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The dramatic turn of events, a first in the history of the National Assembly, followed a heated encounter over the electricity and water situation motion. The bone of contention was the refusal by the deputy speaker Kagiso Molatlhegi’s  to grant...

As public transport increasingly becomes a nightmare in the capital, characterised by congestion and daunting delays, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has engaged an international advisory urban transport consultancy firm - CPCS, in a...

Government has approved a six percent adjustment of minimum wage for the 2015-2016 financial period across all sectors. A majority of the industries have seen an insignificant P0.29 increment from a P4.86 basic minimum rate to P5.15 per hour.  This...

Government has short and long-term repair plans for the troubled power plant, which will take between 10 months and three years respectively. It is expected that by 2019, together with other developments, the country will be self sufficient in...

Dikgosi agreed with the mover of the motion, Kgosi Maruje Masunga of Masunga that with low Kgotla turnouts due to work commitment, this media could help revive the communication process that used to flow in rural communities. Moreover, the fact that...

The SADC executive secretary, Dr Stergomena Lawrence-Tax remarked yesterday that, though local governments are seen as critical players in implementation and achievement of the SADC Development Goals (SDG), this happens albeit at a snail’s...

A child protection specialist with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),  Ben Semommung said this during a media briefing to mark The Day of the African Child yesterday.  The day was commemorated under the theme, ‘25 Years After The...

The startling disclosures came as Botswana marked World Blood Donor Day on Sunday with the message that a great need for blood still exists to cater for delivering mothers and women suffering from cervical cancer. Medical practitioners at the...

At present, policymakers and investors in tourism rely mostly on external sources of data for the domestic tourism sector, due to the complex statistical challenge the industry has historically faced. As a consequence, it is presently unclear how...

“A lot of people died in my hands and in my sight,” says the man who gave up his lucrative Cape Town job to go and take Ebola by the horns in the West African region. “I remember during my last shift, a three-year-old came into one of the...

  Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) Acting chief executive officer, Patrick Molutsi said this at the launch of BA ISAGO University yesterday.  HDRC has been charged with developing the human resource capital for the country’s...

Some of the interventions meant to combat the matter were condemned for exacerbating unemployment, particularly among the youth demographics. Selebi-Phikwe West legislator, Keorapetse Dithapelo said this yesterday during the Ministry of Finance and...

The legislation, which will be deliberated in the forthcoming winter Parliament, will establish the Botswana Teaching Council (BOTECO), to regulate the teaching profession in its entirety; tackle indiscipline and ensure stakeholders uphold high...

Speaking during the national teachers day celebrations at Molepolole Sports Complex on Friday, the Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) Unity Dow stated that currently there are 16,000 houses for both primary and secondary school...

Education minister Unity Dow said that the ETSSP was born from ‘a comprehensive situational analysis in 2012,’ which diagnosed deficiencies in the entire education sector. Dow said the study focused on low academic performance at all levels,...