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Outsized: Zone 11 is the second largest zone by area

A zone too big for its own good

Zone 11, which is about the size of Portugal, is the country’s second-largest disease containment zone and, for decades, an official FMD-free area. The size means villages free of the virus are stuck under the same restrictions as affected areas, including those far away, such as commercial farms INNOCENT SELATLHWA & MBONGENI MGUNI report

The court has rescinded a default judgment granted in a land dispute involving a plot in Gabane . PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Court sets aside land dispute default judgment

The Lobatse High Court has rescinded a default judgment granted in a land dispute involving a plot in Gabane after finding that the applicant was likely not properly served with notice of the court hearing.

Same page: De Beers CEO, Al Cook, Kenewendo and renowned industry journalist, Rob Bates, during a panel discussion at the House of Botswana exhibition PIC: OKAVANGO DIAMOND COMPANY

Botswana takes industry centre stage at JCK

Botswana is cementing its central position in the global campaign to restore shine to natural diamonds, with the country’s representatives at the industry’s biggest show, held in the United States, gathering consensus for a narrative based on ethically sourced, development diamonds.

UB hotel

UB hotel bets on first time job seekers as reopening nears

The UB Hotel and Conference Centre is taking an unconventional approach to recruitment by deliberately relaxing experience requirements for most of its vacant positions as it prepares to reopen after a decade long closure.

Unhappy: BIUST employees protested on Friday and delivered a petition to the institution's Council

BIUST employees protest unpaid dues, mismanagement

Employees at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) have given their Council seven days to respond to a list of grievances, or face unspecified action, following complaints of unpaid dues and mismanagement at the institute.

Devastated.. Tsamaise is appealing for assistance from the public to take care of his family.PIC.MBATSHI MALIKONGWA

Farmer devastated as stray cow costs him 20 cattle

LEPORUNG: Several villagers in Leporung, a village in the Good Hope District along the border with South Africa, have seen their livestock killed for entering a red zone, amidst the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in the area.

Mupane Gold Mine

Grumpy loser: CoA blasts Mupane bidder

The heated legal battle over the sale of Mupane Gold Mine ended in favour of Nova Africa at the Court of Appeal (CoA), with judges slamming the challenger bidder, Ulsan Botswana, as a “grumpy loser intent on frustrating the liquidation process”.

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Witness details how Mojadigo sexually assaulted minor girl

A state witness in a case in which convicted rapist, Goitsekgosi Mojadigo, is facing yet another rape charge has narrated to court how the disgraced pastor would sexually assault a 13-year-old complainant in Francistown.

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Missing man found hanging from tree in suspected suicide

A 42-year-old man who was reported missing by Naledi Police Station in Gaborone on May 5, 2026, was found hanging from a tree at Tloaneng Lands on the outskirts of Gabane village on Saturday morning, in what police suspect to be a suicide case.

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