Botswana

Towards a People’s Constitution for Botswana

By *Moses Magadza WINDHOEK – A constitution developed through wide consultations with the people that it is intended to serve is more likely to be a widely accepted and respected document than one crafted behind…

30 March 2021

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Back in the day: Chiefs fans long for Premiership return PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Chiefs in talks to buy Premiership status

Magosi were relegated to the First Division in 2018 and after finding no success on the field for a quick return, the club is seeking an alternative route powered by an ambitious executive committee elected…

14 February 2021

Education official alleges deliberate spreading of COVID-19 by learners

A North East District education official has alleged that Masunga Senior Secondary School learners were deliberately spreading coronavirus. Speaking in an interview with BOPA yesterday, Ms Angela Matlhape, the chief education officer, said the motive…

14 February 2021

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Botswana hangs two men who murdered women, drawing mixed reaction on social media

Botswana Prison Service said Wedu Mosalagae, 33, of Letlhakane village and Kutlo Setima, 29, of Ghanzi, were hanged at Gaborone Central Prison on Monday “Mosalagae was committed to death by Francistown High Court on the…

14 February 2021

Botswana names preferred bidder for shuttered copper miner, BCL Limited

Botswana picked Premium Nickel Resources as the preferred bidder for its shuttered copper mining group BCL, according to Mmetla Masire, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security. The…

14 February 2021

Elias Magosi

Elias Magosi boasts a Masters Degree in Organisational Development from Bowling Green State University in USA and a Graduate Diploma in Management Services from Bolton University as well as years of service both in the civil service and private sector

Botswana makes bold bid for SADC’s top post at HQ

Forty-one years later and despite hosting the Secretariat of the regional economic bloc, Southern African Development Community -Botswana is finally making the bold step to decisively bid for Executive Secretary. Incumbent ES, the Tanzanian national,…

14 February 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