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There are fears that the defection of one member of any of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) partners to the other, may become a source of unease and a potential threat to the cohesion of the coalition itself. Following the recent resignation...

Opposition parties are once again blaming each other for the loss of Grootlaagte ward by-election in the Gantsi North constituency to the Botswana Democratic Party. On the backdrop of the past weekend's by elections in Gaborone's Bosele ward...

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone West South Robert Molefhabangwe is returning to political activism in 2024 after a 10-year long political hiatus.The Shoshong native who was MP for Gaborone West from 1999 to 2009, cut his political teeth...

Former president of the Botswana Congress Party's Youth League (BCPYL), Tlhabologo Furniture, believes that instead of forming coalitions, opposition party leaders and their followers should consider merging their parties into a single political...

Speaker after speaker sung praises for the larger-than-life Boy Farayi Bonyongo, a 70-year-old Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) stalwart since 1994 when he joined the ruling BDP from the Botswana National Front (BNF).Bonyongo doubled as Chairman of...

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is not in one accord regarding membership to the coalition with one section for the status quo that makes members affiliate through their individual parties, and the other demanding a constitutional provision...

Catherine Sepora, the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) Chairperson, remains confident that despite the turmoil bedevilling them, the party is not facing an existential threat as some suggest.“We shall overcome the challenge and prevail,” she told...

Political leaders must give way to allow for other party cadres to take over because there is never a shortage of other capable leaders in any given institution.This is according to University of Botswana (UB) political science lecturer, Professor...

There is certainly more than meets the eye in the much-talked about reconciliation project between former President, Dr Ian Khama and his successor, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi.Analysts believe the project may well be the works of international handlers...

Some traditional doctors have dissociated themselves from their counterparts that are implicated in ritual murders.Speaking to The Midweek Sun in an interview, Bafedile Duncan Setlhare of the Botswana Traditional Health Practitioners Association,...

Samuel Kealotswe who lost the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections in 2018 ahead of the 2019 general elections, is poised to challenge Ignatius Moswaane, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Francistown West next year.Unlike in...

Recent reports that the former President, Dr Ian Khama wants to assume the leadership of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) have elicited criticism from observers who accuse him of being a power hungry tribalist.Khama is the founding patron of the...

Uyapo Tshambani, the man behind the Francistown Botsalano Ward victory of Ontiretse Bakaile in both the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections and general elections in 2019 is under fire for making his intensions clear that he wants the...

The recently resuscitated Botswana Labour Party (BLP), which was originally formed in 1989 has been described by its president, Dr Moiseraele Dibeela as a movement that identifies with the interests of the workers.“When we say the workers, we are...

Botswana Landboards, Local Authority and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) President elect, Thatayaone Kesibonye has lambasted government pay structure for the underpayment of government workers.Kesibonye, who was speaking at the union's triennial...