In-Depth

15 Dec 2016

He is well known for the positive contribution to his home village of Ramokgwebana through his participation in various community projects. However, the moment you enquire about Vangeli Tshibogo from the residents, they ask back: ‘’O raya wa Railways?’’ (Do you mean the one from Railways?) There is an explanation to why Ramokgwebana residents associate and identify him with Botswana Railways.

11 Dec 2016

Lift pole. Cross hands. Dunk. Push. It is just another day at the office for polers (Mokoro guides).

11 Dec 2016

In the most egregious breach of corporate governance, the Board of Directors of Botswana Railways (BR) has controversially appointed one of its own as a P66 000-a-month head of a subsidiary on a three-year contract with a 24 months extension option.

04 Dec 2016

Sometime in 1995 cabinet asked the then minister of minerals to find the best way to close down the BCL Mine in Selibe Phikwe which owing to a commodity price crunch of the time was draining government coffers.

04 Dec 2016

Perhaps the toughest standard in Roman-Dutch law is one that requires people to obey laws that they don’t even know and is expressed as “ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

01 Dec 2016

It is constitutionally undesirable and morally wrong for Botswana government to seek application for recognition from so-called minority tribes.

29 Nov 2016

For the third time in less than a year, President Lieutenant General Ian Khama has taken pot shots at the United States’ Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

29 Nov 2016

Working around the rules and without making any impact on the total development budget, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) plans to table a motion to amend the National Development Plan 11.

20 Nov 2016

The housing allowance saga involving High Court judges gets more intriguing by the day and in the latest twist, a judge is locked in a stalemate with the Administration of Justice (AoJ) over allowance he was erroneously paid.

10 Nov 2016

Opposition political activists are already toying around with the idea of dissolution of their individual parties in favour of a united coalition with sufficient financial and human resources to compete against the BDP.