Botswana National Front activists have been rubbed the wrong way by what they perceive as clandestine plans by their leadership to give the Gaborone South constituency to Botswana Congress Party.
BCP has recently joined the other opposition parties inside the Umbrella for Democratic Change under a plan that is still to be fully implemented.
The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has finally dragged Base Segolodi who was fraudulently awarded a tender worth P40 million.
This has followed an investigation that ran over 8 years.
An alleged diplomatic tension between Botswana and India which has been simmering behind the scenes boiled over recently with the latter threatening to recall its High Commissioner toBotswana, Dr Ketan Shukla.
A diplomatic row has erupted between Botswana and Italy over the extradition of an Italian fugitive John Wilson who is wanted in Botswana for offences that he allegedly committed in the country.
Attempts by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) to rail track the appointment of its National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA) ahead of the Congress this week hit a snag as one of the party activists turned down the offer saying his appointment went against the constitution of the party.
President Ian Khama, former president Festus Mogae, opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) presidential hopeful Sidney Pilane and a number of Cabinet ministers were complicit in an elaborate secret psychological warfare and scotched earth policy to force Basarwa out of the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (CKGR) – confidential documents passed to the Sunday Standard have revealed.
The planned Morupule B 5 & 6 power plant has run into another obstacle because former Minister and Morupule board member, Boyce Sebetela is demanding more than P26 million for a chunk of land he owns around the area.
The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Corruption typically doesn’t say much when the media seeks information about ongoing investigations. However, what its spokesperson, Phakamile Kraai says in only 17 words is really telling.
“The said case was under investigation and has been sent to our legal department for further advice,” Kraai says.
At a Wednesday memorial service at the University of Botswana, a young man referred to late president Sir Ketumile Masire as “homeboy” and revealed that he was so close to him that he could barge into his bedroom without knocking on the door.
At the time that the rich and powerful don’t seem to have too much trouble getting a scarce resource that the poor can struggle for for a lifetime, the Physical Planning Committee of the Gaborone City Council (GCC) has done something which, nowadays, is as heroic as it is rare.
The gun brandishment of the Directorate on Intelligence Service and the torture merchantry of the Botswana Police Service are common knowledge but you will never hear anyone associating the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with unethical conduct. Anyone but attorney Lyndon Mothusi that is.
Gaborone High Court Judge Justice Gaopalelwe Ketlogetswe has issued a stern warning against Permanent Secretary to the President Carter Morupisi to “swallow his pride” and obey court rules and procedures.
With the passing away of Sir Ketumile Masire, Botswana has lost not just a founding father and former president but the last surviving direct participant in the 1965 independence talks. This basically means that the nation has lost its last first-hand source of very important historical knowledge.
A new report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has raised a red flag over Debswana’s secretive financials relating to the sale of diamonds.
Basarwa of Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CLGR) have petitioned the Ghanzi District Commissioner and Court of Appeal denouncing President Ian Khama’s Consultative Committee.
President Khama last year set up a Committee aimed at brokering ‘peace’ between Basarwa and government. Basarwa are now rejecting the Committee and the restoration of services in the Reserve.
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe who was amongst African statesmen who spoke at the funeral of former President Sir Ketumile Masire has described him as a great man who commanded respect without ever demanding it.
I am at that place in my life where I’m defined by the people I’ve lost, like one of those negative-space pictures, where what’s not there is just as important as what is.
Botswana is believed to be spending outside the country’s budget in a secretive deal to procure Gripen Jets from Swedish company SAAB.
Challenged by a Swedish journalist on whether the money that Botswana plans to spend to buy fighter jets from her country couldn’t be better spent used on more pressing social developmental needs, President Lieutenant General Ian Khama sought to demonstrate how transparent the whole procurement process is.
Botswana Defence Force (BDF)’s military expenditure is expected to swell following fresh revelations that Botswana has added another list of military acquisitions to its already huge military expenditure.