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  • 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...

  • Tlokweng Land Board owed over P3 million

    Tlokweng Land Board continues to clean up its allocation waiting list that now stands at over 65 000, with over 1000 individuals declared ineligible due to factors including multiple applications and some applicants being deceased.Land Board...

  • Botswana a beacon of hope for democracy in Africa

    The Secretary General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora has showered Botswana with praise for building a “solid record” in terms of allegiance to democratic values.In an interview...

  • STICKY FINGERS?

    One of the most vocal lawmakers, Ignatious Moswaane has been caught stealing from the estate of his late son, Kagiso Moswaane, depriving his four-year-old and two-year-old grandchildren provisions after promising to take care of them.Moswaane, who...

  • Botswana not ready to walk away from De Beers - Gaolathe

    The President of the Alliance for Progressives, Ndaba Gaolathe says it would be a blunder of great proportions for Botswana to walk away from De Beers without a plan.Delivering his expert opinion on the issue of the ongoing Botswana/De Beers diamond...

  • Addiction professionals meet to fight substance abuse

    Evidence-based programmes on recovery, prevention and treatment for people suffering from Substance Use Disorders will soon be rolled out across the country, the Chief Health Officer, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Division in the Ministry of Health,...

  • P93m set aside for Ramatlabama AI Centre upgrading

    The government of Botswana bought cattle from the USA as part of its RESET and RECLAIM Agenda, the Minister of Agriculture (MoA), Fidelis Molao has said.Through the RESET agenda the government identified Assisted Reproductive Technologies such as...

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