To those who understand how Botswana’s tourist industry works, Minister Tshekedi Khama’s answer to MP Billy Buti’s parliamentary question about citizen access to prime land would have appeared to be shot through with sophistry.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
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21 Aug 2016
Most Batswana, including no less a person than President Ian Khama, would disagree but those who study issues scientifically assert that Chinese contractors are no sloppier than their counterparts in OECD countries.
21 Aug 2016
Having failed to secure bail, Mohammed Jakir Hossain Molla will remain locked up in prison as the minor he is alleged to have assaulted fights for his life in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Princess Marina Referral Hospital in Gaborone. Turning down the bail application, Acting Justice Kabelo Lebotse at the Lobatse High Court said that Molla, a Bangladesh national, was a flight risk.
21 Aug 2016
On an ill-starred day in 2013, a female bakery worker in Mogoditshane was summoned to the manager’s office for what turned to be the most bizarre “and-any-other-duties” assignment. The young woman – who could well have been a vegetarian, watched in horror as the manager undid the zip of his trousers and unsheathe an ingloriously expectant member.
21 Aug 2016
Stanbic Bank Botswana Chief Executive Officer Leina Gabaraane says rate cuts by their nature adversely impact on banks' income by eroding interest earned by the institutions.
“We must always remember that reduced bank revenue only impacts on the banks, which are just one of the many components of the ecosystem,” says Gabaraane.
21 Aug 2016
Last week Debswana’s Orapa Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) held their annual first aid inter-departmental competitions in an endeavor to create awareness and to promote safety in the working environment among its employees. The competitions which had eight teams from various OLDM departments battling it out, also served as a platform to prepare for the upcoming Botswana Chamber of Mines (
21 Aug 2016
In 2012 the government announced through budget Speech that its wage bill would be reduced annually by 5 percent for the subsequent three years. This was to be partly achieved through outsourcing non-essential services to the private sector as per the advice by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
21 Aug 2016
The newly-elected Botswana Football Association (BFA) National Executive Committee (NEC) members may soon be expected to sign performance-based contracts. That is if things go according to BFA President Maclean Letshwiti’s wishes.
21 Aug 2016
Botswana Boxing Association (BOBA) has attributed their failure to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics to unforeseen set-backs that local boxers encountered as they prepared for the Games.
21 Aug 2016
The battle lines are expected to be drawn on Tuesday at the Industrial Court sitting in Gaborone when the newly-elected Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the Premier League Board square up over BPL boss Bennett Mamelodi’s never-ending furore.
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