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Ernest Moloi
  • Montwedi Mphathi leaves Phikwe mine company, PNRB

    The Selebi Phikwe–based Premium Nickel Resources Botswana (PNRB) has this morning parted ways with its Chief Executive Officer, Montwedi Mphathi.He is replaced by Kneipe Setlhare, who now assumes responsibilities of CEO while retaining the title of...

  • Coronation of Nchaupe III Makapan in Mosate unites BaKgatla

    Self-exiled Kgosikgolo Kgafela II of BaKgatla ba Kgafela will on Saturday 8th July, 2023 preside over the enthronement of Kgosikgolo of BaKgatla ba Mosetlha, Kgosi Nchaupe III Makapan in Makapanstad, Hammaskraal, South Africa.Throngs of BaKgatla from...

  • Ukraine restores relations with Africa

    Ukraine will welcome any type of support from friendly African countries – whether humanitarian assistance in light of Tuesday’s Kakhovka dam disaster - donation or sale of weapons to help its troops fend off the Russian aggression.In a virtual...

  • Business Botswana to open Office in China

    Botswana’s chamber of commerce – Business Botswana – is working actively with its partner to open a Business Botswana (BB) Office in Hunan Province, China.This was revealed by the President of Business Botswana Gobusamang Keebine last Friday...

  • Botswana ready to host WHO Africa Regional Committee meeting

    Botswana is hosting the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Meeting from 28 August to 1 September 2023 in the capital city, Gaborone.A spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr. Christopher Nyanga told Botswana Guardian that the WHO...

  • The dawn of a new era for the diamond industry in Botswana (COMMENT)

    Monday 27th March 2023 marked, in the words of President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, “the dawn of a new era for the diamond industry in Botswana, as we begin this journey with HB Antwerp”.The official launch of diamond cutting and polishing company,...

  • Botswana's diamond revolution begins today

    Finally, the die is cast.Monday, the 27th of March 2023 dawns a new era in Botswana’s diamond economy, when diamond technology company HB Botswana, will be officially launched at its temporary facility at the Diamond Technology Park in Gaborone by...

  • BRICS: A force the world can't ignore any longer (COMMENT)

    The world is going through an unprecedented geopolitical transition with the emergence of the multipolar world system promoted by the five nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa under the acronym BRICS.This grouping threatens the...

  • UB: Time for sober reflection

    Vice Chancellor of the University of Botswana Prof. David Norris has been invited by the University of Pennsylvania to make a presentation on the ‘Future of International Academic Capacity-building and Knowledge Exchange’ during the 10th...

  • How will UB produce third stream income?

    The week-long strike by the University of Botswana academic Senior Support Staff Union and University of Botswana Staff Union for salary adjustment has come and gone – but the money is nowhere to be found!All indications are that however legitimate...

  • Southern Africa at the crossroads of West/Russia war

    In the month of January 2023 alone there’s been three highly-significant visits to our Southern African shores by three prominent personages from the world’s leading nations. If you follow international relations closely, you’ll understand that...

  • 2023, the year of political Armageddon

    If you thought 2022 was eventful, wait for the countless political scalps that 2023 promises to claim! God have mercy on us! The writing was always on the wall – the script of a master strategist had already been written as far back as 2008 and...

  • Kgatleng District ICH Committee ends year on a high note

    The Kgatleng District Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee (KDICHC) is happy and overwhelmed that its periodic report that was presented to the 17th session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of UNESCO in Rabat, Morocco from 28th November to 4th...

  • SADC Member States urged to domesticate Model Law on Elections

    Ahead of its 52nd Plenary Assembly being held this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) held virtual public hearings for all its standing committees from the 21st to the 28th November 2022.The...

  • HB Botswana pioneers arrive November 18

    The early recruits of the newly-set up diamond technology company, HB Botswana, who are currently training at the HB Antwerp Lab in Belgium are all fired up and raring to return to their native country to share their skills. Three of the 15 pioneers...

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