Residents of gated communities urged to comply with lockdown laws
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Foreign nationals in CT say they’ll walk to Botswana or Namibia next week
Refugee leader JP Balous said their plan to pack up and walk to the nearest border this week was delayed because four of their children drowned at a Sea Point Beach on Sunday.
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Botswana in the rough as diamond sales lose glitter - IMF
Botswana is one of the world's largest diamond producers and the gems are its main source of income, accounting for more than three-quarters of the country's exports.
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Botswana intelligence agent Welheminah Maswabi granted bail
Welheminah Maswabi, whose code name is now known as Butterfly, was initially denied bail as the court said she was a flight risk.
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Botswana to start issuing trophy hunting licences in December
President Mokgweetsi Masisi's government in May removed the moratorium, just a year after he succeeded Ian Khama who had introduced a blanket hunting ban in 2014.
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Botswana relations with SA remain in intact - ambassador
Prosecutors in Botswana alleged that Motsepe-Radebe was a co-signatory to accounts that received $10 billion stolen from the country.
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Khama wants probes into Botswana intelligence bodies' alleged abuse of power
Former Botswana President Ian Khama wants investigations to be launched to prove the country's intelligence and anti-corruption bodies were being used to settle personal vendettas.
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Khama denies claims he opened offshore accounts linked to Motsepe-Radebe
In an affidavit deposed in the case of arrested intelligence agent Willeminah Maswabi, investigators said Khama issued the instructions in 2008 when he assumed office.
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Masisi vows to transform Botswana economy, Khama shuns inauguration
Mokgweetsi Masisi took his second oath as the fifth president of Botswana on Friday morning.
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Mokgweetsi Masisi takes his oath as Botswana president
The Botswana Democratic Party won 38 of the 57 constituencies giving it another mandate to govern
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Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe denies money laundering, terrorism in Botswana
Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe is setting the record straight on Thursday morning on allegations that she was involved in a plot to topple Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who will be inaugurated on Friday following elections in that country.
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Origin point: Study pinpoints exact location of earliest modern humans
An international team has found that this group of Homo Sapiens originated in the south of the greater Zambezi River Basin region.
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Botswana's new president vows to reform economy
Mokgweetsi Masisi won his first election on Friday after the ruling Botswana Democratic Party, which has ruled since independence from Britain, secured more than 51% of parliamentary votes.
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Botswana Patriotic Front president loses constituency
The IEC said earlier it expected counting to be done by Friday.
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Botswana voting results trickle in after slight delays
The country’s Independent Electoral Commission said it only started verifying ballot papers around midnight due to the high volumes of voters.
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Expert warns of first disputed election for Botswana
Election expert Dr Victor Shale said the first past the post electoral system was problematic.
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Ian Khama denies having affair with Jeff Radebe’s wife
South Africa and Botswana had to mend relations after a telephone conversation in which Radebe was accused of hatching a plot to unseat Masisi was leaked and Botswana slapped her with a travel ban.
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Khama: Masisi's become drunk on power
Botswana’s former President Ian Khama said that he had no intention of talking politics until his successor started behaving like African leaders who were drunk on power.
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‘Some African leaders are drunk on power’ – Ian Khama
Former Botswana President Ian Khama tells EWN why he voted for the newly formed Botswana Patriotic Front, and not his former party the governing Botswana Democratic Party.
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Botswana heads to the polls
An estimated 1.2 million Batswana will cast their votes for the national parliament and local government councils.
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Voting under way in Botswana
However, South Africa, which was drawn into the fall-out between that country's former President Ian Khama and his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi during campaigning, may only breathe a sigh of relief when counting is done.
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All systems go for Botswana elections
The country will see 1.2 million Batswana cast their votes for the national Parliament and local government councils.
