DPSM Defends Centralised Hiring News

DPSM Defends Centralised Hiring

Government has defended its decision to centralise part of the recruitment process for jobs created under the Public Service Insourcing Programme, insisting that the arrangement will not be used to favour particular people or groups.

BOPEU Calls On Govt To Open Up African Hero Deal News

BOPEU Calls On Govt To Open Up African Hero Deal

BOPEU said such investment deserved “serious and constructive consideration”, especially if it expands access to public services and creates employment for Batswana. However, it cautioned that the excitement around new infrastructure should not overshadow questions about what the country may eventually be required to pay or surrender.

BCP Wants African Hero Deal Probed News

BCP Wants African Hero Deal Probed

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has called for an urgent parliamentary investigation into the African Hero schools and clinics initiative, alleging that the project could leave taxpayers with a bill of more than P20 billion.

Boko’s African Hero Takes Off News

Boko’s African Hero Takes Off

The primary school is expected to enrol about 380 learners, while the clinic has been designed to attend to as many as 288 patients a day once it is fully staffed and operational.

Suspected FMD Outbreak Hits Kgatleng News

Suspected FMD Outbreak Hits Kgatleng

The suspected cases were detected at Marapong crush in the Oodi–Dikwididi extension area, as well as Rabotsiripa, Masarweng and Tomosi crushes in the Mochudi extension area. These areas fall under Disease Control Zone 11.

Court Dismisses 21 GUC Law Graduates’ Bid To Sit Bar Exams News

Court Dismisses 21 GUC Law Graduates’ Bid To Sit Bar Exams

The High Court has dismissed an application by 21 aspiring lawyers who sought to overturn a decision by the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) refusing to register them for the 2026 Admission (Bar) Examinations. Justice Nthomiwa Nthomiwa ruled that a dispute concerning a Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) audit of the law programme offered by Gaborone University College of Law and Professional Studies (GUC) in partnership with Leeds Beckett University could not be resolved through affidavits.