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Botswana Congress Party (BCP) President, Dumelang Saleshando says the BCP is not begging to benefit from political party funding, but they are entitled to it, as they are a legitimate party.Saleshando was addressing a media briefing on Wednesday in...

Serowe, a village with a rich history of political significance and protests, has once again become the epicentre of unrest. The Serowe riot of 1952 remains a prime example of the Bangwato tribe expressing their frustrations at the kgotla,...

The wedge between Bagammangwato and the government was driven deeper this past weekend as a group called Balwelakgosi clashed with police over the use of the Serowe Main Kgotla.The celebratory mood earlier on the day in Serowe at the Sir Seretse...

The sir Seretse Khama Half Marathon was held in Serowe to celebrate the life and legacy of the founding president of Botswana.President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Cabinet Ministers graced the marathon – the first to celebrate the life and legacy of the...

Botswana National Front (BNF) is being accused of going back on its promise to women within the party who had shown an interest to run for political positions.Earlier this year, the BNF Central Committee (CC) took a decision to push for its women to...

Multiple women on social have come forward to complain about the poor service that they have received from Princess Marina Hospital, particularly from the labour ward.This is after one user shared her ordeal about her experience in which she was...

The Umbrella for Democratic Change is facing an internal battle incited largely by the double candidacy contention rife in some wards and constituencies across the country.A source within the Botswana National Front (BNF) has indicated that some...

The scourge of double candidacy by UDC politicians runs deeper to even some obscure wards across the country, with the party now hoping to resolve the impasse through a Task Force set to investigate the disputes.Among the disputed wards is Selokwane...

Shima Monageng is urging the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the Botswana National Front (BNF) to take timely action against individuals who cause confusion by campaigning for elections even though they were not chosen by the coalition to...

Some Botswana National Front (BNF) members have come out to defend the actions of their candidates that defied the party’s stance and contested for political office even though the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has not chosen them.A member...

Supporters of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) are unhappy with the double candidacy row within the coalition, fearing that it will affect the UDC negatively at the polls and hand the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) an easy win.Katlego...

Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) uprooted the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in the last election in the Central region even though that is where historically BDP has been the strongest. BPF party leaders in the Central region are adamant that...

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has become the first political party in Botswana to launch a youth manifesto.The manifesto was launched by the party president, Dumelang Saleshando over the weekend in Francistown.Saleshando urged the youth to not let go...

The Member of Parliament for Palapye, Onneetse Ramogapi is not bothered by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) parliamentary candidate Kungo Mabogo, whom he dismissed as a stranger to the people of Palapye.Ramogapi said the BDP by-elections that were...

Former President, Ian Khama has called President Mokgweetsi Masisi a liar for saying that he was instructed to make Tshekedi Khama his Vice President.Khama says if he had wanted Tshekedi to be Vice President, he would have made him his Vice President...