When a billionaire walks through the door, a country has two choices: roll out the red carpet, or roll up its sleeves. For Botswana, the visitor was Mohammed Dewji, Tanzania’s richest man and one of Africa’s most relentless empire builders. The opportunity he dangling – manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, energy – reads like a wish list for a nation hungry to diversify beyond diamonds. The catch? Botswana’s own government concedes it can be its own worst...

In a ruling certain to reverberate across Botswana’s legal and political topography for years to come, the High Court has delivered a sweeping and unambiguous judgment in favour of the estate of the late Isaac Seabelo Kgosi – a verdict that not only dismantles the restraining order that had frozen his properties since 2019 but also delivers a stinging rebuke to the state’s investigative apparatus and reasserts the primacy of procedural fairness in ex parte...

Botswana’s electricity grid is under increasing strain as cable theft and vandalism surge, with the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) reporting more than 1,800 new theft incidents this year alone and losses surpassing P100 million over the past five years. These figures were shared by BPC’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Kefilwe Batsalelwang, in response to inquiries from the Weekend Post News Desk about the scale of the problem and its impact on power supply nationwide. “Vandalism...

Botswana’s drive to diversify its economy is being stymied by entrenched divisions among research, policy, capital, and industry, experts warned at the Falling Walls Lab Gaborone. The country struggles to translate innovation and research into viable commercial products and businesses, panelists said, calling for improved coordination, sustained investment in research, intellectual property development, and closer collaboration between universities, government, and the private sector. The panel, titled “Which Walls Must Fall First?”, assembled policymakers, academics, investors,...

Botswana’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is ramping up its efforts to tackle complex financial crimes and recover illicit assets as the country prepares for a critical mutual evaluation by the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), scheduled for January 2027, government officials say.  

Tensions rose in the National Assembly as lawmakers voiced concerns about delays in processing urgent questions, motions, and correspondence. Some members questioned whether Parliament is maintaining its independence from the Executive branch. Maun West Member of Parliament Caterpillar Hikuama accused the speakership of using procedural tactics to obstruct communication channels that lawmakers had agreed upon to facilitate dialogue between MPs and the Speaker. “These delays are undermining Parliament’s independence and preventing urgent issues from receiving...