Mpho Balopi, BDP president, is set to be arraigned in court on September 16 on corruption-related charges involving P5 million alongside several companies and individuals. The BDP central committee has decided not to throw its weight behind him, leaving him politically exposed despite remaining in his leadership position.
2 hours ago · Mmegi →
Two ratings agencies conduct sovereign debt assessments in March and September each year; S&P lowered Botswana's sovereign credit ratings in March assessments this year while Moody's downgraded the country last year. Botswana remains in the investment category, an outlier in Africa, and senior Finance ministry officials have recently met with both agencies.
2 hours ago · Mmegi →
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited announced Ms Natefo Labane as the grand prize winner of its #MyBestOffer Buy and Win Competition, receiving P10,000 monthly salary for six months. The competition rewarded customers who purchased eligible #MyBestOffer bundles with daily cash prizes, weekly trolley dashes, monthly cash prizes, and the grand prize.
3 hours ago · Weekend Post →
Beyond US is hosting an Afrotech event on Saturday at Bojanala Waterfront, bringing together local DJs and producers including Tefo Foxx, Lloyd BW, and Robotic OFC with international acts from South Africa and the UK for music, mentorship and networking. The event, now in its third year, has expanded from smaller venues to accommodate growing interest in Afro House music in Botswana.
16 hours ago · Daily News Botswana →
The Botswana National Front has mourned councillor Akambakamba, who contested the Notwane Ward in 2009 and 2019 and served on the party's central committee under founding president Kenneth Koma, Otsweletse Moupo, and Duma Boko. Regarded as an iconic activist and political mentor to generations, she stepped down from the central committee after the UDC's 2024 election victory and government formation.
3 hours ago · Mmegi →
A partnership between ecotourism company Wilderness, Botswana's Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education, BIHL Trust and Mokolodi Nature Reserve has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to expand environmental education at Tshwaragano Primary School and beyond, deepening their commitment with increased funding since the collaboration began in 2018.
4 hours ago · Weekend Post →
Community members in Mochudi gathered on September 11 for a clean-up programme to maintain the village and promote environmental responsibility ahead of Independence Day. The initiative was part of a nationwide clean campaign instituted by President Advocate Duma Boko, aimed at keeping the environment clean and rehabilitating public spaces.
16 hours ago · Daily News Botswana →
A Texas-based private equity firm is investing roughly $150 million to build the TEMCO Hospital Ecosystem near Sir Seretse Khama International Airport—an integrated facility combining a 130-bed specialist hospital, medical hospitality wing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on one site.
4 hours ago · Weekend Post →
The anti-aging market is booming with unproven supplements and peptides like TB-500 and NAD+, promoted via social media and telehealth as ways to slow aging, but researchers say the field lacks reliable evidence to back the claims and risks repeating historical mistakes.
6 hours ago · Weekend Post →
A strong El Niño building in the Pacific poses a greater than 90 percent chance of becoming historically severe and is expected to bring drought and heat to southern Africa and heavy rain and flooding to parts of the east, threatening harvests, water supplies, and energy generation across the continent.
6 hours ago · Weekend Post →
Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe warned that Botswana cannot indefinitely defend the Pula through monetary measures alone while the economy remains heavily reliant on diamonds, as a prolonged global diamond sector downturn has exposed long-recognised vulnerabilities in the country's economic model.
7 hours ago · Weekend Post →
Fifteen graduate and undergraduate students at Botswana International University of Science and Technology pitched business ventures addressing electricity, water, agriculture, and economic diversification at the final event of a year-long MIT-backed entrepreneurship fellowship programme supported by the Botswana government.
7 hours ago · Weekend Post →
A constitutional challenge by two women seeking civil marriage recognition now includes LGBTQ+ advocates, religious groups, and a human-rights scholar, widening the dispute beyond the original case between the couple and the Government of Botswana.
19 hours ago · The Botswana Gazette →