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Ntuane calls for provision of condoms in prisons

Specially Elected Member of Parliament Botsalo Ntuane has called on government to move with the times and start providing condoms inside prisons. Debating an amendment...

Broadcasting exclusive rights irks stakeholders

Government exclusive rights over the broadcast of the 13 December judgement in which Basarwa leader, Roy Sesana and others seek land rights at the...

Walk the talk – free spending Mogae urged

If you are looking for the most expensive cars in Botswana, look at the parking bays of parastatal organizations, government departments and councils ÔÇô...

BNYC suspends Chief Executive

The Botswana National Youth Council has suspended acting Chief Executive Officer Thina Molatlhegi in the latest installment of the marathon power struggle between the...

BOMU breaths life into copyright law

The Botswana Musicians Union plans to hold a copyright workshop to move the government to resuscitate the law of 2000 currently suffocating under the...

Local police officers unhappy

Signs that officers in the Botswana Local Police Service may be unhappy with their conditions of service emerged in Parliament this week. Tonota Member of...

Current national budgeting procedures flawed – Moyo

The Member of Parliament for Tati West, Guma Moyo, has told The Sunday Standard that the current budgeting processes by the national treasury are...

No show Mphati disappoints journalists

The questions on every journalist's lips could not be asked at the BCL press conference last week because company General Manager, Montwedi Mphathi, did...

Lack of information stifles MPs debate in parliament

Parliament can not discuss some public issues as relevant information is not readily available because most government departments are not computerized ÔÇô it emerged...

Government hospitals inundated with lawsuits

Government hospitals are being sued more than any public institution in the Ministry of Health because of alleged medical negligence ÔÇô Minister of Health,...