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Bangwato royals have expressed their unhappiness at the Mokgweetsi Masisi-led government which they accuse of tribal oppression and dishonesty, among other things.In a petition dated November 22, 2022 Bangwato express displeasure with the government...

Peace continues to elude the beleaguered Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) as preparations for its Extraordinary and Annual Conferences both scheduled for December this year are ongoing. The two party factions, one led by Moiseraele Goya and the other...

Chairman of the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO), Olebile Machete has noted with concern that the gap between the rich and the poor in Botswana is one of the highest in the world.Machete expressed grave disappointment that...

Big-hearted Bana Ba Letsatsi Trust in Maun exists to make a positive impact on the lives of young people. Executive Director, Taboka Rotsi fields questions from Botswana Guardian on what her organisation is about.BG: Please introduce yourself. Taboka...

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone West South, Robert Molefhabangwe is disappointed that former President Ian Khama has failed to respect his own word when he remained politically active after retiring as President of the country.Khama was...

South African owned high-grade copper and silver mine, Khoemacau in the Ngamiland District has been hit by allegations of racism.Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) says that racism is a reality in the mine, especially concerning qualifications for...

Samson Moyo Guma will face off with Moiseraele Goya for the position of party President at the Botswana Patriotic Front’s (BPF) elective congress next month. In this interview with The Midweek Sun's Political Reporter EDWARD BULE, Guma...

The country’s oldest political party - Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) - has been on a membership drive in the southern part of the country.Secretary general Nono Kgafela-Mokoka revealed that the party leadership has been assigned by the party...

- Party leadership defends NEC's decision to join UDC - Promise to dump UDC is majority says so - Leadership threatens action against delinquentsBotswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has threatened to take action against members who resort to social...

Some members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are not happy with the North East Region elections that were held recently during the North East Region congress in Borolong.The elections pitted Farayi Bonyongo and Kitsiso Mandevu for the...

Member of Parliament for Francistown West Ignatius Moswaane has fallen out with his new political home, Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), which he joined in 2020 after a fallout with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).According to multiple sources,...

Former Mayor of Jwaneng, also a former Botswana National Front (BNF) councillor, Moshe “Bushman” Gare, says the name Botswana is inappropriate and tribalistic.In his written submission to the Constitutional Review Commission, Gare says countries...

Former High Court Judge John Mosojane says the Independence Constitution was openly genocidal when it named the country, ‘Botswana'.And worse still, it made Setswana the only national language, and declared it the only language teachable...

- The decision was hurried by leaders minus members - Joina- This is nothing new, BCP was admitted the same way - MohwasaThe admission of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) into the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has caused divisions within the...

- Money raised is used to build houses for the needy - Elders also get pension money from community projectsFor the last 25 years, Sankoyo Tshwaraganang Management Trust (STMT) has been at the heart of improving lives in Sankoyo.Serving a place...