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  • Nation’s household debt hits P60 billion - Boko

    Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has set the deadline for all the party’s representatives in Parliament and Councils who would like to contest the upcoming elections under the UDC to indicate interest by May...

  • Identity Cards to go digital - Minister Mokgethi

    Very soon you will no longer have to photocopy your Identity Card, let alone certify it - that is if plans by Labour and Home Affairs ministry to create an electronic identification document come to pass.Minister Annah Mokgethi, who doubles as Member...

  • Federations announce May Day theme

    Secretary General of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), Thusang Butale has explained that the theme for this year's labour day is 'Demanding Workers Rights and Economic Power'.He notes that the BFTU and the Botswana...

  • SKMTH acquires Radiotherapy Machine

    Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH) has acquired Radiotheraphy machinery, elevating the quality of healthcare in Botswana.According to the Commissioning Manager, Clifford Seleka, Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital is the first hospital...

  • UB, Unions conflict rages on

    The second phase of the intermittent and indefinite University of Botswana staff strikes resumed on Tuesday morning.According to the University of Botswana spokesperson Una Busang, the University of Botswana has come to a joint agreement with the...

  • Federations announce May Day theme

    Secretary General of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), Thusang Butale has explained that the theme for this year's labour day is 'Demanding Workers Rights and Economic Power'.He notes that the BFTU and the Botswana...

  • UB, Unions conflict rages on

    The second phase of the intermittent and indefinite University of Botswana staff strikes resumed on Tuesday morning.According to the University of Botswana spokesperson Una Busang, the University of Botswana has come to a joint agreement with the...

  • Fake land certificates plague Kweneng area

    Kweneng Land Board has come out to defend its actions and set the record straight following the heavy public scrutiny and corruption allegations that it is repossessing some allocated land in the Kweneng area.Board Chairman, Kgang Kgang said this...

  • 'Lobatse Clay Works back to business'

    The Caretaker CEO of Lobatse Clay Works (LCW) Boitshwarelo Kgetse has revealed that Botswana Development Corporation has spent around P79 million on the refurbishment of the plant, which has been closed for some time.LCW is a BDC subsidiary which...

  • BFTU demands freedom for Eswatini people

    On the 31st of January 2022 Colani Maseko, president of the Swaziland National Union of Students, was abducted by plain-clothes Criminal Investigation Department officers under the guise of “questioning”. He was released on bail on 4 February...

  • GUC law clinic to help the poor

    Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies (GUC) has launched its law clinic, which is expected to empower law degree students to deal with people and the law.GUC Managing Director Anthony Joseph hopes that through the law clinic,...

  • Researchers tackle climate change

    Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) has created a research arm on climate change and adaptation to address local and regional problems related to climate change.The research arm has collaborated with OR Tambo and...

  • Land Boards set new allocation record

    Fifty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-seven (52 277) plots have been allocated in tribal land for the period 1st April 2022 to 28th February 2023, Minister of Lands and Water Affairs Kefentse Mzwinila has announced.In an update to the nation on...

  • Disband the DIS, set up a new intelligence arm

    President of Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), Johannes Tshukudu has blamed the problems that plague Batswana on the failure of the national leadership to call out the Directorate of Intelligence (DIS) on...

  • LIFE AFTER UNIVERSITY: Pharmacy students prepare for the corporate world

    Pharmaceutical students from the University of Botswana are preparing themselves for the ever-changing world of work by engaging industry experts and hosting seminars to uncover opportunities in Botswana.Fourth year student and founder of Nerdpharm,...

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