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Having been part of the team that joined the leadership of the federation post the 2011 public sector trade unions dubbed the mother of all strikes, Rari, a teacher by training, feels he has played his part in establishing a federation of...

MmegiOnline has seen some of the lists which seemingly favour the National Amalgamated, Central, Local and Parastatal Manual Workers Union (NACLPMWU) commonly known as Manual Workers Union.The list of interested office bearers is expected to swell as...

When President Mokgweetsi Masisi used powers vested in him to choose Tsogwane as his VP in 2018 after taking over the reins of power from his predecessor, Ian Khama, Tsogwane was like a man thrown at the bitter end. He had started on the wrong...

The BPF has not known peace for the longest time now and its two centres of power now threaten to tear the party asunder if not well managed in their attempts to cement the control of the party.Lately, the BPF has been managed from the courtrooms and...

The party’s incessant in-and-out of court escapades speak to an organisation that cannot manage its challenges in-house and at worst, prefers to wash its dirty linen in public.Even if former president Biggie Butale was an unwanted man in the party,...

And across the political divide, Palapye has a sad history associated with the major break up of the Botswana National Front (BNF) that birthed the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) in 1998 just ahead of the 1999 General Election. Just recently, history...

Somewhere in the 1970s and 1980s, Botswana’s network of roads was not widely bituminised and to some extent, risky to travel by buses making the train the most convenient and safer mode of transport.Our buses on the national roads were the likes of...

With intelligence information filtering in, we knew it was only a matter of time before they pounced on us. They were hell-bent on hitting on us, to send a clear message to the industry and perhaps, cow us into submission.There has been outrage at...

Thaga uses songs to win public attention and generally appeals to a large number of people as music and politics are often interconnected. It is common that politicians and singers craft pertinent lyrics to drive home their targeted political...

An affiliate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the BNF was founded in 1965 driven by the conviction of providing an alternative government to the late Sir Seretse Khama-led government of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).The BNF...

“We transform them into courageous warriors, ready to battle and conquer the forces of the evil disease. They’re suddenly heroes.Fighters. It can feel odd to them because just a bit ago, they were everyday humans, sometimes brave, sometimes...

Up to now, the BDP cannot easily come to terms with its poor performance in the past 17 ward by-elections whereupon the marauding opposition led by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) won 13 wards whilst the ruling party won only four. Now, with...

Effective June 1, 2023, the former Botswana National Front (BNF) publicity secretary has been roped in at BOSETU as services membership manager, a position tenable in Gaborone.His brief is to deal directly with teacher welfare issues. The employer...

For the man of God-cum politician-cum-lawyer, Butale says he has been juggling between his interests with ease without any of his interests suffering.He is not even shy to explicate that it is his leadership prowess that will continue helping him...

This was indeed a loaded statement that unfortunately, Katlholo never had a jiffy to break down so that he could be duly comprehended as that would somehow determine his future at the corruption busting agency.But the tone of his message was simply...