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Ahead of a parliamentary debate scheduled for today regarding the academic future of the students, whose performance in Form Five was the worst this year and in the history of the Botswana education system, the ministry this week hurried to make a...

Presenting his ministry’s budget proposals this week, Seretse said violent crimes recorded a significant 15.4 percent decrease in the year 2013. Seretse however said that there has been growing sophistication of crime, which, along with the...

In their responses to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) budget proposals this week, MPs said there was need to develop and protect informal traders, as the informal trade is a source of income for many. MP for Gaborone West South Botsalo...

Matlhabaphiri who is also Assistant Minister of Public Administration and Presidential Affairs said people in the village have been asking for a new police station since the days of the first Motswana police commissioner Simon Hirschfeld, but...

In his response to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) budget proposals this week, Ntuane said there is nothing to be ashamed of in creating such programmes, as it is a common strategy the world over. “The more programmes you finance, the...

The programme, which will cost government, P178 million in its first year, has been reintroduced to engage unemployed youth in meaningful community development projects and give them work experience. The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Shaw...

He told Parliament on Friday that even if government built accommodation for students, it would never be enough to cater for the growing numbers. He declined to say whether the ministry would adjust students’ allowances, saying that they are...

The Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology (MIST) recently told Parliament that it recognises that to comprehensively address maintenance issues, there is need for a ‘robust maintenance strategy’.  Minister Johnny Swartz said that...

Speaking at the Thursday launch of Nasha’s autobiography entitled: ‘Madam Speaker, Sir: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, One Woman’s Struggles’, the judge said the story of the former cabinet minister will give Batswana women and girls a...

Arone presented an urgent motion in Parliament on Friday requesting the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) to make special arrangements for the students to repeat after most of them failed. With a 7.4 percent pass...

The government through the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT) has, since 2011, been working towards having the place, the largest inland delta in a desert environment in the world, listed as a heritage site.  This week,...

The Turnkey Development Scheme aims to construct houses at P60,000 per unit, but Mokalake said in areas where construction has started the cost per unit so far ranges between P76,865.93 and P93,634.44. The minister told Parliament this week that...

Expected to update the House, and reassure the nation, on the power crisis, as shown by the past weeks’ 12-hour power outages, the minister spent the better part of his statement attacking Leader of Opposition (LoO) Dumelang Saleshando for...

The Member of Parliament (MP), Kanye South Abram Kesupile, said erecting a statue in honour of women would be in dedication of and recognition of the contributions made by women to the nation.  He said the statue would not be created in the likeness...

While it was confirmed on Saturday morning by both Freshlyground and the show organisers, the Hamptons Promoters, that the Cape Town based group would not be performing, fans were incensed to learn this through the contradictory statements made by...