A new P1.5 million digital centre was officially launched at Sankoyo Primary School yesterday, marking an expansion of digital infrastructure into Botswana’s rural communities. The facility was officiated by First Lady Kaone Tumalano Boko, alongside the Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs, Honourable Lesego Chombo, and the Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, David Tshere. Funded by the Universal Services and Access Fund (UASF) through the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), the centre aims to...

The Korean Economic Institute of America (KEI) has thrown its weight behind Botswana amid a trade conflict that saw the United States impose steep and punitive tariffs on Botswana on April 4, 2025. KEI, a powerful economic lobby based in the US and registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to represent South Korea’s commercial interests, weighed in with an economic assessment of the tariff impacts on American goods and the fairness of the...

Former president Mokgweetsi Masisi this week stepped into the ongoing four-year chieftainship battle between his family and the Mothudi family, who are distant relatives, as the case took an unexpected turn. 

Former President Mokgweetsi Masisi told this publication this week that there is an ongoing campaign in his political stronghold aimed at tarnishing his name and reputation.