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Francistown City Council is considering terminating the contract of a company awarded a tender to develop the Francistown Central Market stalls three years ago, following prolonged delays in implementation.Mayor Gaone Majere told The Midweek Sun that...
With more than three decades in public service, Andrew Motsamai’s career reflects a steady progression through frontline service delivery, academic leadership, labour relations, and institutional governance.His journey, which began in 1992 as a...
The Directorate of Intelligence and Security’s (DIS) 2024 investigation into alleged maladministration at Air Botswana continues to destabilise the troubled airline.The probe led to the suspension of several officers after they questioned Director...
Thirteen years after its collapse, the ghost of the failed Fengyue Glass Project has risen again to stalk the government.Once hailed as a flagship joint venture between the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and China’s Shanghai Fengyue, the...
In Lobatse, southeastern Botswana, farmer *Kewame Tlhago* recalls the devastation of the 2015/16 drought—the country’s most severe in decades.“I had about 20 cattle, and they all died because of the severe drought. I depended on them for...
Botswana lost nearly 100 mothers to pregnancy and childbirth complications in 2022, according to a newly released Statistics Botswana report.This occurred despite almost all women giving birth in health facilities under the care of skilled health...
Residents of Metsimotlhabe, Mogoditshane and Tsolamosese continue to endure deteriorating internal roads, with the government admitting that meaningful repairs depend on the council acquiring road-construction machinery.Local Government and...
Life has been unbearable for a 68-year-old mother from Lotlhakane East, near Kanye, whose 16-year-old daughter was raped and later gave birth. The DNA-confirmed father, Accrie Ramotshabi (33), now boasts of living comfortably in prison.The frustrated...
Retired University of Botswana Professor, Setumile Morapedi, has come out with guns blazing at the Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education, Nono Kgafela Mokoka, accusing her of hijacking what she calls her brainchild, the Bula Buka programme,...
Young people born after 2000 are emerging as Botswana’s biggest blind spot in the fight against HIV, with new data showing that more than half of adolescents have never tested for the virus.A report released by Statistics Botswana and the United...
Golebaone Sekobo (30) was on Tuesday sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment by the Broadhurst Magistrate Court after being convicted of grievous bodily harm inflicted on another woman in a dispute allegedly involving a man.The incident occurred at a...
Already living on the edge with dangerous wildlife, residents of the Okavango Delta villages of Kauxwi and Ngarange now face another threat: endless delays in the completion of their long-promised clinics.Frustrated by years of waiting, Kgosi Disho...
Pastor Kemmonye Sekati has once again found himself at the centre of public debate following recent hints suggesting the possible addition of a third wife to his already polygamous household.The outspoken cleric, who is married to Kagiso and Mpho,...
The Chairman of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB), Lesedi Moahi, has stressed that public confidence in the judiciary cannot be separated from confidence in the process by which judges are appointed.Speaking at the opening of the 2026/27 Legal Year...
Maipelo Nthaga, once among Botswana’s top Form Five achievers, has carved a remarkable career in the mining industry. Armed with an Ore Engineering Processing qualification from Leeds University in the UK, she now oversees Debswana’s Diamond...
The Attorney General has appealed against a ruling by Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo, which barred the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship from conducting further warrantless searches or...
The opposition Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has called on Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe to account for the money promised to Batswana by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government when he delivers the Budget speech on Monday.As Gaolathe...
The Law Society of Botswana has raised serious concerns over the government’s push to establish a Constitutional Court, urging that any constitutional reform must be “approached holistically, deliberately, and through broad-based...
The Manual Workers Union has gone to court, accusing the government of bulldozing the appointment of a Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) secretary, claiming the decision was forced through an illegal vote and in violation of the council’s...
Member of Parliament for Maun North, Dumelang Saleshando, has urged the government not to abandon the promises it made to the people of Botswana.Speaking at a kgotla meeting in Maun, Saleshando cautioned that it would be dangerous for the government...