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There were no grand business plans pinned to a bedroom wall. No investors. No formal training. Just a 23-year-old woman who loved makeup so much that she could not imagine doing anything else.Five years later, that decision has grown into Lueur...

A 56-year-old man facing a threat-to-kill charge against his wife has been found hanging from a tree at Nkolo lands between Matlhako and Chadibe villages in a suspected suicide.Assistant Superintendent Oaitse Moba of Machaneng police said the...

Growing up in Palapye, 24-year-old Eric Kooreng, founder of Eros BW (officially registered as Eros Digital Studio) had no photography studio, no professional training and no expensive equipment to call his own. Instead, he patiently waited for...

When COVID-19 brought life to a standstill, Palesa Eleanor Moanakwena found herself with time on her hands, a kitchen and a skill she had nurtured since school.She had a bag of flour. The 25-year-old Mochudi native had been baking long before the...

Chema Chema loan beneficiaries, who have waited years for approved funding, were left frustrated on Tuesday after the government directed them to form business clusters but gave no money or timelines for disbursement.Entrepreneurs had gathered for a...

A 29-year-old farm worker is receiving medical treatment at Princess Marina Hospital after he was allegedly shot while searching for cattle behind Du Plessis Farm, along the Pitsane road on June 23. The victim, identified as Letlogonolo Phuthego, is...

A constitutional dispute is unfolding within the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) after the party leadership announced the dissolution of the Interim Youth League Committee, only for the Youth League to challenge the decision and insist that due...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) President, Mpho Balopi, has fiercely defended his party against corruption claims, rejecting the label of ‘club of thieves’ and urging transparency and accountability in handling allegations tied to missing public...

Through their vision, Resego Kgosidintsi and Charity Legase have created SHEVOLUTION, a women’s empowerment movement designed to help women evolve into the best versions of themselves while staying grounded in their identities. Scheduled for August...

For years, many widows in Botswana have suffered in silence. Behind closed doors, they have battled depression, loneliness, financial hardship and stigma while carrying the burden of unimaginable loss.Some have lost their homes. Others have lost...

The Alliance for Progressives (AP) says its membership recruitment campaign is gaining momentum after welcoming 550 new members during an event in Shakawe on Saturday.Speaking to The Midweek Sun, AP Deputy Secretary General, Phemelo Kedumele...

Fears of financial strain, disrupted academic life, and displacement are overshadowing campus life at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) as students face uncertainty over looming accommodation changes.In an online...

Luxury has always had a geography. For decades, prestige travelled with foreign accents, European labels, polished storefronts and impossible price tags.In Botswana, as in much of Africa, genuine leather often lived at the opposite of that...

On any given day in Setlhoa, Gaborone, cameras click, designs take shape, and strategies are mapped out, not in a corporate high rise, but inside a growing creative hub.At the centre of it, is 27-year-old Ofetotse Scott Makube, a Mmadinare native who...

The death of Festus Gontebanye Mogae has brought Botswana into a deep national introspection not only on the life of a former President, but on the character of a leader whose quiet strength helped guide the country through some of its most uncertain...