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Who said Americans can’t copy or cannot learn from Africans? They were wrong. US President Donald Trump is a true example of how some Americans envy us Africans, and he is a copycat of our very own Lieutenant General Dr Ian Khama. When he was...

“We can confirm that the BDF has bridging capabilities and is currently working in collaboration with the Department of Roads to assist them in laying their Acrow Panel bridge across the Nnywane River at the recently damaged Lobatse/Otse...

Stephen Makuke, who has worked as BR’s director of business development, takes over with immediate effect and in his company is a fresh board of directors, following the recent axing of the old. Yesterday, authoritative sources told Mmegi that...

The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Eric Molale said that the Assets Bill will be given focus in Parliament next year, when presenting his budget for the 2017/2018 Financial Year. “It is anticipated that the...

His abrupt departure comes with just over a month left to the end of his contract. Unless something happens by the weekend, Mmegi has learnt that Ntwaagae will not be reporting for duty on Monday. It has emerged that tensions between the CEO and...

This follows the heavy rainfall that has covered many parts of the country. A statement from the ministry says that travellers at Pont Drift are using cable cars to cross but the water level is very high.  Meanwhile, the National Disaster...

When he took the podium in Parliament chamber last Wednesday, his body language made it easy to predict what he was going to say about his arch-rival, President Ian Khama. Khama’s demeanour during the presentation of this year’s SONA was that of...

He knew a huge number of his friends back home, in the State of Michigan who had vowed not to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Miller is neither worried at the language that was used during the campaign because it is all in the past, as it did in...

The African history is littered with examples of leaders who had no respect for human rights, rule of law, and the international community.  Since the winds of change that swept through Africa in the 1960s, when many African states got their...

The petition is meant to sensitise the President on the current state of affairs in relation to the closure of BCL and Tati Nickel mines, which have left at least 6,000 mine workers jobless. “Yes, we will be handing over the petition at Notwane...

The Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi is a big dreamer, and brave one at that, which she should be applauded for.  She has attempted her luck at what many Batswana would not have thought possible – leading...

The chairmanship changeover at SADC is traditionally brief and marked by humour. The outgoing chair hands his successor the ceremonial gavel and block as well as the chairman’s badge, shortly after delivering his farewell address. Last August,...

The two companies entered into an agreement last year for Bophose to provide financial services for BTU members; identify insurance opportunities for BTU members as well as for the Union. Bophose (PTY) Ltd has cited More Power (PTY) Ltd and BTU as...

It has been a month since the British voted on a referendum to exit the EU, a bloc that has been in existence since the early 1970s, established just 25 years after the end of World War II. The debate about Britain exiting the EU has dominated the...

The last time the long-running Zimbabwe crisis came up as an agenda item before SADC was in 2013 when the troubled nation held a highly disputed election, which Mugabe “coasted” to victory in. Voters’ roll irregularities, intimidation by state...