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Responding to a question in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi recently, assistant minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Setlhabelo Modukanele said the Ministry of Trade and Industry will consult with the relevant stakeholders being manufacturers and...

Forget about Generation Z, most millennials and those who came before would remember images of off road vehicles charging through the Kweneng district conquering rough, unforgiving terrain, the gruelling track in former host villages like...

The two are allegedly behind the fire that swept through one of the spectators' designated parking lots burning dozens of vehicles beyond recognition, just as the event was about to wrap up. Jwaneng Police Station commander, Superintendent Thuso...

The fire allegedly broke out when flames from a street vendor’s stove burnt the grass only to torch the nearest car which ended up causing endless destruction.The fire had swept through the spectators' designated parking with dozens of vehicles...

The previous Desert race event was held in Selebi-Phikwe in 2019 with the last Jwaneng one held back in 2018. The Desert Race is one of the biggest events in the Botswana calendar attracting an estimated crowd of about 100,000 people.The music event...

It is infuriating for some that to this day, the Kweneng Land Board still grapples with issues of land. Currently, there is manifestation of corruption at the Land Board and it has at times raised doubts about the leaders’ effective ways of...

Death trap statsA few weeks back, an accident claimed 22 lives along the A3 road just near Marapong village. A sprinter heading to Maun from Francistown collided with a truck that was going in the opposite direction. The accident comes just less than...

Although the suspension was stayed by the High Court four days later, there are reports that Butale’s downfall had long been planned the moment Reatile took up the VP position.It is said that Reatile’s sudden takeover as ‘acting president’...

The way Butale falls and dusts himself off again is something of a marvel as he has become the party’s comeback kid in the many ways he overcomes bad publicity and rebounds to victory.But in all the rebounds Butale, a lawyer by profession, has...

Butale has cited Khama in an urgent application before the High Court seeking to overturn his suspension. This comes shortly after Khama hinted at a BPF rally that he does not get along with Butale because he has taken him to court in the past....

Butale was suspended for 90 days on Monday and he filed an urgent application Wednesday before Lobatse High Court to overturn his suspension among others.The matter will be decided today. The NEC members backing Butale include suspended secretary for...

Speaking to BPF members virtually during a party rally in Serowe last weekend, Khama said Butale goes around telling people that they have buried the hatchet. Since Butale took back the BPF presidency after one year of suspension, he and Khama have...

MaGaborone, as some of the upper class citizens of Gaborone are called, thronged the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC) to dance the night out to all their '70s and '80s favourite hits. It is never a dull moment to listen to some...

After hosting a Leadership Forum in Palapye last weekend, the BCP is looking forward to salvaging something from what is left with their partners Botswana Labour Party (BLP) and the AP faction led by former Mogoditshane legislator Sedirwa Kgoroba....

This comes after the party lost some of its councillors to the UDC recently. The BCP, a coalition affiliate, fell out with its parent body last year over governance issues and has now made it clear that it will not contest next year’s General...