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  • WHO declares ‘Eris’ COVID strain a variant of interest

    A new strain of COVID-19 – Eris or EG.5 – has been designated as a variant of interest by the World Health Organization. Currently, Eris is growing in prevalence globally, with countries including the UK, China and US among those...

  • Ways to Improve your nutrition on a budget

    When buying essential and nutritious foods, a number of people tend to forget some food items forcing them to buy at higher prices or forego the essentials. Orapeleng Monthe, a nutritionist, says it is important to make a list of whatever you need...

  • Early detection vital to fight Glaucoma

    Aside cataract, no other eye condition or disease renders a person permanently blind as glaucoma does. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world. Glaucoma is a disease that harms the...

  • HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE YOU OK? Cont’d

    The third Limb of Yoga is Asana or stretches/ postures. This limb is what is mostly referred to as yoga. But as you have been following the last two articles, this is the 3rd limb of yoga, it is just one part of the larger philosophy of yoga. In the...

  • Minister Autlwetse reported to VP over Tumasera saga

    The unhappy people of Tupya, Malete and Rasesa in the Tswapong area are calling for the intervention of the country's Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane in the raging war over the disbanded name of their village, Tumasera.On the 16 of June 2023,...

  • BPC seeks P1.3 bn to avert looming power crises

    Plans are in the pipeline for Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to secure an additional 100 Mega Watts of firm power imports to avert potential power crisis. The initiative comes on the backdrop of Intermittent loss of generation at Morupule B Power...

  • Annual tourney raises GBV awareness

    Elite-Girls 5-aside tournament set for this weekend is aimed at raising awareness on Gender Based Violence (GBV).This time 19 teams have registered compared to 16 teams in the previous games.The annual tournament was started in 2020 following the...

  • Club removes knives from streets

    Spaghetti Original Pantsula Club, an affiliate of the Botswana Pantsula Association, has launched the ‘Donty Ka Okapi’ campaign to minimise cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and abuse of drugs and alcohol in Francistown.The club's Michael...

  • Kasane to host major institutional investors meeting

    Botswana will in the coming few weeks host an institutional investors forum which discuss opportunities, emerging challenging as well coming with solutions that can keep the industry vibrant going forward.The conference is being organised by MN...

  • MAN KILLS SON

    Obusitswe Mbwe was at Extension ll magistrate court in Gaborone this past Tuesday for allegedly killing his 19 year old son Lebogang Tlholego in Tlokweng this past weekend.It is alleged that Mbwe after killing his son, locked the house and fled. An...

  • BTC shifts from copper to fibre

    Escalated theft of copper cables has prompted Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) to migrate most customers from copper to fibre networks.“Over the last two years, the scourge of copper theft in our networks has escalated and caused...

  • Man questioned in Jwaneng as P1.5 million worth goes up in smoke

    A 34-year-old Motswana man was apprehended by Jwaneng Police earlier this week in connection with the devastating fire that consumed 49 cars at an open space designated for Desert Race revelers' parking in Jwaneng this past Sunday.The blaze...

  • Food Girl BW finds niche in corporate catering

    As we close our 60 minutes interview, Atang Kemodimo, the founder of Food Girl Bw, boldly stated: "I don’t think I will ever go back and practice computer engineering. This is because once you are into business, the welfare of those you have...

  • BSE elevates to WFE full membership

    Botswana Stock Exchange’s (BSE) application to become a full member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has been approved. “It is a vote of confidence on the integrity of our supervisory authorities, and our key stakeholder being the...

  • Four women killed in a week, two by husbands

    In a space of exactly seven days, the police have announced deaths of at least four women suspected to have been murdered throughout the country.It appears Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases are continuing to grow in Botswana despite efforts made...

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