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Liu Jieyi, spokesperson for the second session of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, attends a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2024. The CPPCC National Committee, China's top political advisory body, held a press conference on Sunday, one day ahead of its annual session. [Photo/Xinhua])

China’s People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) added 12, 44 million start-up jobs in 2023

Sunday March 3, 2024 TPA Watchman BEIJING: The Two Sessions comprising the CPPCC and the NPC – marking China’s apex political season – starts Monday 4th March 2024 at the Great Hall of the People…

3 March 2024

China’s high point political events – Two Sessions – begin in earnest next week March 4 and 5, 2024

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Over 100 journalists from 90 countries have landed in Beijing, for a ffirst-hand opportunity to see and learn about the world’s biggest economy, China, under the aegis of the Chinese International…

2 March 2024

SADC PF Secretary General Ms. Boemo Sekgoma (left) and the Secretary General/Clerk of the National Assembly of Mozambique, Mr. Alfredo Vasco Noguiera Nampete after signing an Implementation Agreement on the third phase of a Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance Project in Mozambique. Photo: Moses Magadza

Corruption, fraud denounced as SADC PF and Mozambique enter pact on SRHR

Moses Magadza in Mozambique MAPUTO – Combating corruption and fraud became the centerpiece of an agreement between the SADC Parliamentary Forum and the National Assembly of Mozambique on Wednesday. SADC PF Secretary General Ms. Boemo…

2 March 2024

Manphanyane

MAPHANYANE CAST IN UK FILM

* Auditions concluded: Maphanyane joins cast * Tamara Astor stars in the film * MOITOBO will film in Gaborone and London this June * Donald Molosi will Executive-Produce A new feature film starring award-winning English…

1 March 2024

His Excellency Mr Ohmori Setsuo, the Ambassador of Japan in Botswana

Japan celebrated Emperor Naruhito’s 64th birthday in grand style

By Cynthia Thanda and Thelma Obakeng How old do you think His Majesty Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan is? The Japanese Embassy answered that question in style as it celebrated the occasion of its National…

24 February 2024

Julian Assange

No press is free, until Assange is free

Today, Julian Assange will appear at the High Court in London to appeal his extradition to the US, after being held in the Belmarsh prison for five years. If he loses his appeal, he’ll be…

21 February 2024

Russian President Vladimir remained as calm as water even as he faced tough questions from American journalist, Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin and gets the whole world talking; some flipped, agitated and others, overjoyed

Tucker Carlson: Mr. President, thank you. On February 22, 2022, you addressed your country in your nationwide address when the conflict in Ukraine started and you said that you were acting because you had come to the conclusion that the United States through NATO might…

19 February 2024

Prof Onkgopotse JJ Tabane

University of Botswana appoints Professor Tabane Adjunct Professor

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana (UB) has appointed Prof Onkgopotse JJ Tabane as adjunct professor at the Department of Media Studies in the Faculty of Humanities. Professor Tabane, a South African, holds…

6 February 2024

AfDB Secretary-General Vincent Nmehielle

China’s infrastructure investments spur growth in Africa: AfDB official

The Pan Africanist Watchman China’s massive infrastructure investments in Africa are driving the continent’s economic growth, an African Development Bank (AfDB) official said on February 1. AfDB Secretary-General Vincent Nmehielle told journalists in Nairobi, the…

6 February 2024

Vasily Pushkov, Sputnik's Director for International Cooperation conducting a webinar for Botswana media

SputnikPro Master Class for Media Representatives from Botswana

Sputnik International News Media continues a series of master classes for media from Gaborone as part of the SputnikPro project. Vasily Pushkov, Sputnik’s Director for International Cooperation, met with correspondents of leading Botswana media. The…

1 February 2024

BPOMAS-Group-Chief-Executive-Officer-Mr.-Thulaganyo-Molebatsi-.

BPOMAS Marks 35 Years of Service, Trust and Healthcare Excellence in Botswana

ADVERTORIAL Botswana Public Officers Medical Aid Scheme (BPOMAS) is proudly celebrating 35 years of dedicated service to the people of Botswana, marking more than three decades of consistent delivery of quality healthcare financing, customer-focused service…

25 June 2026

Understanding the new European Union (EU) migration & asylum pact

“As the EU seeks to externalise its borders & migration problems” By Fortune Madondo “Migration is a European challenge which must be met with a European solution. One that is effective, fair and firm. This…

25 June 2026

Confiscated-crocodiles-just-before-being-transported-away-from-a-Springs-residential-property

Environmental management inspectors seize illegally kept crocodiles in Gauteng, South Africa

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 24 May 2026 Springs – Two illegally kept crocodiles were seized in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa during a multi-agency operation led by the Gauteng Department of Environment, highlighting the province’s continued…

25 June 2026

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026