BPP on strategic positioning in the UDC
The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) is set to sharpen its role within the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) as it prepares for a crucial weekend leadership forum focused on strategic coalition positioning.
The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) is set to sharpen its role within the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) as it prepares for a crucial weekend leadership forum focused on strategic coalition positioning.
The Gaborone High Court has dismissed an application by a law graduate who claimed to have studied at the United Kingdom's Leeds Beckett University to be admitted as a practising attorney in the country's judicial courts, ruling that the graduate failed to prove he meets the required academic qualifications.
There were 1,003 reported cases of stealing by employees between 2020 and 2024, with the bulk of the incidents tied to the COVID-19 period. Out of the 1,003 reported cases, 168 cases were prosecuted, and 130 people were convicted out of the 148 people suspected. Only P5,041,007.24 was restrained from the whole P380,457,720, and only P887,000 was confiscated.
The Ministry of Lands and Agriculture has confirmed new cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Disease Control Zone 11, raising concern amongst farmers and stakeholders as containment measures intensify.
Renowned attorney and now the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Kgosietsile Ngakaagae has launched a blistering rebuttal against 132 officers of the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS), describing them as an ungrateful lot who are now refusing to pay a heavily discounted legal bill after he and his former firm secured them tens of thousands of Pula each in salary arrears.
The economy lost close to P1 billion in both public and private sector corruption between 2020 and 2024, estimates by the country dirty money watchdog show, the first such figures ever released in the country.During that period, the country fell on the authoritative Corruption Perceptions Index from 35th out of 180 countries in 2020 to 43rd out of 180 countries in 2024.
Leader of Opposition (LoO) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando has accused the ruling coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change of showing a lack of care and respect for Parliament, highlighting that proceedings had to be adjourned a few times after the required one-third could not be met.
Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies (GUC) has reassured stakeholders after a High Court ruling dismissed its graduate’s admission bid on procedural grounds, raising concerns about its Leeds Beckett University-affiliated LLB programme.
A 49-year-old man has died following a road accident in Block 8, Gaborone, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Orano, the world’s second largest uranium producer, is awaiting the approval of 15,000 square kilometres of prospecting licences in Gantsi District and has registered a local subsidiary as part of plans to fast-track development in the country.