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  • Miss Universe Botswana 2025 finale this Saturday

    The Miss Universe Botswana 2025 Grand Finale is set to take place this Saturday at the Adansonia Hotel. Ten young women from across the country will take to the stage to compete for the crown, with the winner slated to represent Botswana at the 74th...

  • Full Council Meeting Boycotted Over Unpaid Ipelegeng Salaries

    Members of the Okavango District Council have boycotted their full council meeting, vowing not to resume until Ipelegeng workers in the district are paid their outstanding four-month salaries.Speaking to The Midweek Sun, the Deputy Chairperson of the...

  • Francistown to host Creative Kids Day

    Francistown is set to host Creative Kids Day on 23 August, an innovative event designed to nurture creativity, confidence, and emotional intelligence among children aged 6 to 12. Organized by Ipele ka Wena founder, Kaone Hunyepa, the initiative seeks...

  • RECONCILIATION EFFORT

    The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is preparing for a significant visit to Serowe on 23 August, where it will formally apologise to Kgosikgolo Seretse Khama Ian Khama IV and the broader Bangwato leadership.Both the BDP and traditional authorities...

  • Beauty with Brains

    She is fierce on the runway, focused in the courtroom, and fiery when it comes to helping others grow. The 23-year-old Kimberly Masika Kotewa is rewriting what it means to be a modern-day queen and she’s doing it on her own terms.Born and raised in...

  • June June vows to turn BCPYL into a powerhouse

    June Tebogo June, 32, brings more than a decade of leadership experience, deep-rooted activism, and a call to action as the Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) goes for its elective congress billed for this weekend.Representing the Tati West...

  • Did Maele need to visit four countries to transform vocational education?

    Botswana will introduce a dual Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) pathway system, that allows students to choose between an academic route or a vocational one from an earlier age. The current pathway primarily caters to students...

  • Disgraced BDP to apologise to Bangwato and lure Khama back

    The newly elected 6th president of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has affirmed his intention to engage with former President Seretse Khama Ian Khama to forge reconciliation. “I will definitely engage with Khama as the former president of the...

  • Debswana and BPC sign pact for renewal of electricity supply

    Debswana Diamond Company and Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) signed a memorandum of agreement on Wednesday, 28 May 2025. The signing ceremony took place at the BPC Head Office. The event marked the beginning of a partnership that will...

  • Miss Botswana still hopeful ahead of Miss World Finale

    Miss World-Botswana, Anicia Gaothusi, is keeping her head held high even after missing out on clinching a spot in one of the fast track events, missing out on an automatic placements in the Top 40.Gaothusi took part in all fast track competitions,...

  • No "bogodu" in delivery of 100 000 houses

    The Bonno National Housing Scheme will sell houses to Batswana for no more than P700,000.The Minister of Water and Human Settlements, Onneetse Ramogapi announced on Monday during the Bonno Stakeholder Consultative Forum, a high-level gathering held...

  • Kedise hopeful of leading BNFYL

    Melvin Kedise, a 24-year-old is throwing his name in the hat for one of the most influential roles in youth politics, President of the Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL). For Kedise, this is more than just a political ambition. It is...

  • The Lawyer steering Botswana’s youth politics toward renewal 

    Botswana’s political future increasingly rests on the shoulders of its young leaders, and few embody this promise more than Carter Joseph, the current vice president of the Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL). A Maun-based attorney with...

  • Legase raises his hand for BNFYL presidency

    At just 27, Tumelo Legase is hoping to steer the Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) into what he terms, "a new era of ideological and structural renewal.”A councillor at Kgatleng District Council and University of Botswana graduate with a...

  • Two-year-old construction company lands govt's 3000-home deal

    Ongos Valley Botswana - a private company registered in 2023 - has been awarded a contract to construct the 3,000 housing units that were recently launched at Kgale, under the Bonno National Housing Programme.The Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC),...

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