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The Botswana Gazette
Maitisong Festival 2026 is less a comeback than a homecoming — three days of music, theatre, dance, storytelling and raw human connection designed to remind Gaborone why this stage still matters GOSEGO MOTSUMI There are places in a city that become more than buildings. …
Maitisong Fest is CallingThe Botswana Gazette
Koki Kamala transformed the National Museum into a living runway where Tsodilo Hills, the Okavango Delta and Makgadikgadi Salt Pans stepped off the walls and onto the catwalk, proving heritage is at its most powerful when it’s worn GOSEGO MOTSUMI Museums usually ask visitors to l …
Heritage, ReimaginedThe Botswana Gazette
… Koki Kamala’s Heritage Reimagined:Living Archives has opened a bigger conversation about ownership, originality and whether culture itself can ever be copyrighted GOSEGO MOTSUMI The question arrived…
Can Culture, Heritage Be Copyrighted?The Botswana Gazette
… Twenty-seven years later, Bofelo Kgaodi has donated blood 85 times, helped save an estimated 255 lives and proved that Botswana’s quietest heroes don’t need applause, just rolled-up sleeves GOSEGO MOTSUMI Every superhero has an origin story. …
Not All Heroes Wear CapesThe Botswana Gazette
… With Mpho Sebina’s velvet vocals meeting Bouncy’s emotional honesty, Pelo Yame turns vulnerability into a singalong anthem that listeners are already embracing GOSEGO MOTSUMI There are songs that demand attention, and then there are songs that quietly settle into your chest. …
Bouncy, Mpho Sebina’s Latest Soul AnthemThe Botswana Gazette
… But while the laughs are getting louder, turning stand-up into a thriving industry remains the biggest joke no one is laughing at GOSEGO MOTSUMI There was a time when Botswana’s stand-up comedy scene could fit into one green…
Botswana’s Biggest Punchline YetThe Botswana Gazette
… With a reality-show twist, fierce competition and a conversation about inclusivity already taking centre stage, the race promises far more than glamour GOSEGO MOTSUMI The search for Miss Universe…
The Crown Quest Is Officially OnThe Botswana Gazette
… From legendary actor Sello Maake kaNcube to media powerhouse Samuel Ngwenya and multi-hyphenate Scar, the summit is assembling the cream of the crop to prove that creativity isn’t just art, it’s serious business GOSEGO MOTSUMI If Botswana’s creative industry has been waiting…
Creators Assembly’s All-Star Line-UpThe Botswana Gazette
… Katlego Ramphaleng’s My Rich Kasi Lifestyle is rewriting what success looks like, proving that real wealth is found in purpose, multiple income streams and staying proudly rooted in the township that raised you GOSEGO MOTSUMI If social media has taught us anything, it’s that luxu …
Inside Katlego’s Rich Kasi LifestyleThe Botswana Gazette
… Twenty-one years later, Culture Spears are proving that tradition never goes out of style and the reunion fans have long dreamed about may finally be within reach GOSEGO MOTSUMI Twenty-one years in music is enough time for trends to disappear, formats to die…
Twenty-One Years of SpearsSongbird Oratile Kofa is stepping outside a familiar sound with her solo move, exploring Khoisan harmonies and Afro-fusion experiments to discover her own artistic direction.
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Songbird Oratile Kofa is stepping outside a familiar sound with her solo move, exploring Khoisan harmonies and Afro-fusion experiments to discover her own artistic direction.
12 hours ago · The Botswana Gazette →
Brand Botswana and the Maikarabelo Movement aim to channel patriotism beyond social media toward supporting local businesses, homegrown fashion, and community projects as economic opportunities.
12 hours ago · The Botswana Gazette →
Orange Music Talents 2026 is conducting free auditions beyond Gaborone with a P100,000 top prize, searching for Botswana's next music stars through a village-to-village hunt.
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Fashion Without Borders Botswana features 22 designers from five countries and a Tshepo Jeans masterclass, raising questions about whether African fashion can convert cultural appeal into sustainable business.
14 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Gaborone will host the Africa Creative Economy Lens (ACEL) 2026 conference on October 15–16, bringing together policy, investment, infrastructure, and technology stakeholders for Africa's creative economy.
13 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Master basket weaver Shakunona Parata from Ngamiland has elevated Okavango basketry beyond souvenirs through her work, bringing ancestral craft to Homo Faber 2026 in Venice.
11 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Mpho Sebina's latest track "Koma," a collaboration with Balcony Mix Africa and Major League DJz, blends Setswana soul into an Afro House sound, with Sebina embracing creative discomfort across genre boundaries.
8 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Artist Oteng Keabetswe's Ke Moeti exhibition uses travel, memory, and cultural dislocation to examine identity and belonging, exploring what happens to identity when one becomes a stranger elsewhere.
8 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Botswana has sung Anafiki's love story for over four decades; Botswood Studios now seeks to present audiences with the woman behind the voice and her life shaped by music, love, disability and independence.
5 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Botswana marked its 60th anniversary with exhibitions and events at the National Museum and Art Gallery and on Independence Avenue runway, presenting the country's history through art, fashion and cultural displays.
29 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Création Botswana Season 2 has selected six finalists from more than 300 applications, offering Botswana's emerging jewellery makers a platform for global exposure.
29 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Grand Palm has turned the Boma into a crash course in wine, pairing tasting notes with live jazz and festive season hosting know-how.
24 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
South African content creators traveled to Gaborone for an influencer road trip featuring German engineering, fine dining, and hospitality, with a detour to Mokolodi.
23 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The National Museum in Gaborone features sixty photographs across six decades, including images of Phandu Skelemani and Margaret Nasha, alongside moments that changed Botswana.
23 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Learn Animation founder Theo Silitshena raised only P700 of a planned P70,000 mobility fund for a Turkey trip, which did not happen. He has since redirected his efforts toward Botswana's classrooms, where he identified a larger creative-education problem.
22 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Walk for Giants 2026, a conservation event held at Westwood in Gaborone, confronted families and young people with the question of what happens when wildlife disappears, bringing conservation messaging out of protected areas into the city.
19 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Matlhogonolo Seadimo has developed a beauty innovation using discarded banana stems to create braiding fibre, with recognition spanning from Ghanzi to Japan, Uganda, and Copenhagen.
19 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Visual artist Kenneth Bale's Blue Tapestry project, which explores memory, movement and belonging using one colour, is expanding from Mokolodi and Maun to Gaborone as part of its exploration of who Botswana is becoming.
16 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
At 21, Marang Lemeni is challenging the belief that poor exam results determine future prospects through her youth movement, Teens On Track, which focuses on second chances and supporting young people.
10 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Miss World Botswana Ruth Thomas did not win the competition, but returned home with a diamond-encrusted dress representing Botswana's heritage. The piece is being considered for a second chapter, though the article excerpt does not detail specific plans.
9 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
PEPONI, a 60-minute Franco-Tanzanian dance-theatre production, is bringing a performance to Gaborone that explores what paradise might look like if Africans stopped waiting for it and started imagining it.
7 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Government is near releasing a P200 million fund aimed at supporting Botswana's creative sector, which has been facing financial pressure despite industry achievements and celebrations.
7 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Botswana's music industry gathered for the XIV Botswana Musicians Union awards, featuring performances and a winner controversy that sparked discussion.
3 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Avani Gaborone Resort & Casino held a Bubbles & Bites brunch event to welcome spring, featuring mimosas and dining as a social occasion.
3 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Dolly Parton, though born in Tennessee, became an honorary icon in Botswana through Radio Botswana broadcasts that introduced her music to generations of listeners and embedded her in the country's musical memory.
3 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
A Gaborone event brings together rare supercars, electric vehicles, modified cars, and Botswana's motoring enthusiasts to a five-star venue.
2 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
As Botswana turns 60 and Ukraine marks 35 years of restored independence, 10 creatives use art to explore what it means to endure, rebuild and remain unbroken.
31 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Taste of Africa's Saturday Ballads event has become a regular fixture for Botswana's adult audience, though the latest edition had some shortcomings according to organisers.
31 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Gaborone Book Festival argues that while AI can generate stories quickly, it cannot replicate the shared experience of people gathered together to discuss, laugh, and imagine collectively.
30 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Sue Nyathi's self-published novel "The Polygamist" has been adapted into a Netflix series streamed across more than 60 countries. At the Gaborone Book Festival, the Zimbabwean author discussed the journey from rejected manuscript to international success and the business side of book-to-screen adaptation.
30 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →