A study that was commissioned by the Gambling Authority of Botswana (GAB) has revealed that Batswana shun and ‘generally hold a negative perception and opinion towards gambling.’ According to the study, this may be due to limited knowledge of what casino gambling is. It said most Batswana are of the view that gambling is a license to steal and meant to own and control people.
At least eight Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Members of Parliament (MPs) have broken ranks with their leader Dumelang Saleshando on whether to stay or leave the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), WeekendPost has learnt.
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While he would later execute a master stroke and wriggle free, the Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, had at first struggled to tame a very simple question: are
dikgosi (traditional leaders) equal before the law? The answer is just as simple (No) but well aware of how it would sound, Autlwetse used far too many words to avoid such directness.
The original 1966 constitution created a tribal caste system that recognised only eight (but not all) Tswana tribes.
Dikgosi from those tribes became ex-officio members of the House of Chiefs – renamed
Ntlo ya Dikgosi. A motion tabled by Oliphant Mfa, who was MP of what was then called Sebina-Gweta constituency, led to the repeal of sections of the constitution – Sections 77, 78 and 79 – that created such caste. As a direct result of such repeal,