Question: Could you kindly shed light on this development, as the assumption is that the media cannot just run with a baseless story about a prominent person of Magosi’s stature without reason? Answer: Speculation about the Director General...
The hawkers took space not as an act of provocation, but out of desperate need to make a living in order to survive and feed their families. It is extremely painful and insensitive to see how our local authorities and private owners make use of the...
But a party that serves the interests of the haves. We understand that some of the hawkers have been arrested. It is so painful that they got arrested while trying to eke out a living. This incident exposes the careless, ruthless and insensitive...
Recently, we woke to the heart-rending news of the passing on of one of my boyhood heroes, Emmanuel “Shakes” Letshwiti. One of the greatest footballers to emerge from the soccer rich village of Mogobane, who not only flourished on the village...
The progress achieved in recent years by Africa in many fields and our developing partnership with the Continent enable us to look into the future with hope, despite there existing severe challenges. Together with our public institutions,...
Through its membership of the ESAAMLG, Botswana was subjected to an AML/CFT risk assessment in 2016 to evaluate measures in place and the effectiveness of the country’s AML/CFT systems in detecting and deterring money laundering and terrorist...
Neo Steven Lehututu native, Steven applauded the government for all its efforts in making sure that citizens were given food hampers while on lockdown. She said the country is battling a virus that no one is sure will be conquered anytime soon and...
If there is one thing that landlords and tenants of commercial property have their views converging on, it is the fact that this period is one of the most distressing times in human history. Despite the fact that a lot of money has been pumped into...
There was furore as to the real reasons behind the declaration since the Public Health Act was found adequate in dealing with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Outside of the public eye and debate as to why SoE in the first place, there seems to be a...
The intention is to develop and implement the plan over the next 12 months with the aim to improve the enforcement, supervision, and coordination of the EU’s rules on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. According to Executive...
This was the second time a state of public emergency was declared since Botswana attained independence in 1966. According to the Declaration of State of Public Emergency Order, “…it was necessary to declare a state of public emergency for the...
He lampooned President Mokgweetsi Masisi for appearing not to have made a clear plan of action in his last address to the nation that his administration would deploy aggressively once the lockdown had run its course. Mbuya bemoaned that President...
The rapid speed at which the virus spreads and the fact that there is yet no vaccine or cure for the disease has meant that the government has had to implement extra ordinary measures to combat it, that include amongst others, extreme social...
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of this year, organisations across the planet began to shift into action. But as critical as it was to react appropriately, it has also been important to proactively prepare for the next...
Chilisa goes that the seven-day period under which the public health emergency declaration was made by the Director having lapsed and not extended, there is no public health emergency under which he (the Director) can exercise his powers. With...
In my capacity as co-chair of the African Think Tank on HIV, Health and Social Justice, convened by UNAIDS and as President of Africa Judges Forum on HIV, TB and Human Rights, convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I have come...
The economic and financial impact of this pandemic, which is still unravelling, is analogous to past events such as the Great Depression and the 2008 global financial crisis. Several jurisdictions have declared a state of public emergency to deploy...
The Delta is a place of unparalleled natural beauty, a source of life and renewal for the world and a welcome reminder for me of better days ahead. The story of the Delta starts far away from Botswana in the highlands of Angola, where almost all the...
On August 31, 1974 he entered into holy matrimony with Kebatshabe Gloria Mhlauli (nee Modisa) and were blessed with three children. Mhlauli did his primary education at Francistown African School (now Nyangabgwe Primary School) and Tamocha Memorial...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread rapidly to most of the world's population since it first appeared in China. Indeed, one of the difficulties of writing an article like this is to keep up with the pace of change. The effects of this crisis are...
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