The Sunday Standard newspaper Editor, Outsa Mokone, was on Friday morning granted bail by the Broadhurst Magistrate Court in a case in which he is accused of publishing a seditious story contrary to section 51 (1) (c) as read with section 50 (1) of the penal code (Cap 08:01) Laws of Botswana and the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
Thursday, 22 December 2016
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16 Dec 2016
Gaborone High Court Judge, Justice Zein Kebonang on Friday issued a warrant of arrest against the Commander of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Major General Placid Segokgo after he was found to be in contempt of court for failure to comply with a judgment to reinstate two BDF officers who were dismissed from work.
15 Dec 2016
Fresh information has emerged to the effect that the director of legal services at the troubled Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Obolokile Sekga has been shown the door.
15 Dec 2016
The Minister of Infrastructure Science and Technology Nonofo Molefhi is reported to have approached President Ian Khama to inform him about his intention to contest for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s Chairmanship.
15 Dec 2016
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s failure to provide a list of those who were recently welcomed with fanfare at Tsholetsa House has raised more suspicion on the ruling party recruitment drive. The opposition has since defined it as a hoax.
15 Dec 2016
The tabling of the Freedom of Information Bill in parliament will not be done anytime soon as the government is still busy drafting another “important” law to be known as the Data Protection.
A junior minister at the Office of the President, Thato Kwerepe said Monday that both the Freedom of Information Bill and the Data Protection Bill are still being discussed.
15 Dec 2016
MAUN – Atleast 20 of the 22 squatter families at Maun’s Sedie ward have been evicted from their illegal structures by the Tawana Land Board (TLB) on Friday. Amongst those evicted were orphans, most of who claimed their parents had illegally occupied the land which they had stayed in since birth.
15 Dec 2016
MAUN - The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama has vowed to ‘get rid of’ non-performing staff within his ministry.
15 Dec 2016
A warrant of arrest has been issued against the son of Member of Parliament for Molepolole North, Mohammed Khan, for his non appearance in court where he is facing a charge of stealing two government vehicles worth over half a million Pula (P601 038.00).
15 Dec 2016
A debate erupted recently on facebook after someone had asked the question, “amongst all the four presidents this country has had, who do you think was the best and state your reasons? I don’t have a distinctively best picking as all of them belong to a wrecked scheme. To me modomkrag ke modomkrag. They are invariable. They only diverge in skin texture, elevation and otherwise.
15 Dec 2016
Botswana Ash Company (BOTASH) is currently advancing efforts to diversify its products. The company which produces soda ash and salt is already looking at manufacturing fertilizers such as potash and phosphorus.
15 Dec 2016
Botswana Ash Company (BOTASH) last week held an Excellence Award Ceremony to recognize its hard working employees. A total number of 38 employees from different departments were given awards in the form of certificates.
15 Dec 2016
The Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Sadique Kebonang told Parliament that government owes Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) P98.6 million.
15 Dec 2016
Enos Banda, A South African born entrepreneur replaces UK national John Burbidge, as Letshego’s Group Chairman, a position which the Pan African financial services outfit says came into effect on November 1 2016.
15 Dec 2016
Lucara, a diamond producing company, announced that its flagship asset in Botswana being Karowe mine has turned up a record turnover since the start of production in 2012.
15 Dec 2016
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kenneth Matambo, says Botswana should not make a big deal out of the Global Financial Integrity Report titled “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing countries 2003-2012” which estimated losses in excess of US$ 856 million by Botswana through illicit financial flows.
15 Dec 2016
National Development Bank (NDB)’s half year financial results for the year ended September 30 2016 registered a loss of P6.2 million contrasting the performance of the corresponding period in 2015 which recorded a profit of P2.4 million.
15 Dec 2016
The beneficiaries in a Makgadikgadi Sustainable Land Management (SLM) at Letlhakane waited for farming equipment before it was finally delivered due to delays in its procurement.
The Director of Birdlife Botswana Dr Kabelo Senyatso attributes the delay partially to the disagreement his institution had with the Department of Forestry and Range Resources (DFRR).
15 Dec 2016
Government-sponsored tertiary education enrolment and participation rate during the past year recorded a significant decline as a result of limited governmental financial resources for sponsorship. Delivering his state of the nation address (SONA) recently, President Dr. Ian Khama noted that there has been a decline of 19 percent for the past two financial years (2014/2015 and 2015/2016).
15 Dec 2016
Not really, but what I’m trying to communicate here is that as we head home to spend the festive holidays with our old folks at the villages, let us use the opportunity to tell them the true state our nation. Let us tell our parents that, at the rate things are going in our country, we will no longer be able to send them money or spoil them to nice meals during Christmas.
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