Mmegi Online

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Ketshogile chairs PDC despite legal demand

Kabo Ketshogile took his seat as chairperson of the Palapye District Council (PDC) when the full council session opened on Monday.

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 August 2026

Ketshogile

DCEC hits back at Salakae-We don't weaponise corruption laws

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has firmly rejected claims by former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae that the agency is using corruption laws to protect power rather than citizens

Johannes Kambai | 19 August 2026

Ketshogile chairs PDC despite legal demand

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 August 2026

Palapye CS threatens attorney over 'improper' letter

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 August 2026

SADC mission hails Zambia poll transparency

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 18 August 2026

Woman dies in Gaborone early Sunday crash

Pini Bothoko | 18 August 2026

Disabled man dies after Malatswai house fire

Pini Bothoko | 18 August 2026

Woman, 60s, suspect in Letlhakane 'murder'

Pini Bothoko | 18 August 2026

We won’t risk the beef industry – Gov't fires back

Director of Veterinary Services Dr Kobedi Segale has fired back at the country’s two largest feedlot operators, Primefast (Pty) Ltd and JS Beef (Pty) Ltd, saying their desperate bid to force government to ease FMD restrictions could expose the country to a fresh outbreak.

Gov’t races to complete 400km route to end FMD crisis

Botswana’s battered beef industry has been asked to hold on just a little longer as government races to complete the new 400-kilometre Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) containment zone.

Woman dies in Gaborone early Sunday crash

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, died on the spot after a Subaru Tribeca car she was travelling in lost control and crashed into a tree along Independence Avenue early Sunday.

I have no ill will against the DCEC - Salakae

Outgoing Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Noah Salakae, says he bears no ill will against the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), despite accusing the anti-corruption agency of subjecting him to what he described as state-sponsored corruption allegations.