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Teachers hoping to secure positions at Duma Boko School will have to meet the demands of a technology-driven learning environment, with the Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education promising a selective staffing process for the new...

With the excitement surrounding the opening of the Duma Boko School in Block 7 now fading, parents are increasingly asking when learners will be admitted and when classes will begin.Gaborone Bonnington North Member of Parliament and Assistant...

Parliament has launched an investigation into allegations that Gaborone Central Constituency Senior Administration Officer/Researcher, Topo Kwena has breached public service rules through his continued involvement in party politics.The investigation...

Topo Kwena says there is no way he can separate himself from politics while serving in Gaborone Central Member of Parliament (MP) Phenyo Butale’s constituency office because he is “loyal to the person who hired me”.Kwena is the President of the...

There were no grand business plans pinned to a bedroom wall. No investors. No formal training. Just a 23-year-old woman who loved makeup so much that she could not imagine doing anything else.Five years later, that decision has grown into Lueur...

A 56-year-old man facing a threat-to-kill charge against his wife has been found hanging from a tree at Nkolo lands between Matlhako and Chadibe villages in a suspected suicide.Assistant Superintendent Oaitse Moba of Machaneng police said the...

Growing up in Palapye, 24-year-old Eric Kooreng, founder of Eros BW (officially registered as Eros Digital Studio) had no photography studio, no professional training and no expensive equipment to call his own. Instead, he patiently waited for...

When COVID-19 brought life to a standstill, Palesa Eleanor Moanakwena found herself with time on her hands, a kitchen and a skill she had nurtured since school.She had a bag of flour. The 25-year-old Mochudi native had been baking long before the...

Chema Chema loan beneficiaries, who have waited years for approved funding, were left frustrated on Tuesday after the government directed them to form business clusters but gave no money or timelines for disbursement.Entrepreneurs had gathered for a...

A 29-year-old farm worker is receiving medical treatment at Princess Marina Hospital after he was allegedly shot while searching for cattle behind Du Plessis Farm, along the Pitsane road on June 23. The victim, identified as Letlogonolo Phuthego, is...

A constitutional dispute is unfolding within the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) after the party leadership announced the dissolution of the Interim Youth League Committee, only for the Youth League to challenge the decision and insist that due...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President, Mpho Balopi, has fiercely defended his party against corruption claims, rejecting the label of ‘club of thieves’ and urging transparency and accountability in handling allegations tied to missing public...

Through their vision, Resego Kgosidintsi and Charity Legase have created SHEVOLUTION, a women’s empowerment movement designed to help women evolve into the best versions of themselves while staying grounded in their identities. Scheduled for August...

For years, many widows in Botswana have suffered in silence. Behind closed doors, they have battled depression, loneliness, financial hardship and stigma while carrying the burden of unimaginable loss.Some have lost their homes. Others have lost...

The Alliance for Progressives (AP) says its membership recruitment campaign is gaining momentum after welcoming 550 new members during an event in Shakawe on Saturday.Speaking to The Midweek Sun, AP Deputy Secretary General, Phemelo Kedumele...