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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Eric Molale says government is unable to introduce two administrative authorities in Gaborone City Council (GCC) because of a lack of resources. The Minister was responding to a question from Gaborone Bonnington South Member of Parliament (MP), Christian Greef last Thursdy, who enquired if such plans were afoot. […]
Underperforming ministers to be dropped Masisi has limited options in BDP backbench -Analyst BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Frustrated by the poor performance of some cabinet ministers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi is caught in a dilemma and is considering a shakeup of the Executive arm of government, The Patriot on Sunday has learnt. Source whisper that Masisi was supposed to announce a reshuffle on Thursday morning before travelling to Namibia to meet his counterpart President Dr Hage Geingob on an official visit but chose to hold the decision in abeyance. It is expected that Masisi w...
22nd February 2021 More details are starting to emerge about the potential sale of the mothballed BCL mines, with the preferred bidder Premium Nickel Resources Corporation already raising capital and has agreed to shoulder some costs associated with the care and maintenance of the mines for the next six months as it assesses the viability of reopening the closed mines. Last week the BCL liquidator, Trevor Glaum, announced that the Canadian miner Premium Nickel Resources Corporation has been identified as the preferred bidder, granting them exclusive access to the BCL and Tati mines to con...
Opposition MPs anticipate corruption, wasteful spending BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Dr Thapelo Matsheka has promised to submit to Parliament the financial audit of the controversial Covid-19 national relief fund. Dr Matsheka who has been going through baptism of fire from the opposition colleagues after delivering a budget speech last week over alleged misappropriation of funds says the audit is coming. During the budget speech, Matsheka announced that the government’s foreign reserves lost P12 billion in year with his pronouncement ...