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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) NGOs Group’s main contention was that the government and UN had sidelined them at a critical stage after a collaborative effort at the initial steps. The group comprises the Botswana Council of Non–Governmental...

The recently gazetted bye-laws  to regulate the use of cemetries in the Kgatleng District, have caused uproar, so much so that before Dikgosi gathering, the councillors asked  the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development to suspend...

The matter reached boiling point last December when those against the outsourcing of the facility allegedly began a smear campaign “to scare away potential bidders”. The alleged saboteurs are said to have circulated stories that the facility is...

Khama appointed the taskforce on Bakgatla chiefainship led by Kgosi Malope II of Bangwaketse in September 2014. The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Slumber Tsogwane, told Parliament recently that the taskforce met Kgosi Kgafela II...

The case emanates from an incident in which a Gaborone lawyer, Gabriel Kanjabanga was barred from discharging his professional duties as an attorney to consult and represent his clients. His lawyer Colleen Mudara has issued the three organs with a 30...

Bakgatla and Batlokwa royals are battling each other over the Oodi chieftaincy, which is reported to have originally alternated between the two tribes following Batlokwa’s arrival in Oodi after fleeing tribal wars in Kweneng. The issue is so...

Yesterday’s statement by the church breaks its silence over the matter, which was recently given impetus by a Court of Appeal judgment forcing government to recognise and register a leading gay rights advocacy group. The church’s Bishop of...

This comes after Bogosi and stakeholders expressed disatisfaction that there was never enough consultation on the recently gazetted bye-laws. Last week, a special full council meeting called to discuss the burning issue, resolved to engage the...

The SADC-sponsored United Nations Resolution on Women, the Girl Child and HIV, which was adopted by the UN recently, was established to curb the high prevalence rate and the effect that the HIV epidemic has on the southern African region. The...

The four-man taskforce was set up by the church last May at the church’s synod meeting in Lobatse following frequent clashes between conservative and progressive members of the church over practices of pentecostalism. The taskforce met the church...

The budget allocation was done following the three-ministers taskforce dispatched by Khama, led by the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, assisted by ministers Slumber Tsogwane and Tshekedi Khama, of...

This, according to Maitseo Bolaane, the director of UB for San Research Centre, who is arguing for recognition and use of all other indigenous languages. The UB San Research Centre is a multidisciplinary research centre which welcomes participation...

This comes after it emerged that the country has once again failed to meet the set targets. The report, which is also the last before the curtain falls on the MDGs and the world welcomes the Post 2015 Development Agenda, has recommended that Botswana...

The Botswana Police Service on Friday published a list of its latest promotions, provoking anger and disgruntlement among those who say they had been serving selflessly and hopefully for years. According to the list, police spokesperson, Christopher...

This development has forced the council to call a special full council meeting next week Thursday to discuss the burning issue. The new cemetry laws gazetted on March 4, were made by the council without satisfactorily consulting the relevant...