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Appearing cool-headed and self-assured in the dock this past week, Kesaobaka Romeo Thebolo showed no sign of remorse as he responded to charges of assaulting a police officer.Calm, articulate, and confident, Thebolo basked in the presumption of...
Botswana’s economy is hurtling toward a cliff, Chief Economist at SPECK Dynamics, Sennye Obuseng, has warned. In an interview with The Midweek Sun's sister publication, Botswana Guardian, he painted a grim picture of the nation’s finances,...
The government of Botswana has remained tight-lipped following damning allegations against some of its key institutions.Bank of Botswana, Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and...
In a significant development aimed at job creation, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has pledged full support to the Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) by scaling up its vehicle retrofitting...
Chief Economist at SPECK Dynamics, Sennye Obuseng, has warned that Botswana’s economic downturn is set to deepen, citing global trade headwinds and dwindling diamond sales as key drivers. In an interview with Botswana Guardian, Sennye emphasised...
Botswana People’s Party (BPP) plans to launch an aggressive campaign in the southern part of the country to reclaim its presence.BPP President Motlatsi Molapisi says the notion by many that the BPP is a regional party is not only false but also...
Contractors awarded the rehabilitation of Gumare-Mohembo Road (A35), which is divided into two sections, being Gumare-Sepopa (73.9 km) and Sepopa-Mohembo (74 km) in 2021, are failing to complete the project. The Minister of Transport and...
The Minister of State President, Moeti Mohwasa, has been called upon to institute an investigation into the conduct of Justice Dr Zein Kebonang and some of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) top brass.An Investigator at DCEC,...
The Vice President of Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Taolo Lucas, has challenged members of his party to always stick to and live by the party’s key principles and values.He said this will help their party to stay united and prepared to attain...
Botswana’s economy is on its knees, forcing the government to suspend the generation of Government Purchase Order (GPO) from its Accounting and Budgeting System (GABS).The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government finds itself at the...
President Advocate Duma Boko this week declared that Botswana has reached a decisive crossroads in its journey towards economic transformation.When addressing cabinet ministers, senior officials, and representatives from PEMANDU Associates at the...
The Report on the controversial Development Manager Model is yet to reach Parliament for scrutiny.The DM Model might have been a good concept, but it tseems to have been used as a looting ground of the public purse. The Minister of Transport and...
Several factors have influenced the ruling UDC government’s decision to continue with the assembly of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and buses in Botswana.Chief among them is that the initiative, originally introduced by the former BDP government,...
Junior Mooketsi (31) of Mochudi carries permanent scars from childhood sexual abuse. His ordeal began at just eight years old, shortly after losing his mother in 2002.While in Standard Three in 2003, Mooketsi recounts to The Midweek Sun how a...
The Botswana National Front (BNF) will, over the President’s holidays test its unity and resilience for the first time while in power in the much-anticipated fierce contest for Central Committee positions.The Congress will be held in Palapye, an...
A 22-year-old man, Bosa Molaodi, who pretended to assist a woman with a trolley full of groceries in front of Choppies Stores in Kanye, fled with the trolley. The woman, whose groceries were stolen, was left behind in shock.Speaking to The Midweek...
A frustrated 50-year-old woman, One Nono Gaolatlhe, on Thursday took her long-time ex-lover to court for breach of marriage promise after being together for 16 years. Appearing before Kgosi Gaofenngwe Bome of Kanye Customary Court, Gaolatlhe, a nurse...
A groundswell of discontent is building across Botswana’s tertiary institutions, as students prepare to take to the streets in protest over a long-promised but undelivered P2,500 living allowance.The promise, made by the Umbrella for Democratic...
Bonolo Khumotaka, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water and Human Settlements, has once again been relieved of her position and redeployed to the National Planning Commission (NPC) as Deputy Commissioner General.According to information...
It is almost seven weeks since Veronica Ramhago was brutally murdered in her Ramotswa home, allegedly by her undocumented Zimbabwean maid Fanes Manyewe and her Mozambican lover, Adriano Caetano. Yet the two suspects remain at large to date, leaving...