Already there are high expectations that he must honour his campaign promises to the people of Botswana and use the SONA to reassure and outline addressing issues of greatest national concern. Francistown(ers), residents of the country’s second...
For the first time in many years the SONA is expected to draw significant attention for an array of reasons. It will be the first SONA by the UDC, an opposition coalition which ousted the BDP from 58-years of uninterrupted power a few weeks ago.Boko...
With today's appointments, the total rises to 12, following the first batch announced on Monday. The final set is expected to be announced tomorrow.The latest six appointments include the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, led by...
Speaking at his historic inauguration at the National Stadium on Friday, he said his government intends to uphold human dignity and the rights of all persons. To endeavour to improve the lives of all citizens, Boko said they will drive and...
Boko has always promised that when the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) takes over the government they will use a human rights-centred approach. Furthermore, he promised to abolish the death penalty and his argument has always been that capital...
The BPP, which is in a tripartite coalition of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), has for a long time suffered enormous electoral defeats in the general polls and was for decades without a single Member of Parliament (MP). The UDC is a...
While government and De Beers signed an agreement in principle last June and heads of terms in October, the two sides are yet to finalise the agreement that will govern the sale of diamonds from Debswana mines into the future.Under the agreement in...
The victim's mother, a 40-year-old woman of Meriting ward in Gantsi, is aware of the pregnancy and concealed the matter allegedly crying terribly when the police arrested her boyfriend.The arrest comes after the victim's uncle discovered the...
Ngoma served as Francistown mayor from 1999 until 2004 under the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Between 2015 and 2019, he was a Specially Nominated Councillor in Francistown East Constituency, after failing several times to win a...
Expected to deliver sentencing last week following his conviction and mitigation, Senior Magistrate Goratile Moremi-Ramakoloi advanced the sentencing of rape-convicted Kabelo to the High Court. Ramakoloi cited issues of the jurisdiction hindering her...
The polluted air was pregnant with a feeling or atmosphere so intense as to suggest that Masisi and Tsogwane had almost done something that openly earned them sustained booing and the wrath of the public. The somewhat unruly public behaviour or spat...
Speaking yesterday (Tuesday) following the announcement of his first batch of Cabinet ministers, President Boko said the issue of a constitutional review "needs to be understood and unpacked".Explaining the process, Boko highlighted that the...
The President stated that he will announce the cabinet in a batches of six as a way to afford the public opportunity and time to critique is choices. He has since shared that the new cabinet will encapsulate of 18 ministers despite him wishing to...
The reason for the teen killing his father is unclear, however, police say the father and son had a heated altercation after the deceased instructed the teenager to go to the lands with him.The teenage boy allegedly attacked and stabbed him to death...
Confirming the incident , Gerald Station Commander Kedibonye Kula said that the public servant working at Prisons allegedly took his own life yesterday (Tuesday).According to Kula , they received a report at around 10 am that someone had threatened...
Adding to the surprise, members from outside the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) were also appointed, with Lawrence Ookeditse of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and independent legislator Dr Edwin Dikoloti both taking on assistant minister...
He was on Monday named Deputy Minister of Land and Agriculture in President Duma Boko’s new Cabinet. Dikoloti had found himself on the political sidelines before the 2024 General Election, after the BDP unceremoniously removed him as their...
As the current leader of both the UDC and the Botswana National Front (BNF), Boko's journey has been marked by legal battles and internal resistance from segments of his party. Boko became the BNF president after his predecessor, Otsweletse...
The announcement, made in the Office of the President (OP) Cabinet Room, includes the Minister of Finance and Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, Minister of Health Dr Stephen Modise, and his assistant Lawrence Ookeditse. A new ministry, the Ministry of...
What can the place of his birth – where great political minds once trod - and the early years in Mahalapye, reveal about a man who led Botswana to the Second Republic after 58 years of one-party rule?Joyce ‘MmaNthobatsang’ Mothudi was a young...
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