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The Ministry of Transport and Communications has finally decided to re-introduce the passenger train from March this year. Government discontinued the passenger train in 2009 citing poor business. Passengers complained of rowdiness and discomfort in...
Bazezuru living in Francistown are completely ignorant about the much hyped Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) which is intended to empower citizens, Botswana Guardian investigation has shown. One of the Bazezuru elders and church leader, Raphael...
Opposition party members and observers have expressed anger at the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) resolutions to discontinue both the supplementary voter registration and transfers of voters. Made last year, the resolutions followed...
The Umbrella for Democratic Change chairman for Nata-Gweta constituency and a member of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) Galethata Zibani has vowed to topple Member of Parliament for Nkange constituency who is also Minister of Labour and...
The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) rally held in Tutume village in the Nkange constituency on Saturday exposed cracks in the three-party opposition coalition front. The most obvious sign of the divisions was the absence of Kgomotso Shongwe and...
WAR crimes prosecutors will Thursday seek to convince the International Criminal Court to put infamous Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen on trial on charges, including keeping sex slaves in a rebel army. Known as the “White Ant”,...
Prominent members of the Botswana Movement for Democracy BMD have embarked on a rigorous campaign to recruit members in the Ngami Constituency. This follows a poor performance of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) at council and parliamentary...
Francistown City Council (FCC) Deputy Mayor Lechedzani Modenga who has been missing from office since November 24th 2015 will allegedly face a rebellion from his fellow Councillors upon his return. This is according to information gathered by...
Instead of the nation celebrating news reports that the Botswana Democratic Party intends to increase the number of constituencies from 57 to 120 in aid service delivery, observers say this should be a cause for concern. The resolution to increase...
The 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Botswana National Front (BNF) in Mahalapye recently provided the party leadership and its allies an arena to wax lyrical about the party’s contribution to the politicisation of public opinion in this...
The Ntimbale dam which provides water to many North East District Council villages does not have a back-up generator. The result is that when there is no electricity, the water situation becomes desperate as taps become dry. Those used to the...
The decision by Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) to discontinue the emptying of septic tanks and pit latrines in the Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) areas in Francistown by 31st March 2016 has annoyed Francistown Members of Parliament...
Failure by the Francistown investors to attend events has cast doubts on their commitment to the development of the city in which they are doing business. For instance, when only a few of them showed up at a meeting called by the mayor, Sylvia Muzila...
Specially elected councilors must not expect to get any preferential treatment from their area members ofparliament, says Ben Mpotokwane, a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Donga ward councillor. The remarks follow a bitter feud between specially...
Former mayor of Francistown and current specially-elected councillor Peter Ngoma has staked a claim in Zwenshambe chieftainship following the recently passed judgment which nullified the decision by former Minister of local government Margaret Nasha...
Every year Botswana produces thousands of graduates who later roam the streets with no jobs. Government has sponsored 15 500 students who are expected to graduate this year. Currently, 5 566 graduates have enrolled in the Internship programme and 355...
Some of the disgruntled Botswana Democratic Party members who contested the 2014 general election as independent candidates are not too eager about the blanket amnesty extended to them to return home. The BDP extended an olive branch to its Mekoko...
The value of education to this country cannot, and should not be underestimated, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Edwin Batshu told parents and students at this year’s silver jubilee and prize giving ceremony of Goldmine Junior Secondary School...
Jwaneng mine emerged victorious at this year’s inter-mine games held in Orapa over the weekend. The games which started on Friday brought all three of Debswana mines together in an effort to promote the company’s employee interaction and wellness...
After 30 years of service in the Botswana Police Service, the affable and good-humoured Motsholathebe Mothibi retired in May this year a contented man. In the three decades that he served, he rapidly rose through the ranks to become Station...
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