Botswana

UDC Spin doctor, Moeti Mohwasa

UDC blasts President Masisi’s appointment of Boyce Sebetela to Chief of Staff in the Office of the President as ‘abuse of power’

Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has reacted with “shock” to the appointment of Boyce Sebetlela to the newly-created post of Chief of Staff in the civil service. Sebetela is not only…

6 August 2021

President Masisi pleads for donations of Covid vaccines from America’s Joe Biden

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman America’s Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Ambassador Victoria Nuland this week Tuesday made a stopover in Botswana during her whirlwind tour of four African countries. The visit to South…

4 August 2021

Boyce Sectela

Boyce Sebetela appointed Botswana’s first Chief of Staff in the Office of the President

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Former Minister and Member of Parliament for Palapye, Boyce Lephimotswe Sebetela has been appointed the country’s inaugural Chief of Staff in the Office of the President. The announcement was made Monday,…

2 August 2021

Botswana has received a generous supply of Sinopharm vaccine donation from China

Stop subsidising corporate fat cats!

Vaccine monopolies make the cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 times more expensive than it could be. The cost of vaccinating the world against COVID-19 could be at least five times…

1 August 2021

Karabo's Freagra Fragrance

Karabo Angela Bokwe’s Freagra Fragrances and Lip Gloss take the market by storm

Cynthia Thanda From a small-town girl who grew up in Orapa to now a final year law student, Karabo Angela Bokwe is a creative hardworking 21-year-old who has revolutionized people’s thoughts with her Freagra lip-gloss.…

30 July 2021

Mmatshumu Village Chief, Kgosi Keletshwareletse Lash Phetsogang called off the search when it did not yield any results

Two Letlhakane children, missing since 2020, in Makgadikgadi still not found

Cynthia Thanda The year 2020 ended bitterly for residents of Mmatshumu village. On the 17th of November, two children aged 11 and 9 years were reported missing at Makgadikgadi in Tswantsha. The children are from…

29 July 2021

Dr. Liam Kadel, Dr. Annerys Sanchez, Dr. Leonel Suarez, Dr. Carlos Manuel Oro and Ambassador Patricia Pego Guerres celebrating Cuba's National Day of Rebellion in Gaborone

Cubans living in Botswana commemorate July 26, the National Day of Rebellion

Thato Mouwane The Pan Afrikanist Watchman July 26th marked the day when Fidel Castro led a group of revolutionaries to attack the army barracks of Moncada in Santiago de Cuba and the military garrisons of…

26 July 2021

#SOSCuba: Fifth Generation Warfare

By: Vitalio Angula and Aldo Fuentes The Twitter #HashTag #SOSCuba which began on 5 July 2021 culminated in a series of sporadic protests on the island nation state of Cuba. The protests began on the…

21 July 2021

Israel helping Botswana Government to spy on Journalists

By Suraya Dadoo An investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has revealed how Botswana’s security forces routinely arrest journalists, take possession of their devices, and use Israeli phone-hacking technology to access their sources.…

20 July 2021

Leader of Opposition in Parliament also Vice President of Umbrella for Democratic Change Dumelang Saleshando

President Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi must end the State of Emergency “forthwith”

by Dumelang Saleshando Mr Speaker, Two days ago, His Excellency President Mokgweetsi Masisi addressed the nation on what was expected to be an update on the Covid 19 situation in the country. The President in…

16 July 2021

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

Sahrawi activists launch open-ended hunger strike, urge African rights body to intervene

ADDIS ABABA – An urgent appeal has been submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), calling for immediate intervention on behalf of nine Sahrawi political prisoners who have launched an open-ended…

5 October 2026

President Brahim Ghali calls for accelerating the decolonisation process in Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony

Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), September 7, 2026 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr Brahim Ghali, sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, informing him of the latest…

3 October 2026

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu met South Africa's Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in New York

AFRICA’S $3.4 TRILLION DREAM IS BLEEDING

By Fortune Madondo The diplomatic tension between Nigeria and South Africa is killing Pan-African solidarity. As the continent’s two economic powerhouses, their friction stalls consensus, disrupts trade, and bleeds the $3.4 trillion dream. It exposes…

1 October 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu

FROM UNGA WALKOUT TO PITCH CONTROVERSY

By Fortune Madondo In 72 hours, the same state was confronted in two theatres. On September 24, 2026, at the 81st UN General Assembly, an estimated 75 to 77 delegates walked out as Prime Minister…

1 October 2026