Japan Film Festival 2026 to open in Gaborone with free public screenings
The Embassy of Japan in Botswana will officially launch the Japan Film Festival 2026 in Gaborone on 9 October, with Ambassador Shindo Yusuke set to officiate at the opening ceremony at New Capitol Cinemas in…
5 October 2026
BCP President Dumelang Saleshando
BOTSWANA AT 60: A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE, A MOMENT TO RESOLVE!
29 September 2026 Dumelang Saleshando* As we mark Botswana’s 60th birthday on 30 September, we take pride in the journey we have travelled together. We were once a poor country whose very survival was doubted…
5 October 2026
Orange Botswana CEO Nene Maiga and TEMCO Chairman Sailas Temwa sealed the deal
Orange Botswana, TEMCO Sign Deal to Drive Digital Healthcare Project
GABORONE – Orange Botswana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Extraordinary Medical Company (TEMCO), positioning the telecommunications firm as the preferred connectivity provider for a major healthcare development planned for the Gaborone…
30 September 2026
Vivo Energy Opens 85th Shell Service Station in Mmopane
GABORONE, September 25, 2026 – Vivo Energy Botswana has expanded its national retail network with the opening of the Shell Mmopane service station, bringing the total number of Shell-branded stations in the country to 85.…
30 September 2026
Botswana National Flag
Batswana in India Send Love as Botswana Celebrates 60 Years of Independence
Cynthia Thanda The 30th of September reminds every Motswana of the beginning of a new era – one shaped by the spirit of Botho and the determination of our forefathers, who paved the way from…
30 September 2026
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: <> on June 05, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: <> on June 05, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Royal visit set for Botswana’s 60th Independence celebrations
GABORONE – Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Gloucester, will undertake an official visit to Botswana from 5 to 8 October 2026, joining the country’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking 60…
25 September 2026
tang Mbikiwa, Head of FNB Botswana Foundation
FNB Launches P1.75 Million Community Grant Scheme for Local Projects
GABORONE: FNB Botswana has launched a nationwide community grant programme that will provide funding of up to P50,000 per project to support grassroots initiatives across the country as part of its 35th anniversary celebrations. The…
21 September 2026
The Project Team
Alliance Française launches construction of permanent French cultural centre in Gaborone
GABORONE, 18 September 2026 – Construction of the new Alliance Française de Gaborone French Language and Cultural Centre has officially begun after the organisation handed over the project site in Village to local contractor Time…
18 September 2026
Lone Motsomi — Botswana's multidisciplinary artist and performer
Lone Motsomi’s Kgololo brings a powerful homecoming to Maitisong
Gaborone, 30 August — Botswana multidisciplinary artist Lone Motsomi returned to home ground with the Botswana premiere of Kgololo: The Way Out Is Inward at Maitisong Theatre on Sunday, 30 August. The intimate performance follows…
11 September 2026
Duma Boko & Zunaid Moti at the school launch on September 5, 2026
BCP demands halt to P20 billion Boko-Moti school deal
Gaborone — The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has called for urgent action to stop what it describes as a costly and opaque school‑building programme, warning that the deal could saddle the nation with unsustainable debt.…
10 September 2026
