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This approach, Moeti said, could improve the quality of health care rendered to these populations, since they are hard to reach through conventional healthcare means. However, she said effective collaborations with civil society organisations that...

Chinese Ambassador to Botswana, Zhao Yanbo said the big issue was the quality issue concerning certain Chinese contracted  projects, which arose a few years ago for various reasons.  He was speaking at the China’s 68th National Day Celebration on...

For years, there has not been a platform for the two to legally engage since the 2009 court ruling, which pronounced marking and invigilation as non-teaching duties thereby requiring that unions, representing their members negotiate on fee structures...

The Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Examinations (BGCSE) start next week, with learners pursuing Statistics forced to sit for the exam because by virtue of being an international examination, written by other countries, the Botswana...

Botswana Accountancy College (BAC) students from both the Gaborone and Francistown campuses have been erroneously receiving book allowances into their accounts. The students have since sought the intervention of the Botswana National Union of...

This has manifested in communities not gaining much from higher learning institutions whose role, besides human resources development, is practical knowledge generation with utility to the society.  Deputy vice chancellor for academic affairs and...

It has emerged that UB is struggling financially and cannot maintain equipment nor train staff. Madigele told Mmegi in an interview on the backdrop of his recent visit to the institution where management pleaded with the government for an increase...

This follows students’ unruly behaviour on Sunday night, allegedly ignited by two male students who trespassed into the girls hostel to ‘hang out’ with their girlfriends, sources say. Goodhope councillor Ogopotse Modibedi who stays about 50...

In their recent push to stop the development, the residents, through their lawyer, Batlhalefi Moeletsi of Moeletsi Attorneys, wrote to government demanding that the expansion of the boundary fence be stopped with immediate effect. Residents insisted...

These supplemented food items such as milk and bread, which were introduced in addition to foods such as beans and soft porridge which learners have been consuming historically. Though the new development was planned for 2018/2019 financial year to...

The audit represents the Department’s last hopes, as its other attempts have been foiled by the absence of information on beneficiaries and the institution’s lack of legal grounds to pursue payment or prosecution of culprits. DTEF director,...

He added even parents who come from places closer to the capital opt to have their children enrolled in Mogoditshane JSS, and others nearer Gaborone. “Their reasoning is that it is most convenient for them to check on learners when they are here...

The ministry said it has always been concerned with reckless and indiscriminate clinical waste disposal regardless of where it is produced. Spokesperson in the ministry, Wada Motsamai advised that the pupils be taken to the nearest health facility...

The students and ministry officials were due to have left for Lesotho yesterday for a Maths, Science and Technology Fair. “The students have not departed to Lesotho because the Fair has been called off by the organising committee in view of the...

The settlement allowed for creation of substantive posts of responsibility for French, Physical Education, Music and Moral Education. Mmegi is reliably informed that one of the pioneers of the said subjects who has been coordinating since 2008, but...