The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has escalated the legal battle against Botswana Defense Force (BDF) Lance Corporal Moagi Nkomeng by filing an additional three charges. Nkomeng, accused of the recent tragic slaying of three family members in Kgomokasitwa, now faces a daunting total of nine charges, up from the original six. These include murder, attempted murder, and three counts of malicious damage, as revealed by Modipedi Tladi of the DPP in the Lobatse Magistrate’s...

BTC handed over the revamped Jubilee Psychiatric Unit to Nyangabgwe Hospital in Francistown. The project was undertaken through the BTC Employee Social Responsibility Movement (BTC-ESR) based in the Northern region. The newly renovated Jubilee Psychiatric Ward costed a total amount of P170,000 (one hundred and seventy thousand pula), and will enhance the environment as well as the quality of care for both patients and staff members. Officiating the donation handover event, the Minister of Health,...

The highly anticipated launch of the first Botswana satellite (BOTSAT-1) aboard a SpaceX rocket, has been postponed due to a series of challenges including adverse weather conditions. The postponement was necessitated by routine updates to the rocket’s mission manifest. The adjustments are part of standard procedures to accommodate multiple payloads on the mission, ensuring optimal coordination among all partners involved. Such adjustments are standard in multi-satellite launches and ensure optimal coordination among all mission partners....

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH) officially launched their strategic partnership aimed at enhancing digital healthcare services with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony. This collaboration will focus on implementing advanced digital health solutions to improve healthcare access, quality, and efficiency across Botswana.  The project has commenced with a six-month proof of concept phase, running from March to September 2025. The key deliverables of this partnership include establishment of a...

To mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025, themed #AccelerateAction, members of the WAN IFRA WIN Guild, a collection of top editors and publishers from the Women in News (WIN) community, have committed themselves to a series of collective and individual actions to move the dial on gender equality in newsroom leadership. The pledge is in response to WAN-IFRA WIN’s latest findings that fewer than 1 in 5 CEO/Publisher roles worldwide are held by women, while...