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The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will begin trials of the TANA electric bus project in Gaborone as part of Government’s drive to reform the transport sector, modernise public transport systems, support trade and entrepreneurship, and...
The poisoning of 21 endangered African wild dogs near Nxaraga has ignited fierce debate, with MP Caterpillar Hikuama arguing responsibility lies not only with suspected perpetrators but also with government neglect of communities coexisting with...
Retail service stations across Botswana have been given three months to address outstanding regulatory breaches or risk closure, suspension or revocation of their operating licences.According to Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) Acting...
On 24 August, as Ukraine marked 35 years of independence, its Embassy in Botswana turned the occasion into a bridge between nations — unveiling two landmark initiatives that will run through to Botswana’s own 60th independence on 30 September.The...
The Botswana Sovereign Wealth Fund (BSWF) has not yet deployed capital either locally or internationally, Minister of State President, Defence and Security Moeti Mohwasa has confirmed.Responding to questions in Parliament from Kgatleng East MP Mabuse...
Minister of International Relations Dr Phenyo Butale says they are witnessing an unsettling trend where countries that once welcomed holders of Botswana passports without visas are now steadily tightening their entry requirements.The Minister stated...
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is under mounting scrutiny, facing allegations of institutional stagnation, intellectual property theft, and entrenched bureaucratic rot within its ranks.Pressure is growing for the Force to explain itself and...
Tensions are mounting at the Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), with workers accusing management of failing to meaningfully engage them on a range of workplace concerns.The dispute follows what the Botswana Diamond Workers Union (BDWU) describes as an...
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...
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Botswana, Dr Oleksiy Syvak, this week announced the launch of the Map Cam Project, an initiative aimed at boosting tourism in Botswana through digital mapping technology developed with Ukrainian expertise.The project will...
An 80-year-old Peleng East village leader and pensioner, Zantas Diphoko, has taken his decades-long family dispute to court, seeking a restraining order barring his wife and two grown sons from entering the matrimonial yard.The octogenarian, who is a...
The family of Mago Kepatile from D’Kar in the Gantsi District, who died after suffering severe burns in a bush fire in 2023, remains haunted by the tragedy.They say their grief is deepened by the absence of closure, leaving them struggling to come...
The fate of 11-year-old Collen Loba, who disappeared from Takatokwane more than two months ago, has taken another troubling turn, with one traditional diviner claiming the boy is feared dead while another insists he is still alive. Lekgotla la...
Two years into its five-year mandate, the UDC-led government says it has moved several of its election promises from commitments on paper to tangible benefits for Batswana, although a number of key pledges remain unfinished.Minister for State...
The corruption allegations against Member of Parliament for Gantsi who resigned this week as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Noah Salakae are a deep-rooted political war within the Botswana National Front (BNF), a key player in the current...
The President of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Mpho Balopi says he is not endorsing or campaigning for any candidate of lobby groups for both the Youth and Women’s Wings elective congress. Balopi’s public announcement comes at a time when...
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...
Botswana recorded 7 035 abortion cases in health facilities in 2025, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.The figures form part of abortion-related data covering the period from 2020 to 2025 and show that reported cases increased from 4...
Marriage is continuing to lose its traditional pull among Batswana, with the number of registered unions falling to the lowest level recorded in a decade.Statistics from the latest vital statistics report show that only 4 517 marriages were...
A man from Dukwi, Balibi Kelentse, is accusing police officers of brutally assaulting him while allegedly trying to force him to confess to stealing livestock. The Midweek Sun has established through sources close to Kelentse and the Botswana Khwedom...