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The Botswana Gazette
From the poetry of Setswana storytelling to the pulse of live folk-jazz, Sereetsi & The Natives are not crossing borders to fit in, they are arriving to remind the continent what home sounds like GOSEGO MOTSUMI Botswana has never struggled for stories. …
Sereetsi: Born Local, Playing GlobalThe Botswana Gazette
… But behind the lights and loud sets is a girl with restless ambition and a refusal to shrink herself GOSEGO MOTSUMI Before the decks. …
The Powerhouse You Didn’t See ComingThe Botswana Gazette
After a year’s hiatus, the BOMU Awards returned with nominations, viral songs category and star power, but the loudest message wasn’t just the nominations, it was also about who gets to belong GOSEGO MOTSUMI Awards launches are usually predictable affairs: camera flashes, nervous …
No Membership, No SpotlightThe Botswana Gazette
Just a stone’s throw from the city, Kasimba Boutique Hotel is redefining the modern escape blending safari elegance, curated calm, and Instagram-ready interiors into one seductive escape in the hills of Mokolodi GOSEGO MOTSUMI Gaborone moves fast. …
Kasimba: The New City EscapeThe Botswana Gazette
… Enter fruit picking, the countryside-style experience turning orchards into weekend playgrounds, sparking both excitement and eye-rolls in equal measure GOSEGO MOTSUMI Somewhere between overpriced brunches, endless coffee dates, and the annual struggle to answer “what are we doin …
Fruit Picking: GC’s Juiciest Weekend ObsessionThe Botswana Gazette
… Where Stories Meet is not just an exhibition, it is a reminder that culture survives when people dare to keep telling their stories GOSEGO MOTSUMI At first glance, Sanitas Tea Garden in Gaborone feels too soft…
What Makes Where Stories Meet FascinatingThe Botswana Gazette
In a world obsessed with algorithms and global trends, Sample Botswana is flipping the script by turning ancestral sounds into digital gold, proving that Botswana’s future might just lie in the echoes of its past GOSEGO MOTSUMI There is something poetic about Botswana finally sam …
Here’s Why Sample Botswana is TimelyThe Botswana Gazette
… The Makgadikgadi Salt Pan Challenge is turning one of the country’s quietest landscapes into a roaring cultural playground without losing sight of the people and ecosystem that make it magical GOSEGO MOTSUMI For years, the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans have…
Makgadikgadi Pans Are CallingThe Botswana Gazette
At the National Museum’s Art Gallery, artist Totang Motoloki is turning discarded metal into emotional, rebellious art and forcing audiences to rethink what society throws away GOSEGO MOTSUMI There’s something deliciously rebellious about watching rust become beautiful. …
How Scrap Transformed into Powerful ArtThe Botswana Gazette
… world ruled by scrolling, streaming and shrinking attention spans, Loretta Mekgwe is dragging Botswana’s folktales back into the spotlight — not as dusty relics, but as cinematic, emotionally charged stories powerful enough to compete with global fantasy franchises GOSEGO MOTSUMI …
Why Mekgwe’s Anthology is a Must ReadSongbird 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.
13 hours ago · The Botswana Gazette →
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 →