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.
‘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.
Pandora Papers: What is Ram ‘hiding’ in British Virgin Islands?
By definition, there is nothing wrong with owning an offshore company. However, it becomes rather fascinating when those who do deny it, especially when the entities in question are domiciled in places that attract certain types who present perturbations to the international finance system. As NTIBINYANE NTIBINYANE of INK Centre for Investigative Journalism reports, an international probe points at Ram of Choppies fame as one such person
VP Tsogwane accused of ‘quarry mine grab
Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, who is also the Member of Parliament for Boteti West, is embroiled in a controversy over the ownership of a quarry mine in the village of Xhumo, Julia Masima reports.
How Masisi is mismanaging the pandemic
Botswana lacks leadership and policy direction to stop the spread of Coronavirus, argues Joel Konopo
Masisi is conflicted in Eswatini and “out of depth”
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should recall President Mokgweetsi Masisi, current chair of the SADC organ on Politics, Defence and Security (Troika), who lacks objectivity about the unfolding crisis in eSwatini and therefore cannot mediate between the clashing security forces and demonstrators calling for electoral reforms.
