatsi and Afritech Deports (Pty) Ltd, seeking that the purported...

The controversial arrest of two senior officers of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) last week is said to have been sparked by the interrogation and torture of some senior executives at Air Botswana.The DIS officers Lance Corporal...

The economic outlook of the Country and factors that affect government spending have affected Revenue Support Grant allocations of most, if not all Councils in a negative way.This was said by Mogoditshane-Thamaga District Council Chairman, Dux...

Acting Minister of Entrepreneurship Mabuse Pule says the Economic Inclusion Act is yet to be implemented. He said the Ministry is still working on the finalisation of the regulations. Pule announced that the Coordinator was appointed two weeks back...

Five public sector Cooperating Trade Unions are demanding for a 15 percent salary increment for their members following within the bargaining unit A-D bands.The unions say this follows their own analysis of the economic performance, and thus they...

Kgatleng District Council has experienced an over-expenditure of over P15 million by February this year.Council Chairman Daniel Molokwe said as of February 29, 2024, their expenditure stood at P172, 586,288.51 against the projected 11-month...

Businessman, Samson Moyo Guma has managed to interdict First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) and Deputy Sheriff Bathusi Billy from selling his properties over a debt by his company, United Refineries Botswana Holdings (Pty) Limited.The applicants in...

While the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) is technically insolvent, the performance of the Commission has improved, this according to the Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Molebatsi Molebatsi.Molebatsi revealed this week that as per the audited...

Some African countries, as well as major diamond producers like De Beers have already raised concerns about its dangerous implications on global diamond trade. “While strongly agreeing that the time has come for the industry to be able to trace the...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) has come under fire for allegedly considering foreign companies in its lucrative tenders and ignoring qualifying citizen contractors.This comes after the authority ran a tender for AVSEC Screening...

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s remarks at a star rally held last Saturday in Nata has left tongues wagging in the constituency.In fact, some party members are even suggesting that the President could be planning that the current legislator Polson...

The build-up to the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections, known as Bulela-Ditswe has now turned into mud-wrestling as fellow democrats are resorting to dirty campaign tricks. While anxiety continues to grow within the party due to the...

Botswana National |Front (BNF) has expressed confidence in retaining the Mahalapye East constituency, following the resignation of the area MP, Yandani Boko.This past week, Boko provided fodder for political discourse when he resigned from Parliament...