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At issue is the housing allowance, which was paid to some judges who stay in official residences though it is only meant for judges without such residences. According to a recent advertisement by the Administration of Justice, housing allowance for...

In a letter dated August 11, 2015, Malikongwa informs Raletsatsi that; “By my letter dated 11 July 2015, you were informed that the National Executive Committee of the Botswana National Youth Council was being dissolved with immediate effect and...

Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) says it will today meet its campaign team at Goodhope/Mabule constituency ahead of the weekend by-election. BOFEPUSU deputy secretary general, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa yesterday told a media...

Amongst the passed bills were the Insurance Industry Bill 2014 and Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill 2015. According to Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, the object of the bill was to re-enact...

Olopeng and Guma are currently fighting off allegations of bribery and corrupt dealings by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). In his answering affidavit before the Village Magistrate court, Olopeng who is also an MP for Tonota...

The BDP secretary general Botsalo Ntuane admitted that the party is broke, but that the treasury has been asked to find funds to host the special congress.  The BDP had spent nearly P36 million for the October 2014 general elections campaigns and...

An audiotape ostensibly exposing conspiratorial discussions between suspended Botswana Congress Party (BCP) members and Botswana Democratic Party seniors has emerged, even as both parties take evasive action over the affair. The BCP last week...

Addressing the media yesterday, president of the BCPYL Tumiso Rakgare said that the time has come for opposition parties to set aside their differences and work towards liberating Batswana, and therefore the league was in full support of the party...

On Friday the union met with the BURS management to identify ways and means of reaching a common understanding in view of ending the industrial action. The BOPEU secretary general Topias Marenga confirmed the Friday meeting. “The meeting was to...

In a lengthy answering affidavit deposed by JSC secretary, Michael Motlhabi signed two days ago, the provisions of the Constitution further buttress this interpretation. This case concerns the reviewability of Khama’s decision not to appoint...

Khama declined to appoint Motumise to become a judge and instead Zane Kebonang was made acting judge in his place following the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) and Motumise challenging the President’s act. Subsequent to Khama rejecting the...

The BCP spokesperson Dithapelo Keorapetse confirmed the suspension of key members of the troublesome ‘Ditimamolelo’ factions last night.  “The executive committee of Botswana Congress Party has at its meeting of 30th July 2015 taken a...

BOPEU secretary general Topias Marenga was responding to a charge of breach of strike rules levelled against them by BURS management.   He said the union officials were at the headquarters’ assembly point on Friday the whole day and never...

More than 1,000 members of Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) last week embarked on an industrial action against BURS following a protracted battle over salary increment. Yesterday morning Mmegi team visited Tlokweng and Ramatlabama border...

In a letter dated July 24, 2015 to all general managers and customs manage, the Commissioner of Customs and Excise Phodiso Valashia owns up to the fact that they were expecting delays at all of Botswana’s ports of entry as a result of the ongoing...