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E.g., 2016-12-23
20 Nov 2016

Chief Justice of the High Court of Botswana Maruping Dibotelo fears for his life after a demonic sigil was sent to his office casting a death curse on him.

20 Nov 2016

President Ian Khama last week spoke out against US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw Washington from the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Watchers of the Paris Agreement, which has been ratified by 110 countries, are worried that the fragile compromise may unravel should America pull out.

20 Nov 2016

To give a brutally honest answer to the headline question, not all are because finance is a highly complex subject. One indication that some MPs are not up to the task before them is that when they should be analyzing technical aspects of the national development plan, they choose to talk about the lack of infrastructural developments in their respective constituencies.

20 Nov 2016

In presenting an NDP 11 chapter on monitoring and evaluation, the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Eric Molale, sought to illustrate the importance of a government department whose effectiveness has been brought into question: the Government Implementation Coordination Office (GICO).

20 Nov 2016

A bad case of communication breakdown between Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and her South African counterpart Nkoana-Mashabane is believed to have strained relations between President Lt Gen Ian Khama and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma.

20 Nov 2016

Member of Parliament for Tonota, Thapelo Olopeng has called an extraordinary constituency meeting at which he says he intends to brief constituents about his development vision for the area.

20 Nov 2016

At its annual general meeting on November 5 at the University of Botswana, alumni of the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) had a whole day to relive what has been touted as a glorious past.

20 Nov 2016

The Office of the President and the Administration of Justice were this week tight-lipped over reports that President Ian Khama had forced Justice Kholisani Solo into early retirement.

In terms of the Constitution, High Court Judges are supposed to retire at the age of 70.

20 Nov 2016

KANYE - The Minister of Youth, Empowerment, Sport and culture Development Thapelo Olopeng has applauded the Barclays Bank Botswana strategies which he said are intended to support youth businesses and to alleviate the country’s unemployment rate.

20 Nov 2016

The Letlhakane open pit mine, which is owned by De Beers Mining Company through Debswana Mining Company, has come to the end of its economic life, Minister of Resources, Green Technology and Energy Sadique Kebonang has told parliament. 

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