News

Government Scraps Development Manager Model Over Cost Concerns

News Reporter - August 14, 20250

The Government has revoked the controversial Development Manager (DM) model for delivering infrastructure projects citing inflated costs, procedural flaws, and an unsustainable financial burden...

Crime

Residents Call for Repeat Offenders to be shipped to U.S and DRC for Hard Labour

News Reporter - August 14, 20250

In an unusual call for justice, Hatsalatladi residents have proposed that repeat offenders be deported to the United States to work in the fields...

Politics

BNF Clashes with BDP Over Apology Tours

News Reporter - August 14, 20250

The Botswana National Front (BNF) on Wednesday took a direct aim at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), denouncing its ongoing “apology tour” as a...

Local

Government Confirms Plans to Upgrade Maun to City Status

News Reporter - August 12, 20250

Maun is set to be upgraded to a city under a unique model that capitalises on its tourism potential and ecological attributes, the Minister...

News

Over 5,000 Teachers Await Leave Concession Payments

News Reporter - August 12, 20250

More than 5,000 teachers across Botswana are still waiting to receive their leave concession payments, the Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education, Nono...

Health

Health Ministry Owes as Little as P1100 to Suppliers Amid Cash Crunch

News Reporter - August 12, 20250

The Ministry of Health has disclosed that it owes private businesses amounts ranging from just P1,100 to as much as P155.7 million, with 53...

Politics

BDP to Travel to Serowe to Bury the Hatchet with Bangwato

News Reporter - August 11, 20250

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has announced plans to visit Serowe on the weekend of 23 August 2025 to formally apologise to Kgosikgolo Khama...

News

Idle Machinery, Cleared Land: The Visible Legacy of DM Projects

News Reporter - August 10, 20250

Travelling through parts of Botswana where the government’s Development Manager model was supposed to deliver new roads, schools and other infrastructure, the reality is...

Local

Political Gamble on DM Model Backfires Ahead of NDP12

News Reporter - August 10, 20250

When the Development Manager model was unveiled in 2023, it was as much a political statement as an infrastructure strategy. The then President Mokgweetsi...

News

Oversight Vacuum and Legal Breaches Marred P56 Billion DM Model

News Reporter - August 9, 20250

The Development Manager model, rolled out to deliver Botswana’s Transitional National Development Plan, operated in an environment almost entirely devoid of statutory oversight, according...

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