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Speaking during the launch of council candidate for Moshupa West Olebogeng Sethibe last Saturday, Rammidi said the issue of opposition cooperation with Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) would be discussed at the right forum which is the party...

Traditionally the BDP National Youth Executive Committee (NYEC) has always ensured that certain preferred members make it to the helm of the BDP Central Committee.  The NYEC holds its congress and elections on February 6 in Masunga, and it is the...

This arose from the case in which five public sector unions are seeking the definition of the role of the Public Sector Bargaining Council (PSBC). The unions say at the heart of the matter lies unilateral action by the employer, the Directorate of...

The secretary generals of Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU), revealed that they have many incidences where the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has flatly refused to pay teachers...

In a bid to upgrade security at its mining operations, Debswana said it embarked on a project to install Scannex X-ray machines. “The project is still at the planning phase hence this Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study. The project once...

The rights included the secondment of employees to union offices. Moroka declared government’s termination unlawful and set it aside saying there had been a clear violation of the principle of audi alteram partem or ‘hearing the other side...

The events will be staged under the aegis of BCP Women’s League from Thursday. The WAFA is a non-governmental organisation whose sole aim is to promote gender equality as well as empowerment and political advancement of women in...

The BOFEPUSU deputy secretary general Ketlhalefile Motshegwa said the application would be heard on January 23. The case arose after Justice Michael Leburu of the High Court ruled last year that the four percent salary increase by the government...

The BCP will contest only in Moshupa West ward. On Friday following the Minister’s proclamation of the re-run in the three wards, nominations were received for Ngware, Goodhope and Moshupa West. During the October 24, 2014 General Elections the...

The party is going for an elective congress on July 10 and the chairmanship has attracted more interest than ever before. Among the leading figures contesting the seat to be vacated by the former Vice President, Ponatshego Kedikilwe are former...

Before the festive season, Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Slumber Tsogwane, set January 31, 2015 as the date for fresh elections in the three wards where the October general elections did not produce a firm result. The BCP...

This follows a tie in votes during the October 24, 2014  general elections. A press release from the acting secretary of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Keireng Zuze, says Tsogwane has directed that nominations of candidates be received...

On December 4, 2014, his lawyer, Martin Dingake, noticed the Attorney General, representing the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, of the student’s intention to sue at the expiry of 30 days. “The cause of action for the claimant’s...

He has been appointed the coordinator of poverty eradication in the Office of the President (OP) effective January 2015. Gaborone, who for two terms, 2004 and 2009, won the seat through the Botswana National Front (BNF), but defected to the Botswana...

Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Dr Unity Dow, said in Parliament last week that there have been 10 Industrial Court cases and seven High Court cases submitted by employees of UB against the institution since 2011. “Mr...