… Offsite Sessions isn’t chasing bigger crowds or louder stages, it’s turning the country’s most unexpected places into its hottest cultural conversations, one secret location at a time GOSEGO MOTSUMI If Botswana’s lifestyle calendar were a group chat, someone just typed “Offsite S …
… At Ukhwi O Qhuqhayo cultural event, fashion won’t just hit the runway, it will step into the pan with culture stitched into every seam GOSEGO MOTSUMI The runway is heading somewhere it has never been before,…
After one of the country’s biggest event shake-ups, DJ Frostbite is back with a fresh RnB experience that promises nostalgia, new talent and a playlist built entirely around the people GOSEGO MOTSUMI Sometimes the best playlists begin after the record scratches. …
After one of the country’s biggest event shake-ups, DJ Frostbite is back with a fresh RnB experience that promises nostalgia, new talent and a playlist built entirely around the people GOSEGO MOTSUMI Sometimes the best playlists begin after the record scratches. …
… Now Botswana’s newest street dance champion is heading to Switzerland, carrying a dream powered by grit, groove and unstoppable rhythm GOSEGO MOTSUMI Sometimes the biggest comeback doesn’t need words, it just needs the right…
… Now Botswana’s newest street dance champion is heading to Switzerland, carrying a dream powered by grit, groove and unstoppable rhythm GOSEGO MOTSUMI Sometimes the biggest comeback doesn’t need words, it just needs the right…
After a three-year hiatus, the Gaborone Book Festival is back with fresh voices, bold environmental conversations, a children’s writing workshop and a mission to prove that books are still the hottest place to start a national conversation GOSEGO MOTSUMI Three years is a long tim …
After a three-year hiatus, the Gaborone Book Festival is back with fresh voices, bold environmental conversations, a children’s writing workshop and a mission to prove that books are still the hottest place to start a national conversation GOSEGO MOTSUMI Three years is a long tim …
… Maitisong Festival 2026 is tuning up for a celebration where community, creativity and live performance take the spotlight GOSEGO MOTSUMI For one weekend this August, Maitisong Theatre won’t just host performances, it will become Botswana’s biggest living room. …
… Guitarist, singer and cultural visionary Kabo Leburu leaves behind a timeless catalogue of music and a legacy of nurturing African creativity that will continue to inspire generations GOSEGO MOTSUMI Botswana’s music fraternity is mourning the loss of acclaimed Afro-jazz guitarist …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Création Botswana Season 2 has selected six finalists from more than 300 applications, offering Botswana's emerging jewellery makers a platform for global exposure.
South African content creators traveled to Gaborone for an influencer road trip featuring German engineering, fine dining, and hospitality, with a detour to Mokolodi.
The National Museum in Gaborone features sixty photographs across six decades, including images of Phandu Skelemani and Margaret Nasha, alongside moments that changed Botswana.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Botswana's music industry gathered for the XIV Botswana Musicians Union awards, featuring performances and a winner controversy that sparked discussion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.