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Since the beginning of this month, people have been on the move as evidenced by the number of vehicles on the roads. Traffic jams in urban areas are the order of the day as local roads cannot cope with too many vehicles at peak hours. The majority of...

In terms of sponsorships the YAMAS were amazing, the corporate sector simply rallied behind the event to ensure that it lives to its hype. The stage and the lighting were all ideal for the occasion, cementing the YAMAS’ as new benchmark for any...

All things being equal an event of this magnitude being hosted for a week or two should spell significant economic spinoffs for Francistown. Transport to the games, food and lodging, expenditure on consumables and fast moving foods and beverages,...

For the thirsty greater Gaborone region, the Bokaa Dam has found drops enough to quench the thirst for 10 months, as the Metsimotlhabe River experienced a rare moment of flooding beyond its banks, resulting in the current dam level of Bokaa, just...

Fun lovers, it was claimed, are accused of illegal gathering in front of nightclubs, littering, indulging in sex and throwing used condoms in the rivers and in front of nightclubs. The byelaw officers closed a nightclub and sealed off popular...

This accident claimed the lives of seven students when the open truck they were travelling in to their homes overturned. We are informed five students died on the spot while two were certified dead upon arrival at the hospital. These were young lives...

That was after his party, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was reelected to serve Batswana for the next five years. So many things have taken place in the last 12 months. There are so many challenges that the country is undergoing. To...

According to the story, the union would be building 500 units on a five-hectare plot. The agreement for BOPEU Estates has reportedly been concluded between the partners. Apparently the houses would be built at half the market price. The largest...

The speed with which the suspect was identified has been impressive. The manner in which the police also swooped on the suspect was superb. Eyewitnesses talk of what appears to have been a deliberate plan and determination by the police to nab the...

Khama was given the honour of addressing the Angolan Parliament, which had been specially convened for the occasion. The visit was the first by a Botswana President to Angola. Dos Santos visited Gaborone more than a decade ago to cement ties with...

This past weekend President Khama announced at his Party the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s Special Congress that his government has agreed to fund an accelerated job-creation programme whose results will be felt immediately. The modalities of...

He put the time frame for this as this financial year and also elaborated that it was only recently that his cabinet approved what the President termed an accelerated programme for job creation. Indeed we need an accelerated programme for job...

The company, which is based at Riverwalk Mall in Gaborone, boasts of having already sold 10 000 units of their product. It is estimated that some 360 million people around the world would need the solar ear, which is being hailed as effective and...

In the same story, the officer commanding Maun policing district, Abraham Kesupetswe, echoed Moremi’s complaints, stating that many cases of rape recorded in Maun occur when people are at entertainment centres. He said majority of women are raped...

Existing dams and normal to above normal rainfalls in the past guaranteed more than sufficient water resources throughout the year, making most of us forget that in reality water is a very scarce resource. Recent climate patterns that have led to...