Serame, a political novice who debuted in Parliament three years ago, faces the first test of her rising popularity this weekend, as the frontrunner for the BDP Women's Wing, a position sources said was a springboard for even higher places.News has made rounds that Serame is being positioned to take over the Goodhope-Mabule Constituency from the incumbent, Eric Molale who is serving his last term. Media reports have in the past suggested that the constituency was yet to warm up to the idea of replacing Molale with Serame.

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Friday, June 10, 2022 | 50 Views | Khama PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG. Mompati Tlhankane The former president is currently in a self-imposed exile in South Africa (SA). Last month, Khama was charged with 14 offences becoming the first former president in Botswana to be charged with criminal offences. Khama has been charged with criminal offences, which include amongst others, unlawful possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property, procuring the registration of a firearm by false pretence, aiding and abetting unlawful possession of a firearm and ownership of a firearm not registered in accordance with the Arms and Ammunition Act of 2018.

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Friday, June 10, 2022 | 0 Views | Ryder Gabathuse The future of what is commonly dubbed the people's project to some extent lies in the hands of its top leadership as they meet to make crucial decisions as an endeavour to save the shaky political project.UDC chairperson, Motlatsi Molapise confirmed this week that the top three party leadership would meet ahead of the June 25, 2022 national executive committee (NEC). Molapise will chair the peace talks expected to bring together Duma Boko and Dumelang Saleshando who have literally not been in talking terms.

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Friday, June 10, 2022 | 10 Views | Shoot to kill: Post the 48th Botswana Police Senior Officers Annual Conference that was held in February, the service took a resolution to engage criminals PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Pini Bothoko Of late, criminals have been wreaking havoc, a situation believed to have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The robberies surfaced increasingly in the year 2021 carrying out weekly occurrences of crime in the country's capital city, something that kept the police on their toes.

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Friday, June 10, 2022 | 0 Views | Peter Magosi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Innocent Selatlhwa Due to the situation, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) and various Non-Government Organisations have since called for restoration of the rule of law. In the unfolding war, early this month, the Office of the President released a statement 'to inform members of the public that Tymon Katlholo, the director-general of DCEC has been suspended from duty in accordance with Section 112 of the Constitution with immediate effect.

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A PAC member, Mephato Reatile, questioned why the ministry had spent so much money to an extent of overspending in expenses including P1.4 million on general expenses and supplies, P4.1 million on training and P184 million in summaries and allowance.The expenses are all stated to be caused by arrears on allowance originating from a previous year. Reatlie also indicated that according to the report presented before the committee, medical fees and ARV drugs also contributed to the ministry's overspending.

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Friday, May 27, 2022 | 0 Views | Saleshando and BCP members PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES Ryder Gabathuse Now, it seems this sad historical event is beset to spoil future dealings between the BNF and its offshoot, the BCP. Will the hoodoo of opposition recur in Palapye as it did in 1998? That is the question in the minds of many as the Palapye meeting could not resolve the stand off between the coalition partners.The UDC however, can console itself that at least the weekend meet was not violent as the events of 1998 in Palapye which saw comrades throwing all sorts of arsenals at each other including chairs and any missile they could lay their hands on.

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Friday, May 06, 2022 | 0 Views | Nurses during a petititon to the Minister of Health Innocent Selatlhwa Though they say they are not aware of developments at BONU, the ministry is concerned mass departure could hurt the country's health system. 'The departure of nurses in huge numbers could definitely affect health service delivery in Botswana. Health is one of the most sought after services in the country, therefore, it is important that all resources necessary for the full function of the health system are in place.

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Friday, May 06, 2022 | 0 Views | Kgosipula PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE Tsaone Basimanebotlhe Former Mogoditshane Member of Parliament, Kgosipula was last month suspended by his constituency for allegedly tarnishing the image of the party. Insiders say the CC agreed that if Kgosipula continues with his misbehaviour then the party president should immediately take action against him. 'Members of CC are concerned with the behaviour of some party members who are soiling the party's good name for reasons best known to them.

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Friday, May 06, 2022 | 0 Views | Kabo Morwaeng PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE Mompati Tlhankane Since President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced last month that there would be a string of parastatal mergers and planned privatisation, some people felt that the latter was stalling the inevitable, being job losses. 'I want to assure Batswana that sometimes when there are changes like this rationalisation some people often fear for their jobs.This is not that kind of restructuring, and it won't lead to any job losses.

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Friday, May 06, 2022 | 0 Views | BURS Headquarters PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Mpho Mokwape The lower court judge at the time allowed the review of the tax claim after agreeing with the judicial manager that BURS acted in bad faith by imposing a re-assessment and penalties solely based on the bank statements of the company. But now the Court of Appeal justices, Isaac Lesetedi, Justice Daniel Brand and Acting Court of Appeal Justice Lot Moroka in a judgement read out by Justice Lesetedi said the tax agency was right to demand claim because the security company did not allege that there was any fundamental irregularity in the procedure followed in the assessment but the reason was that there had been a long delay by the commissioner dealing with the objection to the tax assessment.

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Friday, April 29, 2022 | 0 Views | Mothusi Molodi PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES Pini Bothoko No 8 district officer commanding, senior Superintendent Nkwebi Chilisa said the first incident in which Molodi assaulted his girlfriend occurred on Saturday while the second incident in which he assaulted and stabbed a man with a knife occurred on Sunday.Asked if there was any relation between the incidents, Chilisa said their preliminary investigations have not yet managed to link the incidents but a probe into the matters is ongoing to establish what transpired.

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Friday, April 29, 2022 | 10 Views | Hunyepa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE Tsaone Basimanebotlhe Its national chairperson, Abigail Mogalakwe, leads the delegation. A letter written by interim youth president, Kago Mokotedi, noted it was common knowledge that the CC has instituted an investigation whose outcome might affect the good standing of the congress.'There are also some complaints which we are currently looking into. The current youth league aims to deliver a seamless congress whose outcomes will reflect the wishes of the youth.

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Friday, April 29, 2022 | 0 Views | Nurses convening at Ministry of Health FILE PIC Innocent Selatlhwa NEU Professionals Limited, an international healthcare recruitment agency headquartered in London, was formed in 2013 with the specific aim to help support NHS Trusts and Health Boards with the recruitment of nurses from overseas. According to BONU secretary for International Affairs Pinkie Mpinba-Joseph, their partnership with NEU will see Batswana have it easier to work abroad. 'The UK has a prerequisite for one to take and pass an English test for them to work there.

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Friday, April 29, 2022 | 0 Views | Suspended: Kgamane PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES Mompati Tlhankane Last month, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse issued a stern warning to Kgamane to desist from holding meetings at the Bangwato kgotla.However, Kgamane defied the minister by hosting various meetings on April 1, 2022 at the instruction of Khama, who is the Paramount chief of Bangwato.Following the defiance, Khama commended his tribe for following his instruction to hold meetings across dikgotla in GaMmangwato.

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Friday, April 22, 2022 | 40 Views | Francistown City Mayor Godisang Radisigo Lebogang Mosikare While scores of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillors have confirmed that they will throw their hats in the ring for the positions of the first and second citizens of 'The City of All things Precious', as Francistown is also called, the current mayor, Godisang Radisigo, and his deputy, Ramolotsana Gaethusi, are still keeping their cards close to their chests.The contest for the coveted mayoral positions will be decided in June.

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Friday, April 22, 2022 | 10 Views | Phenyo Butale PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Mompati Tlhankane AP's parliamentary candidate in Serowe South during 2019 general election Brigadier Iphemele Kgokgothwane is the latest to quit AP following others last month. The party's 2019 council candidate for Molepolelo North, Maina Maswabi resigned last month and joined the Botswana National Front (BNF). Another member, AP's 2019 parliamentary candidate for Gaborone South also tendered his resignation last month and applied to rejoin the BNF.

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Friday, April 08, 2022 | 20 Views | Mamela: '...mongwe le mongwe kwa ga mmaagwe...' Ryder Gabathuse He often spews out politics of character assassination and mudslinging alongside those of bread and butter issues. To this Francistown-based veteran politician and former banker, politics is a calling. In fact, politics is his church. He has even vowed that he and politics shall remain inseparable. Chiefly, in his endeavour to capture the attention of his followers, the veteran also often combines entertainment politics with bread and butter issues.

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Friday, April 08, 2022 | 70 Views | BCP president Dumelalng saleshando PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Tsaone Basimanebotlhe The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has informed this publication that the party executive committee will decide on what action to take against Members of Parliament (MPs) who are refusing to assist the party with campaigns at Bophirima ward by-election to be held tomorrow.This was after the five MPs openly told the party president Dumelang Saleshando that the central committee does not have the power to stand on its own outside the UDC unless congress says so.

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Friday, April 08, 2022 | 0 Views | One is entitled to one plot each in tribal and state land PIC: BASHI KIKIA Mompati Tlhankane Giving an update on land allocation this week, the acting deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Fawcus Mmolawa, said government wishes the youth could stop selling land at a high rate.He said it is worrying that government allocates land to people who quickly move to sell their plots immediately. Mmolawa said recently they allocated land in the Ramotswa region and next thing they saw people advertising their plots on social media.

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Odds are already stacked against the warring opposition whose campaigns are characterised by attacks on each other rather than selling their stories to the expectant masses at the political rallies. For the longest time, the opposition campaigns mainly between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana National Front (BNF) still trading under the coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) are purely at loggerheads with each other.Bophirima ward by-election has birthed new alliances as the Alliance for Progressives led by Ndaba Gaolathe and the Dumelang Saleshando-led BCP merging colours - the BCP's lime and AP's purple.

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Friday, March 18, 2022 | 30 Views | BPP president and UDC chairperson, Molapise Chakalisa Dube Lebogang Mosikare Both the BCP and the BNF claim that they have a right to field a candidate at Bophirima. The president of BPP, Motlatsi Molapise encourages other partners of the UDC and not necessarily the BCP and BNF to always try by all means to exhaust internal remedies and not wash their dirty linen in public whenever they have disagreements in the coalition.'If there are inter-party disagreements between the contracting parties of the UDC, the concerned parties should try by all means to resolve them at the national executive committee (NEC) of the UDC.

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Friday, March 18, 2022 | 10 Views | Machana Shamukuni PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE Tsaone Basimanebotlhe He said this is because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the labour relations landscape of the country and the world over. 'The pandemic brought about numerous lessons for the world of work and this calls for a shift in the manner in which we execute our mandate.Despite the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana continues to enjoy harmonious labour relations. From April 2021 to date, 6,467 trade disputes were reported, in addition to 951 trade disputes brought forward from the previous year, bringing the total to 7,418.

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Friday, March 11, 2022 | 20 Views | Mompati Tlhankane The upcoming by-election will determine whether the opposition supporters especially the Botswana National Front (BNF) members have accepted the decision. 'The just concluded meeting involving BNF and UDC leader Duma Boko and Alliance For Progressives (AP) leader Ndaba Gaolatlhe and Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) acting leader Veronica Lesole has decreed that the contentious Bophirima Ward be awarded to BCP of the UDC thus rendering the ever compromising and unrelenting Mogapi the opposition collective candidate.

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Friday, March 11, 2022 | 0 Views | Worried man: Dikoloti is worried about the high maternal mortality rate in the country PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Tsaone Basimanebotlhe In his recurrent and development budget proposal recently, Dikoloti said the situation has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.'According to Statistics Botswana (2019), Botswana's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is estimated at 166.3 deaths per 100, 000 live births. This ratio (MMR) is more than double the average MMR of the SDG 2030 target of less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births,' he said.

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A demonstrator hold placard as hundreds of Botswana public servants take part in a rally in Gaborone, to mark the first anniversary of a two-month strike that brought the country to a standstill PIC: PRESS PHOTO 'We hope you are aware of the country's current economic situation. This includes facts like successive budget deficits since 2019-2020 to date, the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,' read the savingram addressed to the six public service trade unions and signed by acting DPSM director, Samuel Rathedi.

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Friday, February 25, 2022 | 0 Views | In charge: Johane Chenjekwa, Chobe Land Board chairperson PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES Mompati Tlhankane Agro-tourism or agricultural tourism is an industry built around visiting a working farm or any agricultural, horticultural or agribusiness operation for leisure, education, or active involvement in the activities of the farm.When government announced that it would allow farmers to keep small game as a way to encourage locals' participation in agro-tourism, most people thought any bottlenecks in the way of the initiative's success would also be removed.

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Monday, February 07, 2022 | 0 Views | Ofentse Humu PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Pini Bothoko In a matter that was recently being heard before the Court of Appeal (CoA) and later sent back to the High Court, the government was adamant that the Wildlife and National Parks Act does not allow compensation but only offers medical assistance in government hospitals.However, CoA remitted the matter back to the High Court and instructed the matter to be addressed by a different judge to determine whether the wildlife Act was constitutional or unconstitutional.

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They also wanted feedback from his uncles following an assignment they gave them to find out from President Mokgweetsi Masisi on what went wrong between him and his predecessor, Khama.Orator of note, Rrangwane Kgosi Mokhutshwane Sekgoma started off by asking for a song from morafe before delivering feedback. Sekgoma told the morafe that they made multiple efforts to meet Masisi, but have thus far not succeeded.He said after being told they could only meet the Minister [for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration], they eventually were offered a meeting with the President only in the presence of Khama.

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Of recent, opposition parties have been failing to abide by the Memorandum of Agreement, which binds all of them to support each other during by-elections. Opposition parties have also promised Batswana that they are going to cooperate come 2024 general election with a single purpose of wrestling the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. But their dreams seem farfetched and they are already off course before they could not implement their plan. Already talks within the opposition parties have long started between the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Alliance for Progressives (AP) and Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF).

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