How Debswana stole from Boteti farmers
Tsaone Segaetsho
A group of farmers whose land was taken by Debswana Trading Company to make way for a game reserve hoped to get Water Rights or an equivalence of what was taken away from them as compensation, only to be offered P180 000 of the P5.5 million set aside by Botswana Government as reparation.
• Farmers who had boreholes will not get any Water Rights compensation but P180k as compensation
• Minister Moagi says the compensation was adequate
Moshaneng Quarry deepens causing exposure to asbestos hazard
Tsaone Segaetsho
Fresh photographic evidence by this publication reveals that miners and villagers are not safe from the dangers associated with exposure to the asbestos mineral, which is currently banned since it causes lung diseases.
Masisi’s Pandora Box and his most wanted man shut inside
Tsaone Segaetsho
For almost four years former president Ian Khama and his specially handpicked successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi have been trying to settle a score in an ego trail or a power play which evidently emanated from a two-man Gentleman’s Agreement gone wrong.
Poor communities bear the brunt of human-wildlife conflict
Solomon Tjinyeka
Humans have coexisted with wildlife for millennia in both conflict and peace but the human-wildlife conflict is not a comfortable subject as it involves loss of life and livelihoods, fear and anger.
Controversial Debswana MD post hung for three years amid search for “indigenous Motswana”
Tsaone Segaetsho
Albert Milton’s appointment as MD of Debswana on the 1st of December 2018 was accompanied by a lot of fanfare, celebrations and festivities at Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) to welcome him to the top positon.
How blacklisted Unik Construction gobbled P268 million from the treasury
Tsaone Segaetsho
Ink Centre for Investigative Journalism holds a letter of World Bank’s Suspension and Disbarment Officer, Pascale HeUme Dubois, who blacklisted Chinese contractor Unik Construction Engineering (Pty) for trying to defraud its way into a multimillion Pula road construction project funded by the Bank in 2013.
‘Bomber’ allegedly masterminding cross border heists from a South African jail
TSAONE SEGAETSHO
Cross-border intelligence between Botswana Police Services (BPS) and the South African Police Services (SAPS) points to one of the infamous heist master-minders currently serving jail time in one of the Gauteng prisons.
Moffat Group VAT furor continues
• Shadrack Baaitse facilitated the controversial Moffat Group mask tender
Tsaone Segaetsho
Fresh investigations shows that businessman Shadrack Baaitse was subcontracted as a supplier by Moffat Group to get them face masks through a South African export and import company.
DIS challenges Justice Busang’s “stop harassing Khama” verdict
Tsaone Segaetsho
Former president Ian Khama is lodging in obscurity in South Africa after skipping the country early November much to the chagrin of the state security agency, DIS.
British American Tobacco mulls exiting Botswana market
• Smoke still unclear for vendors on Tobacco Bill
TSAONE SEGAETSHO
Vendors interviewed by Ink Centre for Investigative Journalism do not welcome the new Tobacco Control Act signed into law in October 2021, saying it is highly retributionist and exclusive.
