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- In this encounter, former president of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Biggie Butale discusses his new project, the Botswana Republican Party (BRP) with Edward Mpoloka of The Midweek SunSun: What are the colours, slogan of the BRP and what do...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Francistown south, Wynter Mmolotsi on Saturday called upon his constituents to unite against Botswana Democratic Party’s 57-year-old rule at the 2024 general election by denying them the vote.“In 2024, the opposition...

The President of Botswana National Front (BNF) Women’s League Dr Bonang Nkoane has resigned from her position in the party, and according to sources close to the party leadership, her decision to resign from the Women’s League portfolio is a...

The Botswana Peoples party (BPP) over the weekend welcomed Gilbert Boikhutso, Specially Elected Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor at a rally at Gerald Estate in Francistown. The welcoming activity was led by the party president Motlatsi...

Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP), Ignatius Moswaane has expressed frustration and disappointment with the leadership of Botswana Congress Party (BCP), which bolted out of the coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) following a fall...

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) winners of the just-ended party primary elections are confident of prevailing over both the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).A significant number of them are...

Indications are that both the ruling and opposition parties in Botswana engage in electoral misconduct. This is according to insiders, some of whom have been victims of the menace of election rigging by their fellow party members.While the ruling...

For the past few months, the Alliance for Progressives (AP), the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) have been hyper-active in the Francistown East constituency, each looking to own it on behalf of the coalition...

The president of Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), Motlatsi Molapisi has called on his party members to always protect it so that it does not disappear into oblivion.Molapisi was the guest speaker at the party’s regional congress in Francistown on...

Calls by the opposition for electoral changes in the country’s electoral processes persist to this day as the opposition insists that instead of embarking on any far-reaching overhauling of the system, the Botswana government seems content with the...

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will not allow the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to rig the elections "like they did in the 2019 general elections," when they won by a huge margin.The warning was issued by the president of...

Botswana is a failed state characterised by state capture, particularly by those who sponsored the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to win in past elections, leading to a situation where the state serves the interests of the few, especially friends...

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) contested five post-2019 council by-elections and a single parliamentary by-election outside the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and lost all of them. The party President Dumelang Saleshando has explained why...

President of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Dumelang Saleshando on Saturday called upon the nation to listen to the prognosis of his party regarding the country because their predictions always come to pass.He was officially opening the party...

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone south west, Robert Molefhabangwe, a native of Gammangwato like former President, Ian Khama, accuses his tribal leader of dividing Ba Gammangwato by politicising the institution of Bogosi.Following a...