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“The problem is not handcuffs, charges or arrest, the problem is poison. Remember, they tried to assassinate me in 2019 when I left the BDP and even attempted to poison my food,” he told BPF members here virtually on Sunday.Khama recently...

The takeover of some constituencies by the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2019 can be described by some as ‘ice cold’ with an emoji emphasis. Like Polaris over the North Pole, the BPF remains fixed on...

“Ga re ise re mmone yo o tshwanang nae (We haven’t seen anyone like him),” the BPF members referred to Khama as they sang here on Saturday following a star rally. The BPF has left the opposition coalition seeking a PACT model and some of its...

Recently, party president Dumelang Saleshando even compared Chobe to the biblical parable of the ‘lost sheep’. After the Delimitation Commission increased the number of North West constituencies from five to seven, it means that besides Chobe the...

When handing over the 99,900th plot in Mochudi in Friday, he said when they set a target of 100,000 plot allocations in 2022 they decided to fast-track and develop every stage from environmental assessment to conveying.“What we did as a department...

Tshabang is one of the four legislators who defied the BCP and chose the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) ahead of his own party when the BCP quit the coalition in 2022. Tshabang was expelled from the party alongside three other BCP MPs for...

Lighting up the printed copy of the draft bill before BCP members in Kasane last Saturday, Saleshando said he wanted to show the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators and President Mokgweetsi Masisi that the draft bill is a scam. State...

Motshegwa was set to contest for the Gaborone Bonnington South constituency Member of Parliament (MP) seat again but when the Alliance for Progressives (AP) joined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) last year, it meant that the veteran trade...

BA ISAGO University president, Dr Ruramayi Tadu, announced during a recent meet and greet with the media that they will be the first institution in the country to be offer GBV programmes. Tadu said in the near future the University will be...

The Alliance for Progressives (AP), whose party joined the opposition coalition last year, was quick to tell the crowd at Molapo Piazza that the country’s economy deserves a proper revamp after decades on the sidelines. An economist by profession,...

During Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe’s launch on Saturday at Molapo Piazza Mmolotsi once again took the chance to emphasise that the proposed new law is ‘satanic’ and ‘devilish’.In the draft Constitution...

State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng presented the draft bill for a second reading this week, but most opposition MPs have rejected the bill indicating that it doesn’t reflect Batswana’s views and is rather meant to target individuals.In the...

The proposed dispensation, which is backed by legislators from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), is said to be focused on increasing representation of women, youth and people living with disability.When presenting the Constitution...

Currently, Parliament does not have the power to remove a sitting MP from office.State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng presented the Constitution (amendment) bill, 2024 for a second reading this week, and in the draft bill, there is a proposal to...

Madibela Tlhopho leader, Michael Keakopa told the media on Friday that the coalition doesn’t have the same access to funding compared to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).The UDC is made up of made up of the Botswana National Front (BNF),...