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On the other hand, the BCP was left shocked and disappointed recently when AP walked away from their months long cooperation talks citing trust issues amongst others.The duo were also in talks with Botswana Labour Party (BLP) but it was only the AP...

The development led to Alliance for Progressives (AP) deserting cooperation talks with Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana Labour Party (BLP) to seek an alternate one with Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).The constituencies which left the...

The AP has been engaged in the process of negotiations with the BCP and the Botswana Labour Party (BLP) since September 2022. The intention was to conclude the talks within 10 weeks but there was a deadlock on seven constituencies. The deadlock...

The AP says they strongly believe that the BCP was attempting to infiltrate the party and ultimately break it up. Speaking at a media conference on Saturday, AP secretary-general, Phenyo Butale, said the BCP wanted to break them apart with the help...

There is a long history of vice presidents in the UDC since 2012 and recently there has been reports that the UDC leadership is toying with the idea of dropping the VP position as the coalition seeks to revise its constitution.The UDC’s current...

The BCP says it prefers to contest the upcoming 2024 General Election in cooperation with other parties but not under the UDC in its current form. Technically BCP is still under the UDC, an arrangement they say will collapse once Parliament dissolves...

Kweneng Land Board has revealed that cases of fake land certificates are prevalent in Land Boards which are nearer to the capital city, Gaborone.The cases involve the old Customary Land Grant certificate.Kweneng Land Board chairperson Kgang Kgang...

According to the Kweneng Land Board chairperson Kgang Kgang, involved parties include councillors, judges, lawyers, former Land Board employees, Board members, and high-ranking members in the military.In 2019, the Mogoditshane Sub-Land Board...

The BCP which is still a member of opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) started 2024 General Election cooperation talks with AP last year only to be later joined by Botswana National Party (BNF) splinter party BLP.BCP is unhappy...

Tshwaane was employed as a supplies officer in the Ministry of Basic Education and Skills Development and stationed at one of the schools and his employment contract was terminated by his desertion from work. When he received a letter that the...

Maxala who allegedly murdered his assailant Thuso Mlalazi gangster-style in 2015, had been heading for the gallows since 2021 when the High Court sentenced him to death.Now Maxala will get 30 years in prison instead because the CoA believes that what...

Making the damning allegations before the Speaker of the National Assembly, Phandu Skelemani in Parliament on Wednesday, Moswaane claimed that people are planning to kill him.“I begged this before you and the president yesterday. I have received...

This week Minister of Education and Skills Development (MOESD) Douglas Letsholathebe admitted that it has not been easy to establish the exact amount owed to government due to initial shortcomings of the manual sponsorship process employed for the...

The couple was suing the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and Botswana Police Service (BPS) for (Tsholofelo) Bareetsi’s unlawful arrest and detention in June last year.Delivering the judgment on the matter on Thursday, Lobatse High...

In 2021 Justice Lot Moroka of the Francistown High Court sentenced Mojanki to death for murdering Bokani, who was a former nurse at the Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital.On Tuesday Mojanki appeared before the Court of Appeal (CoA) where his attorney,...