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Emerging from a weekend of political events in Palapye where Boko asserted himself as the UDC president and slapped his deputy Dumelang Saleshando who is also BCP president and secretary-general, Goretetse Kekgonegile with suspension for their...

The story of the mood inside the BCP as told by its information and publicity secretary, Mpho Pheko is that the party is focused on its political business, as the road to the 2024 general election is slowly getting clearer.The rank and file is...

There has been hullaballoo in the BCP after the party leadership raised red flags that the leadership of the UDC under president Duma Boko is characterised by unilateralism and disquieting issues of poor governance was not what the doctor had...

Tshireletso is an indefatigable fighter whose appetite for contest for political positions rewarded her handsomely in the past. During her tenure at the helm of the BDP Women’s Wing, she stewarded the party’s powerful organ by numbers, to the...

The future of what is commonly dubbed the people’s project to some extent lies in the hands of its top leadership as they meet to make crucial decisions as an endeavour to save the shaky political project.UDC chairperson, Motlatsi Molapise...

Now, it seems this sad historical event is beset to spoil future dealings between the BNF and its offshoot, the BCP. Will the hoodoo of opposition recur in Palapye as it did in 1998? That is the question in the minds of many as the Palapye meeting...

After decades of struggling with low paid cadres at the salary scale of A3, the government has agreed to the demands of the union to elevate the salaries to a minimum of P2,500. The lowest-paid member of the union has been going home with a measly...

This is seemingly one of the biggest turf wars in the land by two powerful security organs, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) supervised by the Office of the President (OP)....

He beat his more fancied competition to a political game he says required tact. He won the Moselewapula by-election convincingly under the banner of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) by garnering 317 votes followed by Botswana Democratic...

Officially, Katlholo whose office was sealed off by the DIS investigators Tuesday afternoon in his absence follows allegations that he has killed all efforts by his staff to investigate former president Ian Khama and his ally Isaac Kgosi, formerly...

Office of one DCEC staff officers was also sealed off as part of the investigations.Mmegi has gathered that the raid is in relation to the ongoing investigations on missing ‘arms of war’.Insiders have revealed to Mmegi that, “at the centre of...

After wider consultations with stakeholders and promising to bring to Parliament a new piece of legislation regulating media workers, there have been delays on the side of government to deliver on its promises. Before the last session of Parliament,...

CEEP is a concept that targets citizens and accords them an opportunity to access and derive advantage from the national economy.Tsimako told a press conference at the President Hotel yesterday (Tuesday) that whilst CEEP on paper seems good, it had...

BMWU president, Joseph Tsimako told a press conference at the President Hotel today that the trade union has witnessed its fortunes dwindling to worrying levels. A drop in the union’s membership meant a drop in the finances of the union.Tsimako...

From this week’s bare-knuckled interview with the fourth and longest-serving (2010-2022) BCP president, Saleshando, so far, to them the BCP story will not be shocking should they choose to bolt out of the tri-party coalition arrangement at a...