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BCP Presses Boko Over Magosi
The BCP is demanding answers over Peter Magosi's reported contract extension, questioning how retaining the DIS chief squares with the UDC's previous calls for intelligence reform. SESUPO RANTSIMAKO The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has questioned President Duma Boko's reported decision to extend Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Director General Brigadier (Rtd) Peter Magosi's contract,
Farmers Eye New Export Markets
Botswana is negotiating new animal-health agreements that could reopen export outlets and ease pressure on livestock farmers hit by FMD restrictions. BONGANI MALUNGA Botswana is negotiating animal-health requirements with several countries in a push to widen market access for livestock and animal products, offering a potential lifeline to farmers whose selling options have been squeezed
BOFEPUSU Lays Claim to UDC Manifesto
BOFEPUSU says organised labour helped shape key UDC manifesto commitments and insists its criticism of government is about holding the administration to promises made to workers. BONGANI MALUNGA The Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) has rejected suggestions that its increasingly vocal criticism of government amounts to an anti-government posture, arguing
Mpho Sebina Breaks The Mould
Forget the neat genre boxes. On "Koma," Mpho Sebina throws Setswana soul into an Afro House playground with Balcony Mix Africa and Major League DJz and calls the creative discomfort part of the fun. GOSEGO MOTSUMI Mpho Sebina is not interested in staying musically comfortable. On "Koma," her latest collaboration with Balcony
Shaka iLembe Goes Global
The Zulu king is crossing borders. After breaking South African TV records, Shaka iLembe: Zulu King is taking its isiZulu storytelling, political intrigue and epic African scale to the world. GAZETTE REPORTER Shaka is leaving the kingdom. Not literally, of course. But after becoming one of South Africa's biggest television phenomena, Shaka
BDC Reverses P171m Loss
A one-year turnaround restored BDC to profit as stronger income, tighter costs, asset recycling and lower impairments reversed the previous year's losses. BONGANI MALUNGA The Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) has returned to profitability after an aggressive one-year turnaround programme reversed a P171 million loss and restored the state investment company to the black. BACK IN