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Delivery of services in Kweneng district could grind to a halt due to looming financial challenges after the municipality overspent...

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s first year in office has been characterised by a steep rise in executions, with four people put...

Investors in the Coal Petroleum project are fuming after President Mokgweetsi Masisi told the nation on Monday during his State...

Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Thato Raphaka, has dismissed suggestions that Botswana should introduce...

Rejected and purged by the leadership of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Umbrella for Democratic Party (UDC) new recruit,...

The mystery surrounding the death of fish in the Okavango Delta has been cleared by the Department of Wildlife and...

With Advocate Sidney Pilane stepping down as president of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), party Chairman Nehemiah Modubule says he will...

Kweneng District Council (KwDC) will on December 09, 2020 know the fate of a P15 million investment made into BluThorn...

The Chairman of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) Nehemiah Modubule says there is nothing that can be written home about...

It is indeed an honour for me to address you this morning on this momentous occasion, marking the official opening of the Global Expo  Botswana 2020.  I am delighted to have virtually joined all participants at this event. 2.   The theme for this year’s Global Expo, “Using Disruptive Tech to  Shape  the  New  Normal in the  era  of  Covid-19 and Beyond,” could not have been more relevant as the world has now focused attention on innovative solutions to address the global outbreak of COVID-19. 3.   Distinguished Ladies and  Gentlemen, it has now become normal for us to conduct meetings and events of this nature virtually in our efforts to minimise the spread and transmission of COVID-19. Until an effective and reliable vaccine is found, we will continue to follow the laid-down health protocols and regulations to protect ourselves and our nations from this deadly virus. 4.   The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted our health systems and the global economy as a whole. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) World Economic Outlook has estimated a deep...