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29 Apr 2019
BY MPHO KUHLMANN
Say “love child” and Malebogo Sethebe cannot make sense of the “love” part. All the mother of four can think of is betrayal and heart-ache.
29 Apr 2019
People, it would seem have very short memories.
It was only in 2014, barely five years ago when the UDC leadership and indeed general membership accused Botswana Government, then led by Ian Khama of assassinating Gomolemo Motswaledi.
Motswaledi, for those who have forgotten was not only the deputy leader of the UDC, he was by any measure the mastermind of all that the UDC was.
29 Apr 2019
There is clear evidence that some internet users are paying more than they should.
And this is not by mistake, but by design of Internet Service Providers who are literally getting away with murder because the regulator, either out of
a lack of capacity or will is not doing much to monitor the pricing conduct of ISPs.
29 Apr 2019
By Richard Moleofe
Pay day at Botswana Defence Force barracks was like a day of celebration. All officers and the non-commissioned cadres were in a jovial mood. April 26th was the day many were looking forward to as it was the official payday.
29 Apr 2019
There are young people who may not understand the phrase 'Fourth Estate' thereby missing the essence of this post or get confused when the phrase is used interchangeably with the word 'media'. The Fourth Estate is the media.
29 Apr 2019
There are young people who may not understand the phrase 'Fourth Estate' thereby missing the essence of this post or get confused when the phrase is used interchangeably with the word 'media'. The Fourth Estate is the media.
29 Apr 2019
Two opinion articles by retired radio personality, Mogatusi Kwapa; one in The Telegraph (April 3rd) and another in the Sunday Standard (April 7th) provide a hint of the undercurrents which have been going on among royal uncles in Mochudi . The worst thing is that these undercurrents are beginning to play themselves out in the public space.
22 Apr 2019
BY THOBO MOTLHOKA
South African mining entrepreneur Bridget Motsepe-Radebe could find herself banned from entering Botswana if the government finds enough evidence to tie her to recent attempts to topple President Mokgweetsi Masisi.
22 Apr 2019
Former President Lt Gen Ian Khama is on a campaign to flip Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) strongholds in the Central District in favour of the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) – a strategy recommended by political consultants commissioned by his South African sponsors.
22 Apr 2019
BY THOBO MOTLHOKA
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reached out to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, assuring his Botswana counterpart of his administration’s commitment to maintaining cordial relations between the two governments.
22 Apr 2019
You would have had to be at the dinner table of a Democratic Republic of Congo warlord whose troops had been accused of cannibalism to hear an uninhibited former Botswana president express heartfelt views about how generous employers should be to employees.
22 Apr 2019
BY THOBO MOTLHOKA
Former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) president Ian Khama is likely to face disciplinary action should the Sefhare-Ramokgonami Branch raise complaints against his recent decision to ‘endorse’ Umbrella for Democratic Party (UDC) candidate for the area.
22 Apr 2019
BY KHONANI ONTEBETSE & KABELO SEITSHIRO
A string of angry emails and vitriolic secret letters show how senior government officials and the liquidator as well as the High Court are fighting over millions of Pula spent on the care and maintenance operations of BCL mine.
22 Apr 2019
While the government has put multiple strategies to control the HIV/Aids epidemic, the high rate of new infections among the youth continues to wreck havoc.
According to the 2016 Botswana HIV and Aids estimates, 65 percent of adolescents and young people are newly infected with HIV each week, a majority of these being girls.
22 Apr 2019
BY PATIENCE RADISOENG
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) national spokesperson, Dithapelo Keorapetse, berated and hurled insults at the Sunday Standard when asked about the apparent storm brewing in the Ramotswa constituency.
22 Apr 2019
Government is developing a national migration profile (NMF) to deal with migration management and service provision to access required data for appropriate intervention.
This was confirmed by Kagiso Pelopedi, Officer In Charge, International Organization of Migration (IOM), Botswana Country Office, in an interview with the Sunday Standard.
22 Apr 2019
BY KABELO SEITSHIRO
The Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is undecided on which model to use to sell the mult-imillion Pula polished diamond named ‘The Okavango Blue’ discovered at the Debswana Diamond Company Orapa mine last year.
22 Apr 2019
BY BONNIE MODIAKGOTLA
Botswana’s is only part of three countries in Africa that have been placed in the stable category in the Fund For Peace’s 2019 Fragile States Index, according to the report released last week.
22 Apr 2019
BY BONNIE MODIAKGOTLA
The South African financial services behemoth, Liberty Holdings Limited, will be disposing of its asset management subsidiary in Botswana as part of the group’s wide exit of operations.