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  • Tlokweng Land Board's waiting list surpasses 50 000

    Tlokweng Land Board received 110 transfer applications, six subdivision requests and 29 applications for Landlord consents in the change of use between August 2023 and November 2023.Board Chairperson, Elijah Katse says remarkably, in its first...

  • New Republican Party unveils vision, will empower citizens

    The founding President of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) Biggie Butale says his new political party - Botswana Republican Party (BRP) - promises a set of core principles and specific strategies to tackle the critical issues facing the...

  • BNF laying groundwork for regime change

    Secretary General of Botswana National Front (BNF), Ketlhalalefile Motshegwa says President Mokgweetsi Masisi has proven over time that he and his cabinet are incapable of leading the nation.Motshegwa told the media this week that this is evident in...

  • RED GOES GREEN

    Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP), Dr Unity Dow has been unveiled as the latest member of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP). Dow was recently welcomed into the BCP in grand style.Dr Dow, who has had an extensive career in human rights...

  • POLITICAL TACTIC

    Member of Parliament for Serowe North, Baratiwa Mathoothe was allegedly arrested by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS) over sharing the State of the Nation Address (SONA) document on WhatsApp.Mathoothe told The Midweek Sun on...

  • IEC, UDC wait for D’day

    The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) battled it out in court on the 4th of November.The duo is at loggerheads over the UDC's petition to have observers at all the voter registration centres...

  • SKMTH unveils play area

    Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital has unveiled its play centre thereby continuing to be a shining example of what a leading medical care institution in Botswana should look like.The play centre is an area where ill children can play, colour and...

  • Madibelatlhopo intensifies nationwide training

    For some months now the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has amplified its campaign against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).The UDC maintains...

  • Boko warns there will be violence should IEC rig elections

    The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) continues to amplify its voice against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as the general election approaches. Addressing the media this week, UDC President Duma Boko was adamant that the IEC rigged the...

  • Boko hails 58-year-old BNF for the birth of the UDC

    Botswana National Front (BNF), a formidable opposition party that has been in the realms of Botswana politics for over half a century, is celebrating its 58th anniversary.The President of the BNF, Duma Boko says the party is anchored on uniting those...

  • Women receive donation for horticulture project

    The North West District of Botswana has always been plagued by a contrast between abject poverty and splendid wildlife that attracts people from across the globe to come and unwind.In the village of Mohembo, a group of 12 women called Mohembo East...

  • LEGABIBO AGM

    The LEGABIBO Annual General Meeting has been officially opened by the board Chairperson Dr Sethunya Mosime.Officially opening the AGM, Dr Mosime reminded delegates that they have to actively participate in building an inclusive Botswana for all at...

  • BMD not ready to join opposition parties - Rev. Tiego

    The newly-elected President of Botswana Movement Democracy (BMD), Reverend Thuso Tiego said that the party is offering Batswana a chance to choose a party that will steer the nation to better grounds.Speaking at his first media engagement since he...

  • DIS described as an antithesis of democracy

    Leader of Opposition, Dithapelo Keorapetse says parliament has not been able to subject the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) to effective and accountable oversight procedures since the agency was established 15 years ago.Keorapetse said...

  • LOO decries absence of opposition MPs in committees

    The Leader of Opposition, Dithapelo Keorapetse has complained about the injustices that they experienced at the hands of the ruling party in the last session of parliament.He explained that the ruling party deliberately side-lined the National...

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