Botswana
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:56:23 GMT'I Look Up to Bolt' - Tebogo
[The Patriot] The national World Athletics Under 20 team went to Nairobi, Kenya with their eyes on the prize and were able to exceed expectations when they scooped a collection of gold and silver medals after running some record-breaking times in the...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:55:31 GMTMokgethi, DPP Bosses Face LSB
[The Patriot] The investigative unit of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) -the Disciplinary Committee, is currently seized with the case involving Annah Mokgethi -the Minister for Nationality, Immigration and Gender, following a complaint lodged agai...
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:26:36 GMTSanco Petitions Botswana for Engaging Afriforum
[The Patriot] The South African National Civic Organization ( SANCO) will be embarking on a March to the Botswana Embassy on Friday the 3rd of September 2021 to register its dissatisfaction with the government of Botswana about their continued underm...
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:30:59 GMT'Kgatleng Landboard Wastes Money On Useless Court Cases' - Activists
[The Patriot] LOSE-LOSE SITUATION COURT CASES
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 06:02:35 GMTBotswana Assures Unauthorized Immigrants of Covid-19 Vaccinations
[VOA] Gabarone, Botswana -- The Botswana government has sought to assure thousands of undocumented immigrants they will not be left out of the country's COVID-19 vaccination program.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:37:54 GMTDe Beers, National Geographic Form Partnership to Protect Okavango Delta
[VOA] Gaborone -- Mining giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals of Botswana's iconic Okavango Delta. The vast UNESCO World Heritage wetland is threatened by climate...
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 07:48:32 GMTSouth Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns Secured a Semifinal Place
[SAFA] Sundowns have looked mighty impressive in their opening two matches, scoring 12 goals without conceding as they seek qualification for the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League that will be staged in Egypt later in the year. Only the winn...
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:47:22 GMTCase Involving Former President Khama, Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe Thrown Out
[CAJ News] Gaborone, Botswana -- THE Botswana High Court has acquitted the woman accused of laundering US$10 billion with former President Ian Khama, and South African businesswoman, Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe.
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 05:16:19 GMTLearning From Botswana's Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout
[WHO-AFRO] Africa's largest-ever vaccination drive is well underway.52 African countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and over 73 million doses have been administered on the continent.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:40:50 GMTP205m Required for BDF Mozambique Mission
[The Patriot] The Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security requires additional funding of P204.5 million under the Botswana Defence Force to cover the costs of deploying and sustaining troops in Mozambique. Of this amount, P70.4 million is requested...
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:40:38 GMTMagosi Faces DRC's Mukela for SADC Top Post
[The Patriot] Among the key highlights of this week's Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Lilongwe, Malawi is the election of new Executive Secretary to replace Tanzania's Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax who has come to the end of her ...
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:34:04 GMTUDC Congratulates Hichilema and Zambians
[The Patriot] The Zambian presidential, parliamentary and council elections held over the past weekend have ushered in a new Government.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:56:10 GMTZimbabwean Man Sentenced to 12 Years For Rape
[New Zimbabwe] A 29-year-old Zimbabwean man who attacked and repeatedly raped for three hours a Swaneng Hill schoolgirl in Serowe, Botswana, hour ordeal, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:32:37 GMTGovt Tightens Covid-19 Restrictions Amid Rising Death Toll
[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose country has one of the world's highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita, has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including extension of a nighttime curfew and postponement of the reope...
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:28:19 GMTCovid-19 Compromises Mental Health
[The Patriot] Pandemic causes psychological wounds
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:17:51 GMTCovid-19 Blues - Botswana Must Urgently Publish a Clear Vaccine Roll-Out Plan
[Daily Maverick] The International Court of Justice and Amnesty International have been pressing Botswana's Ministry of Health and Wellness to make public its official Covid-19 vaccine roll-out strategy, yet their request has so far fallen on deaf ea...
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:46:13 GMTOpinion - On the Namibia - Botswana Border Issue
[New Era] Namibia is bordering with Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. On 9 February 1990, it was clearly stated that all colonial boundaries and demarcations will be respected. Of all the five above mentioned countries, only Botswa...
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:14:58 GMTGet Vaccines Now, People Are Dying
[The Patriot] ... Phikwe West MP, Dithapelo Keorapetse
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:43:40 GMTBotswana Announces the Arrival of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine
[The Patriot] The Ministry of Health and Wellness wishes to inform members of the public that Botswana will receive 108 000 doses of its first ever consignment of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine on 12 August 2021.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:56:08 GMTForeign Troops Arrive in Force to Fight Cabo Delgado Insurgency
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Rwandan and Mozambican forces have surrounded Mocimboa da Praia, which has been held by insurgents for the past year. This is the largest town in the war zone, with the only port on the northern Cabo Delgado co...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:41:28 GMTHealth Ministry Dithers While Batswana Die
[The Patriot] The Ministry of Health and Wellness has conceded that the Private Practice Licensing Committee has not been able to meet for many months and blames this anomaly on COVID-19 pandemic.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:43:00 GMTBpf Applauds Ski Foundation for Oxygen Concentrators
[The Patriot] Botswana Patriotic Front applauds the SKI Foundation and its Chairperson Lt. Gen. Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama for their gallant effort to secure oxygen concentrators for Batswana at a time when the regime is in the doldrums with these l...
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:24:07 GMTBotswana's Top Man At the UN
[The Patriot] Botswana's top man at the United Nations Collen V Kelapile assumes a key leading role at the world's top agency this week. He becomes the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a period of a year. But who is Ambass...