Former Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund CEO, Boitumelo Molefe, was subjected to intense cross-examination when she gave evidence in the corruption case
The occasion of the debate on the budgetary allocation for the Ethics and Integrity Directorate provided MPs on opposing sides to both trash-talk each other
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has bowed down to pressure from the civil society, after cabinet agreed to recall contentious provisions that give investigation authorities blank cheque to spy on citizens under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Controlled Investigations) Bill.
A number of Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 2019 election funders and some of the former cabinet Ministers are said to be supporting the party Secretary General Mpho Balopi’s purported chairmanship bid. The party is expected to hold its national elective congress later this year and some members of the party are already warming up to wrestle for party positions.