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Now, FCC has disclosed that it is busy looking for a plot for the 45 year-old woman Mosadisadi Didimalang in Chadibe so that it can build her a home using its own funds. City mayor James Kgalajwe confirmed that FCC would relocate Didimalang to...

He said one resident bought four plots with intentions to convert them to commercial use and is now refusing to move. “We have a man who purchased four plots and wanted to combine them and convert them to commercial use. “We have now decided to...

Francistown deputy mayor Joyce Ndove, who is a commissioner in GL, came out spitting venom saying she was disappointed at the way the FCC treated the event, which took place between March 24 and 28. She said it has become apparent that the council...

If ever the dreaded bulldozer makes the visit, it will not be a social one, but to demolish the house on that plot. The woman, Mosadisadi Didimalang said she would be inside with her child when the jaws of the monster pummel the walls and quake the...

Mosadisadi Didimalang, living with one child after being deserted by her live-in lover, related  her sad tale to Mmegi on Thursday. In an interview, she says she fears that her home will be bulldozed and she and her ailing daughter will be left...

A task force has been set up to meet with the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on March 26, said mayor James Kgalajwe. The mayor will be leading the team. This is not the first time the city council has had to pay a visit to the...

In the same breath, vendors cried that the rains damaged a lot of their goods. The saying  ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it’ came to life when the much-needed rains graced the whole country in the last two weeks. For months leading to...

The council failed to reach a decision when councillors argued over who would be capable of chairing the committee. While on the one hand there were those arguing that the committee should be chaired by a professional, others insisted ordinary civic...

BPC, through their spokesperson, Spencer Moreri said Batswana will have to endure extended hours of load shedding for a while longer because the problem of power shortage, was not only confined to Botswana, but the whole Southern African region. The...

The tenants admitted to Mmegi that they might be relocated to Block 2, which for them is not viable because it is too far from their customers who are mostly in the city centre. In an interview with Mmegi, the mayor of Francistown James Kgalajwe...

Pheto was the keynote speaker at the launch of District Chapter Three of BOMU in Francistown and its committee. He said that if Botswana musicians wanted to go far they should also begin to behave and stop featuring in the media for all the wrong...

While some say that the churches should be left alone until a suitable place is found for them, others say that the council should not encourage squatting because it is illegal. Opponents said squatting makes the city untidy and can scare investors...

 “These people (referring to the council staff) have a tendency of doing nothing about our queries until the last minute before the next full council meeting where they write ‘issue pending’ or ‘awaiting response’,” said one angry...

He said that the Pitso has been postponed after advise from the government that they should not rush it. The Francistown Pitso, a business event expected to kickstart the programme of luring investors to the city, is part of the Vision 2022 of...

Kgalajwe said during the period from January 2013 to December 2013 a total of 140 allegations of corruption were reported to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). The mayor was addressing a session of the last ordinary full...