Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila last week defended the decision of BCL management to sideline local contractors and award a multi million Pula tender for refurbishment of the mine smelter to controversial South African mechanical and electrical engineering firm, Kentz SA.
Sunday, 28 August 2016
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20 Sep 2015
One Botswana judge has confessed to being indebted and loyal to President Lt Gen Ian Khama while another has confessed to being prone to influence by mob psychology “which often results in poor decision making.”
This emerged in confidential letters addressed to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) this week as Botswana’s judicial crisis lurches through a comedy of errors.
25 Aug 2016
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Botswana Tourism Organization (BTO) has resigned from his post.
The sudden and unexpected resignation on Monday has plunged the already ailing tourism industry under a welter of further confusion and uncertainty.
The situation at BTO is made worse by the fact that the parastatal does not have a Board of Directors.
25 Aug 2016
The Botswana National Front (BNF) on Monday said that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will use Presidential Affairs Minister Eric Molale and Director of Intelligence Security Services (DIS) Isaac Kgosi to rig the upcoming 2019 general elections.
25 Aug 2016
Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/Aids (BONELA) has castigated Francistown Mayoress Sylvia Muzila for encouraging police to beat up prostitutes as per the reports in one of the local tabloid newspapers.
25 Aug 2016
Minister Tshekedi Khama’s failure to officiate at the first phase of Maun 101 years celebrations on Monday was seen as a deliberate snub.
Minister Khama had previously confirmed he would make it to the occasion.
A handful of people attended the event, despite the many invitations which were sent out to people from even outside Maun.
25 Aug 2016
Minister of Health, Dorcas Makgato has expressed concern over poor work ethic by some nurses.
The minister said such poor work ethic was costing government money due to litigations.
25 Aug 2016
It is more than three months since the mysterious disappearance of Botswana Police Service officer sergeant Shadreck Olopeng and his employer is clueless about his whereabouts.
A reward of about P50 000 has been issued by the police calling on those with information that might lead to his whereabouts to come forward.
25 Aug 2016
A Motswana man aged between 25 and 30 is facing the death penalty in Malaysia after he was found in possession of Marijuana. Malaysia is considered the world scariest place to be busted for drugs.
Micahel Gaeete, a Motswana found himself on the wrong side of Malaysian Law when he was found in possession of Marijuana on January 18.
25 Aug 2016
The National Chairperson of Botswana Retired Nurses Society (BORNUS), Joyce Tamocha is worried that government is not taking advantage by utilizing skills of retired nurses despite the fact that there is shortage of manpower.
21 Aug 2016
In its first campus hiring ever, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) has recruited a top-flight information security specialist. Intelligence sources, however, insist that the recruitment of Dr Trust Tshepo Mapoka is part of a DISS black-operation to hack into electronic voting machines during the 2019 general elections.
21 Aug 2016
With a crew that had been “worked to death”, tossed in an unfamiliar terrain at night and a pilot who could not fly in the dark, Botswana Police Service 2014 helicopter crash victims were operating on a wing and a prayer until their luck ran out.
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