Mmegi Online

Tuesday, June 02, 2026

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”.

Mbongeni Mguni,Mpho Mokwape 02 June 2026

Mupane Gold Mine

Tshere: Holding highest vote share, margin of victory

In the context of the 2024 General Election, which occasioned the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) losing national power for the first time since independence in 1966, journals show that the party’s vote share in Mahalapye-West constituency declined to 14.8%, representing its second-lowest performance in any constituency in history, marginally ahead of its result in Francistown South. Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE speaks to the outspoken Mahalapye-West incumbent legislator David Tshere, who is a 2024 record holder

Ryder Gabathuse | 29 May 2026

Court sets aside land dispute default judgment

Mpho Mokwape | 02 June 2026

Grumpy loser: CoA blasts Mupane bidder

Mbongeni Mguni,Mpho Mokwape | 02 June 2026

UDC betrayed voters – BCP

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 June 2026

Tight race ensues ahead of Tati Siding North by-election

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 June 2026

I’m going nowhere – Nkawana

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 June 2026

Gabane mob kills alleged thief

Pini Bothoko | 02 June 2026

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.

We are ready to save Botswana - BCP

As the BCP prepares for its elective conference slated for July 18 through 21, party spokesperson Greg Kelebonye ponders some of the urgent questions the new leadership will have to deal with, as it will be preparing the party for the 2029 elections

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

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.