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The Okavango Delta, one of Africa’s prime game areas, is surrounded by vast wildlife concessions. In addition to six Batswana, it has been disclosed that 31 head leases of concessions in total have been allocated to community trusts in the area. In...

The soon to be launched smart water prepaid metering programme is set to take about three years to be completed. The first 100 have already been installed in some parts of Gaborone. Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) CEO, Gaselemogwe Senai, told...

The case involves Moatlhodi, two others and a tree which produces mangoes. The mango fruit is considered to be a sacred fruit because Buddha himself is said to have meditated under the cool shade of a mango tree. But, there is a pending court case...

Hence the party said by installing Reuben Kaizer as their parliamentary candidate for the constituency, they aim to rain down hellfire on Keorapetse-who used to be their own. The incumbent MP was expelled from the BCP in 2022 after becoming a thorn...

These are not your typical spiders, which are predators of insects, but this is the battle of three men who share the same surname and are distantly related. Segokgo is a Setswana language name for spider and the trio Thulagano, Phenyo and Masego...

Keorapetse’s tough terrain aheadKeorapetse, who is currently an ordinary Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) member without any political home, will see competition from Manake and Reuben Kaizer of the BCP. Keorapetse was seen as a usurper and...

Securing 1,014 votes, Manake who was contesting her first ever election beat area veteran Opelo Makhandlela in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries. Makhandlela was previously BDP’s MP candidate in the area in the 2014 General Election and...

RAMOTSWA: At Baitlotli Junior Secondary School (JSS), the media thought they were entering an idyllic place with soft white sandy beaches. But, it was a war zone as they were greeted with a hostile storm of brooms from some brute election officers...

One day in 2021, the nation woke to a shocking black and white image of Reikeletseng placed under the Botswana Police’s ‘wanted person’ section. By then, Reikeletseng was already a far cry from the rocking, bubbly and assertive sports...

His loss in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries over the weekend proves that prioritising loyalty to leadership came at a hefty price. Moagi, who also doubles as Minister of Minerals and Energy, found himself caught between a rock and a...

About 20 years later, his party Marx Engels Lenin Stalin (MELS) has merged with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), but Joina is still a confident politician who guides, teaches and encourages whenever he stands before a crowd of people. Joina gained...

Saleshando, who has been extolling his party as the most organised when it comes to election preparation, told followers who had attended the BCP conference during Presidents’ Holidays that the opportunity has never presented itself like it has...

MAUN: For the residents here, Leleme la Metsi is vital and said to have great spiritual and medicinal powers. The floodwaters come through a dried river and it is called ‘Leleme’ (tongue) in Ngamiland. Travelling along the Boro River, Leleme la...

The BCP and the Labour Party’s relationship goes back decades and on Wednesday, the BCP president, Dumelang Saleshando, confirmed during a press brief that they have managed to maintain a relationship with the party, which had been in the...

State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng convened the All Party Conference recently and what also came out was fear that the BCP which contested the 2019 General Election under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) could get nothing because it...