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The FCC has 24 councillors with the BDP leading the pack with 18 councillors, and both Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) having three apiece.  According to BDP insiders, councillors are already up in arms in...

At the moment, secondary school most children in Gerald Estates have to walk to school close to eight kilometres and more. Recently the tender to build the long-awaited junior secondary school was allocated to a local construction company and the...

Speaking at a special full council meeting held on Tuesday, BITC executive director, Lonely Mogara, said their challenges include shortage of skilled labour and lack of recreational facilities. He also cited poor international and local air...

Mokalake was speaking at the 10th World Habitat Day Commemoration, which was held in Matsiloje Village on Monday under the theme, “Voices From the Slums”. “While we do not have slum settlements like in other countries, I can confirm that we do...

“Until investigations are complete we will not know exactly what happened, or where the rock came from,” said TNMC public relations manager Tebogo Rapitsenyane. “That is not true. There is nothing like that and there are no rocks above the...

Matsiloje Police Station commander, Superintendent, Obert Manji, confirmed the accident to Mmegi. He said they received a report about the accident around 8pm on Saturday. “I can confirm the death but I am not in a position to say more because we...

Mmegi met with Ndlovu at Area W clinic where he had gone to seek medical attention following an assault by police officers at Central Police Station. He said the police suspected him of having stolen his friend’s cellphone last Saturday evening at...

Mokalake bid farewell at the Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH) Forum taking place in Francistown this week, which consisted of ministry officials and staffers from across the country. Mokalake’s days in the ministry ended after he lost in his...

He said that it was clear MLH was not doing well in human resources, finance, anti-corruption and public relations areas. Raphaka was speaking at the start of the three-day MLH fifth leadership forum that started in Francistown yesterday. He said...

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) candidate is a hands-on man and the attitude has seen him becoming not only a successful businessman, but also a politician of note.Guma’s focus has been development of his constituency, Tati East, which he will...

Awestruck tourists have spoken of the place’s beauty, but when I set my own eyes on the Makgadikgadi Pans, I just knew I was looking at a jewel of unimaginable beauty. Serenity, tranquillity and other superlatives that escape my vocabulary make...

PMTCT Programme Officer at Centre for Disease Control Botswana (CDC) Dr Janet Mwambona also said that PMTCT has reduced deaths among HIV-exposed infants in the first year of their lives. She was speaking on issues of breastfeeding at the New...

Anikie Mathoma from the TB/HIV Division at Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Botswana said that the new cutting edge diagnostic tool is being studied at clinics in the country. It is hoped that the tool will help more people to be treated faster than...

It was the first day of  the two-day “New Directions in Global Health” workshop hosted in the soda ash mining town by United States of America (USA) Embassy, DMSAC and MISA Botswana that started on September 3. Maitlhamako explained that things...

This was revealed by gender officer at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Irene Ramatala, at a New Directions in Global Health seminar held in Sowa Town, which addressed gender based violence (GBV) and its links to...