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  • BPF suspends more Butale followers

    Botswana Patriotic Front (BP) saga continues, as more party members have been suspended for attending the consultative meeting which was held over the weekend by Biggie Butale.A day before the consultative meeting held by Butale in Francistown, a...

  • BPF saga continues as Butale refuses to recognise expulsion

    Both the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Biggie Butale continue to pull in opposite directions.Butale held a consultative meeting with members of the party over the weekend in Francistown without the blessings of the party.Butale said that the...

  • 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...

  • It's final: BCP will battle BDP and UDC

    Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is confident that it will do well in the upcoming 2024 general elections even as they will once again be contesting as a stand-alone entity away from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) .Party President, Dumelang...

  • DJ Bafana at war with his management

    DJ Bafana management has admitted that DJ Bafana does not have access to his recently donated car. The chief reason why DJ Bafana is being denied temporary access to his car is that he constantly puts himself in harms way by getting behind the wheel...

  • Boko: To ensure fair elections, Madibelatlhopho here to stay

    The leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change Duma Boko says the UDC is training people to be equipped with knowledge of what is expected during national elections to ensure that they can supervise fair election in the 2024 general elections.Boko...

  • Boko berates DIS

    The leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Duma Boko has criticised the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) for being a rouge institution that does not follow the law nor its own Act that it is founded upon.Boko said that according...

  • First Capital Bank strengthens partnership with Learn to Play

    First Capital bank Botswana CEO Reinette Van Der Merwe has announced that First Capital Bank Botswana is pledging P50,000.00 to support Learn To Play's training program and provide essential resources for the Mindful Play Education Initiative in...

  • More anti-LGBTIQ church marches scheduled

    Hundreds of Christian protestors marched from Open Baptist Church in Maruapula, Gaborone to Parliament on Saturday singing songs of praise and worship, and praying in tongues along the way, as they sought to lobby against the homosexuality bill that...

  • Church march against homosexuality bill

    The No-Campaign protest by churches against the proposed Penal Code [Amendment] Bill, 2022 is gaining traction across the country as believers start petitioning their MPs to either denounce or call for a national referendum on the bill.It is reported...

  • OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID

    Demoralised Health Care Assistants at Princess Marina Hospital are threatening to strike if their employer does not listen to their complaints and attend to them this month.According to an anonymous source, HCAs at Princess Marina Hospital perform...

  • Christians lobby against Homosexual Bill

    Christians in Botswana are rising up in what is dubbed the ‘No Campaign to Bill 29’ against the Homosexuality Bill that will soon be brought to parliament.The Christian community has slammed the proposed Bill - (Penal Code [Amendment] Bill, 2022)...

  • Botswana Food Bank fights hunger

    A lot of people in Botswana’s rural areas and villages live in moderate to severe food insecurity situation, a Spokesperson of Food Bank Botswana, Tshepiso Nkate has said.A report on the prevalence of food insecurity by Strata 2018/19 shows that in...

  • Teachers must comply or face jail time

    Botswana Teaching Professionals Council (BOTEPCO) that is set up to professionalise the teaching profession in Botswana is commencing operations soon.According to the BOTEPCO Registrar Dr. Raphael Dingalo, the BOTEPCO Act states that the council is...

  • Land standoff: Kweneng illegal settlers fight eviction

    Land is in high demand, and the poor have resorted to illegally allocating themselves pieces of land to build themselves homes as they cannot keep up with the high rental rates especially in peri urban areas.If the recent demolition attempt by the...

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