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Saleshando lost the Gaborone Central constituency to Phenyo Butale of  the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) last October. He had been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency since defeating Margaret Nasha of the ruling Botswana...

Last week the Permanent Secretary to the President, Carter Morupisi, announced the appointment and transfer of senior public officers, among whom was Masilo who re-joined the Office of the President as the deputy permanent secretary. Masilo lost the...

Musa Isabirye has filed an urgent application against government after he was detained on March 9. He is currently detained at Central Police Station in Gaborone. He said he has lived in Botswana since 2000 and his many attempts to be granted...

Mathe Mosielele was on May 23, 2011 admitted at GPH for the total hip replacement procedure arising from the plaintiff having been diagnosed with arthritis.  The defendants allegedly advised her that the operation is the only one available for...

Sources have disclosed that the bank is likely to declare a loss of between P10 million to P15 million. Contrary to the bank’s claim of a clean bill of health, a special general meeting was held to communicate the opposite on January 14, 2015. ...

“It is with great sadness that I have to inform this Honourable House of the suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Kareng area of the North West District. The outbreak was detected on March 4, 2015 during pre-movement clinical...

Motshidisi, a long-time labour activist, political icon, retired civil servant and headman for Palapye Tribal Authority, passed on last week Monday. BNF spokesperson Moeti Mohwasa confirmed that his party has organised a memorial service for their...

It is understood that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had recommended the veteran lawyer to be a High Court judge but Khama has refused to appoint him. “Motumise is an independent minded attorney and that is why the president as the...

Molutsi said that about 20 years ago, it was thought that those who wrote about poverty and class inequality were bluffing. He was speaking at the launch of the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU)...

Ditshwanelo - Botswana Centre for Human Rights has filed compensation litigation against South African gold mining companies on behalf of former Batswana mine workers affected by Silicosis. A researcher at Ditshwanelo, Kabelo Mahupela said during a...

The houses, which were constructed in October 2008 and completed in November 2010, cost P204 million. Due to these structural defects, hundreds of teachers in Francistown have been left without institutional houses. BHC corporate communications...

Molale told Parliament that political discourse of late has been characterised by deep emotions and actions that call for increased vigilance. He said there are many people with unlicensed and illegal handguns in the country. To protect the...

She says the CEC does not have the powers to suspend her before a hearing. “The CEC was exercising powers that it does not have. As already averred, the CEC does not have the power to effect pre-hearing suspension against members of the...

Presidential Affairs and Public Administration minister, Eric Molale, said the IEC engaged 9,691 teachers in the 2014 general elections. To date only 5,336 have been paid. “It is expected that the remaining 4,355 teachers would have been paid...

The leadership of Botswana Land boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) allegedly called the police to quell dissidents seeking to push a motion of no confidence over the weekend.  The special congress was convened to amend the...