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On Friday, BOPEU declared strike action following the collapse of the mediation talks between the union and the Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) before the Commissioner of Labour. BOPEU president Andrew Motsamai told The Monitor that strike...

From the onset it was a popularity test for Masisi, who following the October general elections, sent shockwaves when he was appointed to the number two position of the land. The Moshupa/Manyana MP had prior to the most contested elective congress,...

Though sailing through to beat five other candidates, Masisi failed to get the backing of President Ian Khama’s brother and minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tshekedi Khama, who endorsed Tebelelo Seretse. Also snubbing Masisi was the...

The number of visitors to Botswana has over the years surpassed the country’s population. The visitors, mostly on short stay, come from over ten countries in the Americas, over 21 European countries, and from all over Africa and Asia. Botswana has...

Her movie star looks once earned her a movie role in Botswana’s first ever Hollywood production, the No.1 Lady’s Detective Agency movie, otherwise known as Mmaramotswe. She still remembers vividly how she spent days with the likes of Idris Elba...

The selfie immediately got hundreds on social media wondering whether this could be the Vice president or someone fiddling with his photos using modern computer technology. In one of his video clips VP Masisi appeals to the followers who took selfies...

In a statement released on Friday, CEO Lorato Morapedi said that despite the expected loss, the bank registered growth in interest income, assets and advances. According to Morapedi, interest income increased by eight percent from P202 million in...

The five names of the teachers marked for death are written on the entrance of the boys’ public toilets and the late teacher’s name has already been crossed out, an incident that has left both students and teachers at the school  horrified. On ...

She claims the marriage was arranged  in the backdrop of  a turbulent time at Culture Spears, a time that needed her    to fight the emerging dominance of one family in the group; but that fire was doused when she became a wife who was...

Other paraphernalia included sewing needles,  threads and beads, crushed eggshells crushers and cutters and weaving material. It was a gathering of 20 of the best Basarwa and Hambukushu craftswomen taken from three of the 16 settlements of Basarwa,...

Other paraphernalia included sewing needles,  threads and beads, crushed eggshells crushers and cutters and weaving material. It was a gathering of 20 of the best Basarwa and Hambukushu craftswomen taken from three of the 16 settlements of Basarwa,...

Kabelo Mogwe is not only crying for a stolen wife. Charma Gal has disappeared with their famed Ekentolo brand, and their latest release, “Sekuta saga” Charma Gal, which is being solely distributed by  Charma Gal. Despite singing sweet things...

From the traditional London Missionary Society (LMS) days when it was known as the church for hymns sung from the hymn book dubbed Difela tsa Lontone (LMS Hymns), the UCCSA has taken an about turn in recent times, much to the chagrin of its...

The Moruleng Cultural Precinct is a 21st century museum space that celebrates the cultural history of the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela. It is part of a wider plan by Kgosi Nyalala Pilane to make Moruleng the first post apartheid city in South Africa. The ...

Oathotse clinched the 2015 men’s title flawlessly as he went through all his nine games unbeaten on his way to collecting his P9,000 cash prize. Oathotse, who entered  the national chess finals as the highest rated player in the absence of...