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Gothataone Moeng
  • BotswanaPost stamps out gender-based violence

    The deal, to exploit the postmaster’s presence across the country, is an introduction of a stamp with a ‘Say No to Gender-Based Violence, Act Now’ stamped on every letter. This, the two organisations hope, will send home the message to end...

  • Brilliant minds

    The All Brilliant Minds Organisation (ALBRIMO) will next month launch their ‘Ngwaga O le Nna Ke Mo’ campaign which, they hope, will both motivate and challenge completing students to aim high in their Junior Certificate (JC) and Botswana General...

  • US nudges Botswana towards Freedom of Information law

     Murphy said the intention to bring the bill to Parliament shows government’s recognition of the important role information plays in the successful functioning of a democracy. Murphy was speaking on Wednesday evening at the US...

  • Judge roots for strategic litigation

    She told workshop participants in Gaborone to come up with a robust strategy to sustain efforts to change the law on human rights and women’s rights in Botswana. The objectives of the workshop were to explore ways in which strategic litigation...

  • UB SRC slams student politics� ban

    At a press conference on campus yesterday, Student President, Jacob Kelebeng said he was asked to leave the UB Council meeting that made the decision. Kelebeng sits on the Council by virtue of his position in the SRC. Students fingered UB...

  • Gender empowerment hinges on social system overhaul � Judge

    Speaking at last week’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights workshop, Marumo said there is need to improve systems to do with law and justice, education, politics, labour and finance for women and girls. “This also entails rethinking...

  • A quarter of births go unregistered, study finds

    Following a comprehensive assessment of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems, the Department found among others, that customary marriages and divorces were going unregistered, Boammaruri Otlhogile, Chief Registration Administrator...

  • Youths dump Tirelo Sechaba for piece-jobs

    Briefing the traditional leaders on the programme, acting Deputy Youth, Sports and Culture permanent secretary, Bethsheba Mbongwe, said some participants had already exited the programme, some of them without notice, for programmes such as...

  • A quarter of births go unregistered, study finds

    Following a comprehensive assessment of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems, the Department found among others, that customary marriages and divorces were going unregistered, Boammaruri Otlhogile, Chief Registration Administrator...

  • Youths dump Tirelo Sechaba for piece-jobs

    Briefing the traditional leaders on the programme, acting Deputy Youth, Sports and Culture permanent secretary, Bethsheba Mbongwe, said some participants had already exited the programme, some of them without notice, for programmes such as...

  • Morupule B phase II to cost P8bn

    The second phase of Morupule B consists of the construction of units 5 and 6, which are expected to contribute 300MW to the national electricity supply. This second phase of development is intended to help supply adequate electricity for the country...

  • Mokaila absolves dam owners from Gaborone shortages

    This week Mokaila told Ntlo ya Dikgosi that he does not believe the private dams are to blame for the low levels of water in Gaborone Dam. “These dams have been there all along, yet the dam has been filling up all these years,” he said, in...

  • Education officers sue Ministry

    The 187 education officers have registered a case with the Gaborone High Court and are awaiting a trial date, The Monitor has established. Tshiamo Ndebele and 186 other education officers argue that they were overlooked, as their pay grades were not...

  • Relief as water returns to Deaf Centre

    Botswana Society for the Deaf (BSD) public relations officer, Oreneile Matsetse yesterday confirmed to Mmegi that the water was re-connected but declined to comment on whether the bill had been paid. BSD runs the Ramotswa and Francistown Centres for...

  • Mmokolodi to �host� first PV solar station

    Situated 10 kilometres south of Gaborone, Mokolodi has been chosen as the site for the PV solar station whose success researchers hope will influence the creation of policies promoting use of solar.   It will also promote other renewable energy...

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