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Health Minister, Dr John Seakgosing told MPs that the National Preparedness and Response Team has been working with the Greater Gaborone District Health Management Team (DHMT) to come up with measures to prevent the importation of the Ebola virus...

She said this would ensure that African countries are able to meet the quotas they have set for women representation in Parliament and other decision-making positions. African women have been working tirelessly towards meeting these quotas with very...

The motion by Kanye North MP, Kentse Rammidi of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) wanted the state media to be even- handed in covering all parties participating in general elections later this year. Initially, Deputy Speaker, Pono Moatlhodi ruled...

The bills were passed to effect a decision made by President Ian Khama to increase salaries of non-unionised members, a decision slammed by critics as divisive of the civil service. After extending Parliament business for two hours to deal with the...

Yesterday, Kgathi presented Parliament with urgent amendments to three bills providing for the remuneration of parliamentarians, members of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi as well as non-unionised members of the public service.   This was just minutes after...

The Minister of Justice, Defence and Security Dikgakgamatso Seretse brought the bill to Parliament. Seretse said the bill would work hand in hand with the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act and the Evidence in Civil Proceedings Act, both of which...

Last week President Ian Khama granted Venson-Moitoi a leave of absence from her duties as Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), and placed her in charge of the Education and Training Strategic Sector Plan (ETSSP) in the...

The Minister of Trade and Industry (MTI) Dorcas Makgato-Malesu brought the bill to Parliament. Once enacted, the law will provide for the legal recognition of electronic communications, electronic signatures as well as the admissibility and...

The caves are a national monument and a tourist attraction. Questions over the President’s interests in tourism flared up several years ago when he was linked to a listed multi-million Pula group with assets across the tourism heartland in...

“I should clear the air.  Some of you are probably wondering why I am still called minister. I still am. The appointment yesterday; for those that might not have followed the news clearly, I am still minister,” she told an Education and...

If the bill is passed into law, married couples will be allowed to change their marriage regime from one type to another (either in community or out of community of property) up to a maximum of two times. Presenting the bill for second reading on...

Speaking at the handover of the NIP from the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (MLHA) to his ministry, Kgathi said he is worried about the common perception that the programme is a source of cheap labour. The programme, started in August 2008, is...

Arone told Parliament on Friday that he had spoken to traditional leaders in the constituency following the ministry’s surprise announcement, and they told him they would not accept the ministry’s decision. The MoESD announced the decision two...

The bill, brought forward by Lobatse Member of Parliament (MP) Nehemiah Modubule looks at changing section 68(1) (a) of the Constitution.  It provides for the right of MPs to continue as such up to and including the last day preceding a general...

The debate, on Okavango MP Bagalatia Arone’s motion asking the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) to allow the students to repeat their senior secondary school, was destined to turn ugly following the ministry’s announcement on...