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Friday, December 19, 2025

Govt defends decision for informal traders’ displacement

Nicholas Mokwena | 19 December 2025

Mosthegwa

Lands and Agric ministry in contempt of court

* Owes over P13 million salary arrears to night watchman, gatekeepers * Ministry has shortage of physical planners

Dikarabo Ramadubu | 19 December 2025

EXECUTION FOR WHAT: President Duma Boko stresses parenting, guidance and community action as keys to ending violence.

BEYOND HANGING

Boko rejects corporal, capital punishment, urges cultural change

Theo Mailakgotla | 17 December 2025

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Government launches new water debt amnesty campaign

Government has intensified efforts to improve access to water services by rolling out a second phase of a national water debt amnesty campaign.The campaign is aimed at easing the...

Potlako Bogatsu | 17 December 2025

Govt defends decision for informal traders’ displacement

The Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, says the ongoing development works at the Gaborone Bus Rank are necessary to modernise the public...

Nicholas Mokwena | 19 December 2025

CEO of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), Tumelo Motsumi

High value tenders in the hands of foreigners

Citizen contractors lack technical, financial capacity PPRA engages President Boko on direct appointment remarks

Tlotlo Mbazo | 12 December 2025

BPC owes small contractors over P3.7m

> Tariff increase set to improve corporation's cash flow

Dikarabo Ramadubu | 12 December 2025

HEALTH FAILURE

Sex workers cry out as shortages expose them to health risks.

By ONNEILE SETLALEKGOSI-RAMASILO | 10 December 2025

BTC introduces P4000 minimum wage

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has stepped in to support government’s agenda of introducing a P4000 minimum wage.BTC Chief Executive Officer, Jürgen Peschel said...

Nicholas Mokwena | 12 December 2025

UNDP and GAYO Botswana Unite to Elevate Youth Climate Leadership at Post-COP30 Forum

Botswana’s young climate leaders stepped confidently into the national spotlight on 3 December 2025 as the Youth Climate Council Botswana (YCC), hosted by GAYO Botswana and...

Potlako Bogatsu | 05 December 2025

Adv Boko defends decision to establish Constitutional Court

Nicholas Mokwena | 05 December 2025

Gamblers projected to lose P1 billion by year end

Nicholas Mokwena | 04 December 2025

HISTORIC DECAY

Tlotlo Mbazo | 03 December 2025

Kgatleng records 120 defilement cases, sparking urgent concern

By ONNEILE SETLALEKGOSI-RAMASILO | 03 December 2025

FUNDS SCANDAL

By ONNEILE SETLALEKGOSI-RAMASILO | 03 December 2025

STI surge, drug shortages, child safety fears rock Mogoditshane–Thamaga

Neo Kolantsho | 03 December 2025

Villagers vow legal fight as Minister’s ruling reignites decades-old dispute.

The authority of Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, was openly undermined when he delivered his long-awaited decision to regroup the...

2025: The Year That Promised, Postured, and Poured Petrol on the Fire

- If 2025 were a movie, it would be a tragicomedy directed by chaos itself! Everything that could go wrong did, and when it went right, it somehow still looked wrong. It was a year...

BTC introduces P4000 minimum wage

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has stepped in to support government’s agenda of introducing a P4000 minimum wage.BTC Chief Executive Officer, Jürgen Peschel said...

Adv Boko defends decision to establish Constitutional Court

- There is a problematic aspect that can only be resolved by this court - Boko

UNDP and GAYO Botswana Unite to Elevate Youth Climate Leadership at Post-COP30 Forum

Botswana’s young climate leaders stepped confidently into the national spotlight on 3 December 2025 as the Youth Climate Council Botswana (YCC), hosted by GAYO Botswana and...