Community based organizations involved in the implementation of the national response on HIV interventions have expressed concern that the recent withdrawal of funding for community testing and counseling by the United States President’s Emergency Programme for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) will disrupt community access to treatment.

Against what the Liquor Act states in explicit terms, a notorious senior political figure at the Gaborone City Council is said to have given permission to an elite nightclub at the iTowers in the new CBD permission to operate outside normal trading hours.

BY KABELO SEITSHIRO

The Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) Managing Director (MD) Tabake Kobedi has reportedly tendered his resignation from the company.

BY BONNIE MODIAKGOTLA

As Botswana braces for the general elections coming later this year, the country’s main opposition party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), has proposed a P3, 000 minimum wage, thrusting the spotlight on the ongoing and highly contentious national debate about workers’ wages.

BY JOSEPH BALISE

The Chief Executive Officer of Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) Thatayaone Ndzinge is adamant that while Francistown is experiencing some economic challenges, not all is lost for the second city.

Francistown is reeling through economic challenges following the closure of mines in its vicinity. The adversity has lead to increased unemployment, crime and poverty.

By Anita Rannoba

The Mascom Top 8 awards have come and gone, but there are still some lingering bad feelings about how the awards were conducted, not less from Gaborone United.

According to sources, ‘Moyagoleele’ as GU is affectionately known, was snubbed from the awards despite finishing second to eventual winners Jwaneng Galaxy.

BY ORATILE OTSETSWE

Mascom Wireless is always on the lookout for potential partnerships with local based sport initiatives that have the potential to give local athletes a great exposure and fruitful opportunities in their careers.

BY TLOTLO LEMMENYANE

Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s first name means “make great efforts to achieve or obtain something”. And he is to the manner born.

The telecommunications magnate first came to Botswana in 1998 as a broke 37 year old ball of fire. His pair of shoes had seen better days, with the soles almost departing from the uppers.