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Miners petition Ministers Moagi, Balopi

News Khonani Ontebetse -
Workers in the mining industry have petitioned the Minister of Mineral Resources Green Technology Lefoko Moagi and his counterpart at the Ministry...
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Dr. Tshipayagae, MPs to testify in fake news case

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Transport union demands BR inquiry report

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Truckers decry delays in COVID-19 test results

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ACHAP denies donor taps have run dry

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WEEKLY CARTOON

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SUNDAY STANDARD ONLINE

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A tale of two economies: The widening gap between the rich and poor should be source of concern

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
The curtain is almost closing on the debate relating to the Mid-term review of the National Development Plan 11 (NDP 11) at...
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SADC mixed messages on Zimbabwe serves to embolden the junta against human rights activists

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
The general mood was supposed to be ecstatic this year with SADC turning 40 years. Yet we see a...
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Position of DCEC head needs security of tenure

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
In less than three years the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has had no less than three Directors General.
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BUSINESS

Banking Sector: The ever-changing narrative

Business Victor Baatweng -
As rightfully described by Bogatsu, the banking sector in Botswana has been at the centre of all the financial storms – the...
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Govt maps way forward to improved efficiency

Business Cedric Swanka -
Government has laid plans to improve public sector reliability and service to provide a favourable environment for performance monitoring and evaluation.
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Sluggish diamond sales widen Botswana’s Trade deficit in June

Business Victor Baatweng -
Botswana’s Trade balance continue to deteriorate on account of a slowdown in sales of diamonds, latest trade data compiled by Statistics Botswana...
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New ISPAAD guidelines expected end of financial year

Business Portia Nkani -
The long-awaited review of the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD) is undergoing evaluation to be considered for review before...
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Financial Stability Council says Covid-19, economic structure could affect stability in the long run

Business Sunday Standard Reporter -
Botswana’s financial sector is not facing imminent financial instability but should the current impacts of Covid – 19 persist long-term stability cannot...
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Botswana ranks high in investment reward score

Business Victor Baatweng -
Botswana is still considered a favourable investment destination despite the economic risks brought by the Covid – 19 pandemic, a Risk-Reward Index...
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ANALYSIS

How to help your child earn and manage their own money

Opinions Otisitswe Tawana-Madziba -
To learn to ride a bicycle, you need a bicycle. To learn to play the guitar, you need a guitar. This is...
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DTEF should encourage excellence and not corruption

Opinions Thapelo J. Otlogetswe -
The Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF) is a powerful institution. Under its responsibility are millions, if not billions, of Pula which...
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Mogalakwe’s legal team badly and poorly represented him in election petition case

Opinions Adam Phetlhe -
Rre Mogalakwe Mogalakwe may have not won his election petition on the overall evidence presented in court. But the costly errors committed by...
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Batswana have more pressing concerns than reconciling Masisi and Khama!

Opinions Spencer Mogapi -
Batswana have much bigger and more important things to chew than getting to reconcile two grown up men fighting over a secret...
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Military Offences Stated in the BDF Act

Opinions Richard Moleofe -
The BDF Act is a legal instrument created specifically to enable the running of this military establishment that has come to be...
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SPORTS

WASBO steps up advocacy for creation of safe sports policies

Sports Anita Rannoba -
For Batswana sportswomen, the barriers faced every day just to participate in sport are insurmountable.   These barriers prevent...
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Damn If You Do, Damn If You Don’t

Sports Sunday Standard Reporter -
There seems to be no reprieve for the embattled Botswana Football Association (BFA) leadership. With the raging pandemic on one side and...
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BONA clamps down on rogue elements

Sports Patience Lephogole -
The past weeks has been filled with euphoria for local netball players with social media reporting that awards will be hosted to...
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Maphorisa blames sports merger failure on egos

Sports Duncan Kgangkenna -
The sports leader’s personal attitudes and lack of honesty are blamed for failure to merge the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) and...
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Morule spells out hard and fast rules at BNSC

Sports Duncan Kgangkenna -
The newly appointed Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) board chairperson, Marumo Morule readies to suspend national Sport Associations (NSAs) that are not...
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Orapa United snatch Boti

Sports Godfrey Mowaneng -
A streak of goal scoring form early this year by goal poacher Thabiso Boti has earned him a contract with Boteti based...
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LIFESTYLE

ATI’s ‘failed’ movement disappoints Batswana

Lifestyle Lucia Tshepo -
Batswana are expressing their disappointment in the famous rapper, Atlasaone Molemogi aka ATI for seemingly turning his back against the movement he...
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Entertainers demand govt. to come to the party

Lifestyle Sunday Standard Reporter -
Botswana Entertainment Promoters Association recently held a press conference where they expressed their disappointments about the government’s handling of the entertainment industry...
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The Local Slice BW Launches #RekaLocal Shelves

Lifestyle Sunday Standard Reporter -
Gaborone- In a bid to encourage and foster the capacitation of local products into retail stores, The Local Slice BW has launched...
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Porn through the eyes of a marriage counsellor

Lifestyle Mpho Kuhlmann -
Albert Gaopelo, a senior marriage counsellor at Olorato Marriage Counselling is resolute that pornography is a hot issue among Botswana couples. The...
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Fighters Support Group sessions heal cancer survivors

Lifestyle Lucia Tshepo -
Fighters Support Group (FSG) has become a family for cancer survivors all over the country. Cancer patients and cancer...
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IN-DEPTH

Politically smitten Kanjabanga aims at Boko’s jugular

In-Depth Thobo Motlhoka -
They say don’t be afraid to rock the boat once in a while. And anybody who happens to fall...
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Government dithers on treating GBV as a national emergency

In-Depth Joe Balise -
To date, Government has not yet implemented recommendations of a 2012 GBV comprehensive study dubbed “The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project: Botswana” which...
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Katlholo Botswana’s own “Mr. Right”

In-Depth Sunday Standard Reporter -
Mmanoko Primary School teachers like to regale friends with the story about the day a celebrity civil servant came to their school....
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History made as Okavango Delta safari camps welcome Batswana for first time

In-Depth Sunday Standard Reporter -
Thanks to COVID-19, Batswana are now being welcomed to one part of their own country that has always been off-limits and has...
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Stress, burnout impact negatively on productivity

In-Depth Joe Balise -
Stress and burnout have become one of the reasons that the workplace of recent times has suffered demise, with a lot of...
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Katlholo’s reappointment raises questions about DCEC independence

In-Depth Thobo Motlhoka -
The recent decision by President Mokgweetsi Masisi to “relieve” Joseph Mathambo of his position as Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC)...
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