Having already spent ten years behind bars for a previous conviction, a serial car thief saw his latest bid for freedom hit a red light when he was further remanded in custody by Village Magistrate Court last Friday. 47-year-old Morwadi Maselesele Marangwane is accused of stealing three cars in a hectic 22-day crime spree earlier […]
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) through its Corporate Social Investment initiative has donated over Five Thousand Eight Hundred (5800) washable, reversible 3-ply face masks and related COVID-19 essentials to Motswakhumo Junior Secondary School in Lentsweletau, Kopong Junior Secondary School and Letsholo Primary schools in Kopong, in the Kweneng district. The respective schools received two (2) face masks for each pupil, teacher and the rest of the staff; 25 litres of sanitiser and dispensers, all at an estimated cost of
One Hundred and Eighty Nine Thousand Pula (P189,000).
Ms Tsaone Ruth Thebe, BOCRA Board Chairperson, officiated at each of the handover sessions held at the respective schools. Representing the Mmopane/Lentsweletau Constituency Office was Mr Masego Thantshane, Administration officer. Mr Puso Gaotlhobogwe, District Commissioner (Molaodi) also graced the three occasions.
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Ahead of the 2019 General Elections one of the trump card for political parties was the supply of potable water to all communities in Botswana as well provision of waste water management.
Two years after the elections, most major villages in Botswana are still struggling to have sustainable water supply and many believe hydro politics will play a pivotal role in the 2024 elections.
In 2013 Botswana came up with Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project ((WSRP) which has been funded by the World Bank by a $145.5, and was meant to address water crisis by 2021.
One of the issues that were highlighted in the report was that the Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan (IWRMͲWE) needs to address gaps and weakness in Botswana’s water resources management. “These include the lack of clear targets that can guide and accelerate IWRM implementation; government domination in water management with limited participation of ot
Richard Currie
Newly minted Accompong Town Maroon chief, Colonel Richard Currie, has sought to shed light on his longstanding connections with Reggae artiste Protoje, who voiced a dubplate and visited the community to help him in his leadership campaign leading up to election day last Saturday.
Speaking during an interview with Dionne Jackson Miller on Radio Jamaica’s
Beyond The Headlines programme on Tuesday evening, the Colonel said he and Protoje, whose given name is Oje Ken Oliviere, grew up together and were like blood brothers.
The Munro College old boy made his comments after the host noted that “the excitement of the campaign permeated way beyond Accompong” and queried whether the Chief who is being labelled by many adoring women as Black Panther, had got Protoje involved in the campaign “in a deliberate attempt to attract wider national attention”.