Mmegi: In your honest view, in so far as the rule of law is concerned, how would you describe the state of affairs under the presidency of Mokgweetsi Masisi?Mfundisi: The present government under President Masisi, like its predecessors, has not fully...
In the past, bitter factionalism was so embedded in the party such that it was almost part and parcel of the BDP landscape.But, it was the fortunes of the party that were hardest hit as they continued to dwindle to all time lows in the...
Reports suggest that Boko and Saleshando have not been on talking terms for the longest time. These are the men who ahead of the 2019 General Election, walked side-by-side.The opposition strongmen’s supporters have been throwing barbed wires at...
Mmegi: The public is waiting with bated breath for our Head of State to explain in detail the source of differences between him (President Masisi) and his predecessor, former president Ian Khama. Can the President please give a hint of what could...
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...