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Weekend Post
… At the signing ceremony, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Major General (Rtd) Pius Mokgware attributed Botswana’s unemployment challenges in part to strategic failures by previous leadership in aligning education and skills development with the country’s economic strengths. …
Mokgware blames job crisis on previous leadership failuresWeekend Post
… According to Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Pius Mokgware, businesses must act immediately to review and update their employment contracts, policies, and practices to align with these new rules. …
Mokgware’s lionized new Labour lawMmegi
… u could be sitting at home with your laptop, working there, and producing results. “That’s why our offices you find them full of magwinya le mogodu, when you could just eat in the comfort of your house there and still be productive.”Labour and Home Affairs minister, Pius Mokgware …
Mokgware shoots from the hip on World Productivity DayDaily News Botswana
… Handing over their citizenship documents on World Refugee Day commemoration on Saturday, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Major General Pius Mokgware said the act of bestowing citizenship on the 64 would forever be etched in their minds given that they had left their countrie …
Botswana Grants Sixty-Four Refugees CitizenshipDaily News Botswana
… On June 14, 1985, Operation Plecksy caught local forces completely off guard, a failure of intelligence that Major General Pius Mokgware still reflects on decades later. …
Twenty minutes that changed Gaborone in 1985Botswana Sunday Standard
… In regulations signed recently, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Pius Mokgware has unveiled a new visa fee structure that dramatically increases the cost of entering Botswana for work, business, study and tourism. …
Botswana slaps foreign travellers with steep new visa feesThe Botswana Gazette
Labour Minister Major General (rtd) Pius Mokgware has warned meat industry employers against using Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) disruptions to unlawfully retrench workers SESUPO RANTSIMAKO The Minister of Labour, Major General (rtd) Pius Mokgware, has warned employers in the meat …
Employers Warned Over FMD-Linked Job CutsBotswana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs and Naledi Mining Services Company to export skilled mining professionals regionally and internationally. Minister Mokgware attributed unemployment partly to strategic failures by previous leadership in aligning education and skills with the country's economic strengths.
22 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Botswana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs and Naledi Mining Services Company to export skilled mining professionals regionally and internationally. Minister Mokgware attributed unemployment partly to strategic failures by previous leadership in aligning education and skills with the country's economic strengths.
22 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Botswana's Employment and Labour Relations Act (ELRA), which came into full effect on July 1, 2026, consolidates three separate pieces of legislation into a unified framework to modernize employment standards and strengthen worker protections. The law introduces significant changes including caps on fixed-term contracts at 12 months unless objectively justified, with breaches resulting in automatic conversion to indefinite status.
7 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Labour and Home Affairs minister Pius Mokgware marked World Productivity Day by criticising entrenched workplace policies and attitudes in Botswana, arguing that unnecessary office requirements harm productivity and competitiveness when remote work could be equally effective.
2 July 2026 · Mmegi →
Sixty-four refugees were granted Botswana citizenship during a World Refugee Day commemoration, with the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs noting the act reflected the government's human rights commitment and that the new citizens left their countries due to harsh circumstances. The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services said the decision unlocks opportunities for the refugees and represents progress toward their local integration.
22 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
On June 14, 1985, Operation Plecksy—a cross-border raid by the South African Defence Force hunting anti-apartheid activists—killed at least 12 people in Gaborone's Bontleng neighbourhood. The Botswana Defence Force's restrained response in the hours that followed is credited with preventing escalation to full-scale war.
15 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The government has introduced new, higher visa fee charges affecting foreign travellers, investors, and business people entering Botswana for work, business, study, and tourism, in regulations signed by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs.
1 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Labour Minister Pius Mokgware has warned employers in the meat industry against using Foot-and-Mouth Disease restrictions as cover for unlawful worker retrenchments.
11 May 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →