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By last Friday, hundreds of first year students were in limbo as they were told they would not resume classes this month as earlier communicated. Moreover, there was uncertainty as to whether government was footing their tuition and related costs....

Moreover, he says the tools downing has minimal impact on security because law enforcement agencies, being the police and immigration departments continue to provide services uninterrupted. When responding to an urgent question fielded by Ndaba...

Health has engaged 990, followed by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development with 302 serving expatriate officers. This is out of a total public service establishment of 108, 784. The Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public...

The situation is also reported to impact negatively on national productivity and effectiveness of the public and private sector organisations because dealing with sick employees is ambiguous. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and...

Worst still, he decried that the gender context in Botswana was such that women were reduced to objects whose being and existence were heavily under patriarchal rule. While blaming socialisation, the human rights lawyer did not spare his own...

Attendants of the world congress of the Education International (EI) recently report that its general secretary Fred van Leeuwen has condemned the categorisation of teachers as essential service against the International Labour Organisation framework...

After a ‘walkout’ from a meeting scheduled between unions and the education ministry yesterday morning, where the two issues were to take centre stage, Botswana Sector of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) leadership...

ATN executive director, Dr Bontle Mbongwe said the repercussions of tobacco use pose a serious threat to the national health, affect productivity in addition to bulging the health bill. As a result, she said a strong political leadership is needed to...

Parliament heard yesterday when the Defence,Justice and Security minister Shaw Kgathi responded to a question from Gabane-Mmankgodi MP, Pius Mokgware. Mokgware had inquired about the number of BDF members on interdiction and reasons for this act....

The SRC is demanding that the matter be resolved by end of this week. The student leaders say the problem has resulted in about 1,429 learners accommodated on-campus for the just ended semester getting paid allowances equivalent to those who reside...

Legislators who took to the floor in support of the Bill, said lack of research had crippled the sector - which prior to independence and thereafter - contributed to about 80 percent of the GDP down to just two percent presently. Former education...

The disabled man cannot stomach the ‘mini conference’ being held to determine whether he should be sold condoms or not. Embarrassed, he walks away without his much needed commodity. What could have transpired after he fails to get the protection...

An upbeat Siele was yesterday unveiled as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) advocacy champion. After the launch, Siele told Mmegi said his focus would be fighting teenage pregnancies and absent fathers since ‘these are depressing...

Interestingly, they were joined in their declaration by Botswana Congress Party (BCP) parliamentarian, Bagalatia Arone of Okavango. “From now onward we are going to work as a collective. After party caucuses, we will have a joint opposition caucus...

The civil organisation says most Africans are obsessed with identifying those thought different from themselves in a process that is likely to reinforce domination or subordination. This, in turn, has contributed greatly to intolerance. In an...