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  • Khama likens self-imposed 'exile' to parents'

    Addressing Bagammangwato on Saturday, Khama said he stayed in exile for three years with his parents, who were sent away by colonial authorities shortly after his birth in the United Kingdom. “It's just like when I was born. I was born in...

  • Kgafela ousts Ramono

    Kgafela has been accusing Ramono of insubordination and failure to work well with others, Mmegi has learnt. The expulsion was confirmed to this publication by Kgafela's spokesperson, Letlotsa Phalafala. "I can confirm with certainty of the sun...

  • Kaboeamodimo fancies 'lion's den' Goodhope-Mmathethe

    Kaboeamodimo is former president Ian Khama’s trusted right-hand man who is also CEO of the SKI Khama Foundation. He was over the weekend launched as the BPF candidate ahead of the October 30 slated polls in rather underwhelming circumstances....

  • Unions take Kanye SDA to task over 33 expelled workers

    The unions have described the dismissals as hasty, unwarranted, and unjustified, labelling them as a senseless attempt to resolve a long-standing dispute over unpaid salaries. The matter could escalate to the Industrial Court as the unions which had...

  • BONU demands closure of Lesirane Maternity Wing

    In a letter addressed to the Greater Gaborone District Health Management Team (DHMT) Coordinator, the union demands the temporary closure of the clinic until adequate staffing and equipment are provided, warning of legal action if the situation is...

  • BPF returns to war with itself

    While some party leaders and members expressed displeasure after their president, Mephato Reatile, announced that he had used his powers to pull out the party from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) earlier this year, the members have now...

  • BPF to punish Serowe primaries delinquents

    The BPF held primary elections in a number of places in the Central District a fortnight ago including the hotly contested three Serowe constituencies. Only one parliamentary candidate was declared a winner: Baratiwa Mathoothe of Serowe North owing...

  • UDC finally presses play button

    The coalition will go into the October billed polls seeking nothing but victory under the stewardship of Duma Boko. For the first time, an opposition party candidate is confident enough to target only the State House. The UDC had initially planned to...

  • Presidency succumbs to national pressure

    In a rather interesting turn of events, the national leadership have decided to listen to the people. While the presidency has ignored comments by those querying the constitutional review process, the State Presidency Minister Kabo Morwaeng could not...

  • BPF members threaten court action over UDC stance

    The conflict has been brought to light through a letter addressed to the BPF's secretary-general, Lawrence Ookeditse, by Segadimo Legal Practice on behalf of their clients: Boatametse Nthobogang, Mmapula Tsholofelo Amos, Thabiso Tendani, and...

  • Proposed presidential benefits stir public outrage

    The same will also apply to the former vice president and their spouse and children. President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who has since expressed regret at conferring former president Ian Khama with additional retirement benefits, could face a revolt from...

  • Kgosi appeals against Pule’s Bulela Ditswe triumph

    Kgosi has served Tsholetsa House with a letter in which he raised an array of concerns regarding the recent BDP primary elections that took place in the constituency. The Assistant Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Mabuse Pule won...

  • Rigging allegations rock BPF elections

    The Monitor learnt that in Motetshwane Ward in the Serowe North constituency, while there were 601 voters on the roll, the total number of votes for council candidates was more than 800. The votes for the Parliamentary candidate were, however, not...

  • Impressive primary election turnout boosts BPF morale

    Confidence shot up after the party held its primary elections over the weekend and multitudes turned up to cast their votes. As expected, Serowe constituencies proved to have more BPF members than any other area as they came in large numbers and...

  • How Pule survived a ‘coup’

    Pule garnered 1, 472 followed by Lucas Kgosi’s 1, 363 votes and Pakiso Pule got a paltry 127 votes. Just before the elections were postponed to the following day owing to delay with voters’ rolls production, Pule and Kgosi met where the minister...

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