In this history of the Bakgatla we read of war, slave-trading, and marauders hacking off of limbs: not in some remote country, but here, in what is now one of the world's most peaceful countries. As Prof. Morton once observed, in the 19th century this region was a very rough neighbourhood. This book, which is the culmination of many years' research and analysis throughout the author's career, is ...
As you enter Monarch Township, easily the largest in Francistown, you see boards with notices such as 'Re Rekisa Ice-Pop', airtime e teng, Barbershop, Menoto e teng and Ngaka ya Setswana ee tswang Malawi.
Though Botswana's second city boasts six commercial banks, the business community here is not happy with the time spent queuing up for services.
The Botswana Government is yet to decide whether it will take De Beers' offer of investing close to P1 billion in the diamond giant as part of a rights issue, a senior government official has said.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says its board had approved a loan amounting to US$30 million (P137.1 million) to Botswana domiciled and listed regional bank, ABC Holdings (ABCH).
BCL Mine is working on a plan to expand its mine life to 2013 and beyond.
In an effort to root out corruption and other acts of misconduct, BCL Mine plans to conduct an assessment of its suppliers early next year from which it expects returns running into millions of pula.
Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) said this week it has signed a new collective labour agreement with the Botswana Diamond Sorters and Valuators Union (BDSVU, DTC Botswana Branch), a deal which it said will facilitate the development and growth of a new chapter in employment relationship between the two parties.
Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) has handed over a day care centre valued at P147 000 and a library valued at P240,000 to Shashe Bridge village.
This masterpiece of modern, rational and scientific thought forced humanity to reconsider and re-evaluate it's position in the grand scheme of things. At it's heart, Darwin's theory of Natural Selection is remarkably simple. Those members of a species who are better adapted to their environment are the ones most likely to live long enough to pass on their better adapted genes to their offspring. ...
Drama continues to unfold in the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council as some ruling party councillors are lobbying for support from Botswana Congress Party councillors in their mission to topple Lekang Mukokomani from the mayoral position.
After staging a magnificent performance against Mochudi Centre Chiefs last Friday, Notwane tackle high-riding Extension Gunners in a be MOBILE Premier League clash in Molepolole on Sunday crippled by the absence of key players who are away on national duty. Notwane have agreed to release three young players, Kelebogile Mani, Kgaodi Odirile and Galagwe Moyana to represent the country in the COSAFA ...
The Chinese government has given Botswana a grant amounting to 20 million yuan (P19.2 million) to help Botswana implement some of its priority projects in National Development Plan (NDP 10).
Small business owners in Selebi-Phikwe have been advised to market their products to BCL Mine which requires a lot of products in the daily running of its business.
The Botswana Hayashi-Ha Karate Association has announced a strong 16-member junior team to represent the country at the US Open in Las Vegas next April.
Premier League Committee (PLC) chairman, Mokganedi Molefe has expressed hope that the appointment of a standing Disciplinary Committee (DC) will go a long way in ensuring the speedy resolution of disputes in the competition.
A debutant choral musician who will be releasing his album titled Le Bone Ditsala tomorrow, says that the sales from the first 200 copies will be donated to the needy. He is 27-year-old Kago Kgosietsile who says he has printed 200 copies of the album not necessarily in the quest for profitmaking but to help the poor.
Unlike their mentor Franco (Frank Lesokwane) who shot straight to stardom on first attempt with the release of Ke Lela Le Lona, kwaito kwasa groups Rokas and Animals have found the going tough in the music industry.
The University of Pretoria Choral Choir will kickstart their whirl-wind tour of the country by staging a concert at the Opera House at Kgale tonight (Thursday).
The MP for Okavango, Bagalatia Arone has expressed fears for the country's democracy. The MP told Parliament yesterday that Botswana is slowly becoming a typical African dictatorship.
Workers at Trans Africa in Gaborone were up in arms yesterday over low pay and bad working conditions.
Four police officers facing a murder charge will tomorrow know whether they will be committed to the High Court, without first appearing in a magistrate's court.
The MP for Gaborone Central, Dumelang Saleshando has equated the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) to terror squads in dictatorships in Africa and other parts of the world.
Students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the University of Botswana (UB) have petitioned the faculty after going for the whole semester without a lecturer for the Engineering Material course.
Law enforcement officers, suspected to be from Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS), arrested a man after a high-speed car chase through the streets of Gaborone yesterday.
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