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  • President Duma Boko's expensive look stirs national debate

    Since taking over the highest office in the land, Advocate Duma Boko has not just shifted the political landscape, he has brought a whole new look to the presidency.In a country where suits and traditional garb have long defined official wear, Boko...

  • GREAT BDP PURGE

    The just-ended Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) congress in Maun served as a political reckoning, a cleansing of sorts, as delegates decisively voted out key allies of outgoing Party President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi.The congress, which also marked...

  • Candidates call for independent electoral oversight

    Candidates are sounding the alarm on the need for independent electoral oversight as the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) prepares for a historic national congress.The first person to raise an alarm in a strongly-worded open letter was Kabo Morwaeng,...

  • BDP'S DO OR DIE WEEKEND HERE

    The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is approaching a historic and decisive moment in its long political journey.For the first time since its formation in 1962, the BDP will go to its national congress not as the ruling party, but as the minority...

  • FOOD FOR VOTES

    Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Secretary General hopeful, Kabo Morwaeng, is facing fresh criticism after allegations emerged that a private lunch he hosted for select delegates at his place in Phakalane turned into a platform to attack rival,...

  • THE KOMA SCHOOL

    - BNF's educational initiative launched in honour of the late Koma - Young turks lament power-sharing arrangement that is without substance.Dr Kenneth Koma remains one of Botswana’s most influential political figures - a towering intellectual,...

  • Doctors warn government over delayed Call policy resolution

    Botswana Doctors Union (BDU) President, Dr. Kefilwe Selema, has clarified that doctors are not on strike but are working the legally mandated number of hours. He emphasized that the union’s demands align with recommendations from the International...

  • Botswana Congress Party fights on the Doctors' corner

    The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has rebuked the Botswana Government over what it describes as a “failure to provide leadership” in the ongoing labour dispute with the Botswana Doctors Union (BDU).In a strongly-worded statement released by BCP...

  • UDC Govt.'s bold housing project promises 100,000 plots in two years

    The Minister of Water and Human Settlement, Onnetse Ramogapi, has announced a bold plan to allocate 100,000 residential plots across all 61 constituencies within the next two years.He reiterated that the UDC government was committed to delivering on...

  • Government treats doctors like dust bins - Dr Selema

    The Botswana Doctors Union (BDU) President, Dr Kefilwe Selema, has launched a scathing attack on the government, accusing it of treating medical professionals "like dust bins."He expressed frustration over what he described as years of tireless and...

  • Batswana's health in limbo

    The standoff between the Botswana Doctors' Union (BDU) and the Government of Botswana took a new turn this week when the union issued a press statement advising doctors to fulfil only their prescribed emergency calls before taking their...

  • Masisi Defends BDP Legacy, Questions UDC's Development Record

    President of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Mokgweetsi Masisi, has questioned the developmental contributions of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government since taking office.Addressing the media at the Maharaja Conference Centre this...

  • Boko reaffirms commitment to forensic audit

    President Duma Boko has reiterated government’s unwavering commitment to conducting a forensic audit, emphasising that they are not joking about their intentions.Speaking at the Colloquium for Judges of the Court of Appeal, Boko stated that the...

  • Khan slams Govt. for failing to address Molepolole water crisis

    Molepolole North MP Arafat Khan has condemned the government for failing to address the village’s long-standing water crisis.This happens as controversy brews over the awarding of a multimillion-pula tender for Molepolole's potable water and...

  • National cattle herd fallen from 3 million to 1, 9 million

    Botswana’s cattle population has dwindled to around 1.9 million from a national herd of approximately three million in the 1970s.In a written response to a question asked by Lobatse MP Kamal Jacobs, the Minister of Agriculture mentioned that...

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