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The Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) Publicity Secretary Tshepo Makhani has told Northern Extra that his party was never allocated any four constituencies under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) pact.He said anything purporting that was devoid of...
The Mayor of Francistown Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, who is a specially-elected councillor for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), has declared that she will defend her mayoral seat after her term came to an end on Monday. The Mayoral elections...
The state has applied for a stay of execution in the case in which Francistown High Court Judge Barnabas Nyamadzabo instructed government to compensate Zone 6 farmers whose beasts were slaughtered during the 2011 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)...
Three months before the Botswana Democratic Party elective congress in Tonota, party activists are increasingly becoming audacious and openly declaring support for their preferred candidate for the chairmanship of the party. The incumbent, Mokgweetsi...
Former Francistown City Mayor Peter Ngoma had his mayoral ambitions boosted over the weekend when his newfound team floored the camp aligned to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi. A Botswana Democratic Party councillor who preferred to remain...
The Central Police Station in Francistown is investigating a case in which a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) elective congress for the Francistown region degenerated into a violent affair over the legitimacy of certain delegates. The congress was...
The community of Francistown on Thursday finalised their ‘shopping list’ of projects to be submitted to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for funding. A Special Full Council meeting of the Francistown City Council (FCC) had...
Francistown West Member of Parliament Ignatius Moswaane and his Francistown East counterpart, Honest Buti Billy allegedly connived over the weekend at the ruling party’s regional congress to foil James Kgalajwe’s ambitions to get to...
Francistown High Court Judge, Bashi Moesi has dismissed Uyapo Poloko, a death-row inmate’s quest that his conviction be set aside and he be liberated. Poloko had sought to be acquitted and granted his liberty. Moesi said the accused was convicted...
Francistown City Council specially-elected councillor and former mayor James Kgalajwe has confirmed that he will enter the race to contest for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Francistown regional chairmanship over the weekend. His sentiments...
Several Francistown City Councillors agreed during a special full council meeting on Tuesday that Members of Parliament must be prevented from controlling the P10 million constituency grants to be allocated to constituencies across the...
Adirective by former Minister of Transport and Communications Tshenolo Mabeo last year to have three homesteads squeezed inside the Francistown Spaghetti intersection relocated have finally materialised. Both home owners have been given new plots at...
Bamangwato Regent Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane has finally revealed to Northern Extra that he will soon be addressing the Nata chieftainship crisis after a protracted battle with residents. Last year the residents petitioned the director of Tribal...
Member of Parliament for Francistown East Honest Buti Billy will table a motion in the first session of parliament calling for the introduction of indigenous languages as a medium of instruction in the Botswana Education system. The Botswana...
Ten former Garrick Operations employees handed a petition to the Office of the President last week, seeking its intervention on their unpaid severance benefits, leave and overtime balance that accrued from 1st January to 31st December 2014. The...
Concerned Nata residents have resolved to send a three-man delegation to Serowe to query Bangwato regent Sediegeng Kgamane’s handling of their chieftainship crisis. Kgamane was ordered by Director of Bogosi at Tribal headquarters to resolve Nata...
Opposition parties’ parliamentary candidate for Okavango in the 2019 general election Kenny Kapinga has revealed that the ruling BDP approached him while he was with the police service but that he refused to join their party. He assured Okavango...
The inaugural annual Parwe Hill Summer Fashion Shoot hosted by Bana Ba Pula Youth and Environmental Club was a success, this according to the organisation’s spokesperson Charles Tjivasera. The event was held last weekend in Mahalapye. Bana Ba Pula...
The recent exclusion of Botswana Democratic Party(BDP) secretary general, Botsalo Ntuane by party leadership from the list of Specially Elected Members of Parliament is said to have galvanised the anti-Masisi lobby in the party. This happens a few...
Two suspected burglars, Mooketsi Setlhare, 27, and a 45-year old Zimbabwean man, Mphakadzi Shihota appeared before Francistown Magistrate Kaveri Kapeko on Wednesday accused of ransacking Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP), Ignatius...
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