Sometime in April this year, Seronga had its moment of fame that came through a song. It began when young Seronga homeboys, while on a nostalgic trip, came together and crafted a song titled Ko Seronga that went viral before it was even released. Ko...
Botswana Wild Bird Trust (BWBT), an organisation that has been using mokoro and advocating for the protection of the entire Okavango River Basin using mokoro this week began their big search for Okavango Delta’s fastest mokoro poler through the...
The regression in seeing women ascending to positions of power in politics has seen Botswana sitting at the bottom of the 15-member SADC countries, and hitting 123 in global rankings. The statistics show Botswana in bad light. In Parliament for...
The first two mineworkers to set eyes on the 1,098-carat diamond unveiled this week, could not believe what they were seeing. The once in a lifetime find is still reverberating around global headlines, being the third-largest gem-quality diamond ever...
A memo, apparently leaked, from one of the country’s top private hospitals recently detailed the cost of COVID-19 hospitalisation. In the memo, the hospital was instructing its staff that self-financing patients were required to pay deposits of...
A few years ago, the then premises of the Office of the Auditor-General in Kgale Mews were found to be in such a state of defect, trusses broken, parts of the ceiling collapsed, cracks in the walls and floors that staff there complained about,...
While in Maun last year during our Rediscover Expedition, I sat in a low lit bar with a group of friends, mostly safari guides, downing some cold ones disguised in coffee mugs and sharing stories about the hardships of the closed tourism industry due...
Sekoti – the lion king from Savuti who has become a social media sensation – has been elusive for me. I had failed to find this lion on my past three attempts and last week the anxiety from the memories of failures all came back as I returned to...
An authoritative report recently estimated that 200 more people had become US dollar millionaires in Botswana during 2020, a year in which ordinary citizens struggled against the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on livelihoods. On the other end of...
Political analyst, Mokaloba Mokaloba says the country needs to fix skills mismatch to solve the problem. He also believes government should in a short term come up with interventions to support those hard hit by the COVID-19. pandemic “The...
Throughout Gaborone, more street stalls, kitchen and food points are opening up. On social media, every other person is producing, trading and/or selling one commodity or another. The economy appears to be slowly informalising, where people leave...
Mpho Kebosietswe, 22 All I can say is that the situation is deteriorating further because there are no jobs and people are still losing their jobs. Government efforts are not visible in alleviating Batswana from this crisis. If I remember correctly,...
Gender-based violence (GBV) activist and survivor, Malebogo Molefhe says the challenging times brought about by COVID-19 have pushed many people out of work, in particular women and young girls. As the time get harder, women and girls, particularly...
For those who witnessed the highly emotional and strained scenes at BBS Ltd’s recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), the pleas of an elderly shareholder stand out amongst the bouquet of jaw-dropping moments at the occasion. “I am appealing to all...
The adventure is all but gone. The border crossing at the world’s unique “double tripoint,” has been totally transformed. On May 10, five Heads of State from Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and DRC together with Vice President from...
The components are new arrivals. They were being brought to the site from various Johannesburg manufacturers on a daily basis for the final touches of joining pipes and valves in the inlets and water chambers of the 100km pipeline project ahead...
The completion of the Kazungula Bridge is a feather in the caps of both President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his Zambian counterpart, Edgar Lungu, who this week delivered a rare infrastructural milestone for Southern African Development Community’s...
That is how I met Mabedi Letsholo of Mabedilets Photography, Brians Moneke of Brains Bond Nature Photography and Oteng Lekgowe of Oteng Lekgowe Photography. They are all Gaborone-based nature photographers who are juggling their ‘nine-to-five’...
No one is willing to go on the record, but late Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe appears to have been a stumbling block in the early days of the Kazungula Bridge. The project, which involves building a 930-metre road and rail bridge over the...
Mmegi: What position exactly are you taking up within the Bamangwato bogosi?My father Kgosi Sekgoma Tshekedi Khama, is the remaining son of Kgosi Tshekedi Khama. As is the tradition, when Kgosi Tshekedi Khama passed away on Wednesday June 10, 1959,...
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