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The floods of 1999/2000 covered vast areas of the country and are still regarded as the worst in Botswana’s history. However, the bittersweet forecast follows the record dry spell suffered in the 2015/2016 season, which left nearly one million...

A total of 7205 participated in the study in which 33% of them have admitted to having lost virginity before age 13.  It was conducted from February to April 2015. The study, undertaken every five years in partnership with the US government through...

A number of external partners, as well as the two local private hospitals are owed an undisclosed amount of monies for rendering specialised services such as complicated oncology procedures and paediatric morphology (renal diseases) and children...

The union delivered a 36-point petition to UB Council chair, Parks Tafa, listing grievances and complaints against the local institution’s principal head. UBASSSU demanded that Tafa set up a Committee of Inquiry to investigate a broad range of...

The programme, which started as a pilot project in six schools in the Kgalagadi region, has thus far been rolled out to 382 primary schools, with 535 teachers offering reception classes. The initiative is implemented under the Education and Training...

The Back-To-School Programme was rolled out three years ago following the record low results of the 2012 national exams. Then Minister of Education and Skills Development, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi introduced the initiative to give young people a second...

The study, which started in July, targets a maximum of 300 women aged between 18-40 among whom the HIV incidence is leading in sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to glaring disproportions among their male counterparts. For instance, HIV incidence among...

At the heart of this social movement, which launched Friday at Phakalane Golf Estate, is a quest for equity in the education sector through ensuring that all pupils have school shoes, in order for learning to happen in a dignified fashion. Masisi...

The university recently partnered with South Africa’s leading education provider, Curro Holdings in a move that BA ISAGO shareholders say will tap into the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company’s expertise as well as bring the local...

He was presenting his Ministry’s proposals for the National Development Plan 11. “The effect of this scaling down will result in a transfer of costs relating to welfare, health and education of refugees to the Botswana government,” he said. ...

Two weeks ago, the Competition Authority issued a merger notice on the proposed acquisition. “The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of 50% of the shares in BA ISAGO University (Pty) Ltd by Wenge...

The deaths, as explained by KCS, are a manifestation of prolonged dry-spells and also the rise in human-wildlife conflict. The environmental non- governmental organisation, formed in recognition of the pressures on Botswana’s wildlife and the...

He told the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and Public Enterprises this week that the double role  Tafa plays for the institution is ‘perceived’ conflict of interest. He said the University has done its best to ensure Tafa’s...

DAR ES SALAAM:  Though most of the (not even a handful) people I conversed with in the former Tanzanian capital were happy to exchange pleasantries, they were not much into chatting about the weather. My interaction with the legendary Africanist...

Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and Public Enterprises yesterday, UB vice-chancellor, Professor Thabo Fako painted a gloomy picture saying the country’s top tertiary education institution needed at least P1 billion...