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During President Festus Mogae’s ten­ure, Botswana joined the Extractive In­dustries Transparency Initiative (EITI) that sought to promote transparency among countries rich in minerals. The new rules regulate the provision of financial...

The ‘Freedom Fighter’, it was called during its prime features in Tony Scott’s famous flick, Top Gun that reminiscently had a number of F-5Es and F-5Fs in latex wash-off paint as the fictional MiG-28s battling against the US Navy F-14 Tomcats....

It is supplied by the Swedish military defence and civil security firm, Saab Grintek Defence. The company has reportedly been lured to Botswana by the country’s robust military spending. The BDF’s annual purchasing budget has inched...

The Chinese contractor at Morupule B Power Plant contemplates a new arrangement to propose to the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), to see to it that the two parties have working distance in their operations.   “I hold it that if we were to pay...

In a press release issued this week the ministry emphasised its intention to ban canned hunting, the practice in which large carnivores such as lions or other wildlife species are raised in captivity and hunted in small camps with no room for escape...

A senior source at the Plant Protection Division informed Mmegi that the herbicide which contains glyphosate, an active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, was still being widely used in Botswana for weeds control.  A few days ago Sri Lanka became...

Last year President Ian Khama made a promise to the nation that the power cuts would come to an end on July 31, 2013. Interestingly, from that period until December and early January 2014 the power situation had stabilised only for a while. During...

And, the key parties at Morupule B – the Botswana Power Corporation and Chinese contractor, CNEEC – are already sparring over culpability for the boiler-related faults that have caused widespread economic losses from prolonged load-shedding and...

The convict is suing for failure of his release from prison despite a report by the medical board that he was insane at the time the murder was committed.  The Special Presidential Detainee, Sergeant Batshani, was in August 2002 imprisoned for...

Dismissed employees have dragged the company to court over unpaid salaries and unfair dismissal. Employees were sent packing and others transferred to Motiganz Diamond Group. Insiders have argued that Erez Dalyot of D.D Manufacturing N.V,...

This controversial letter, which Mmegi is in possession of, has the police logo and is boldly written Confidential. It is also addressed to To Whom It May Concern and is signed by Kesetsenao Tshweeneetsile, the deputy director of the CID. The...

Hunting is such a strange issue that it can turn even the most logical people into purveyors of irrationality and make the most liberal intolerant. A study titled ‘An Interdisciplinary Approach to Inform Conservation Strategies for Threatened...

He keeps looking over the frame of his dark glasses and turning to look over his shoulder, as if looking out for someone. His image is that of a dog-tired young man in need of a fresh hair cut. His ‘When Metallica Ruled The World’...

Nineteen year-old Mompati has just completed his Form Three at Bokamoso Junior School and he performed fairly well. He lives in Gaborone's high-density neighbourhood of Bontleng with his older brother Phemelo, a varsity dropout who has no job...

The business relationship between the director general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Isaac Kgosi and former Debswana managing director, Blackie Marole appears to be much deeper than originally revealed. Mmegi...