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Joel Konopo
Joel Konopo is the co-founder of the INK Centre for Investigative Journalism. He is a former Botswana Guardian editor and a board member of the Media Institute of Southern Africa
Botswana: ‘Masisi is mismanaging Covid-19’
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
Botswana retail giant Choppies sues PwC over ‘unethical tactics’
Choppies Enterprises chief executive and executive director claim the auditing firm asked for a job for one if its directors — and dragged its feet on an audit when refused.
Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?
The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans
Botswana’s president goes shopping for a farm
Mokgweetsi Masisi is on a shortlist to acquire a portion of Botswana’s Banyana Farms — even though his bid did not meet the brief
Censorship, the unexpected side-effect of Covid-19
If the coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything beyond the necessity of washing our hands, it is that its victim has been leadership
Botswana’s media is in crisis
COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news…
Spooks implicated in Botswana’s mysterious ivory stockpile
Following a raid on one of its camps the country’s notorious intelligence agency is under pressure to explain why it had a warehouse full of tusks.
Spooks implicated in Botswana’s mysterious ivory stockpile
Botswana’s intelligence services are accused of hiding elephant tusks from the wildlife department
Who is Botswana’s new spy chief?
Peter Magosi joined the army at the age of 22 and progressed through the ranks to become a brigadier
One of Botswana’s biggest landholders embroiled in controversy
A lack of clarity from directors of an opaque British-registered company has raised more questions over its colonial-era land holdings.
One of Botswana’s biggest landholders embroiled in controversy
Critics accuse the Botswana government of favouring a colonial-era company because of its allegedly close relationship with the powerful Khama family
Botswana: State official under scrutiny over gravel business and under-serviced loans
Public administration minster Eric Molale is quarrying gravel seemingly without permission from the state development agency he owes P4-million.
Satellite images show Botswana Defence Force doing building work at Khama residence
The images contradict claims from the office of President Ian Khama that the military is not carrying out construction on his private holiday home.
Journalists threatened while investigating Botswana’s ‘Nkandla’
Botswana security agents outside President Ian Khama’s rural residence told three journalists they would be shot if they came that way again.
Botswana intelligence detain journalist after corruption stories
Freelance journalist Sonny Serite was arrested on Thursday, but not yet charged. Serite recently covered stories about alleged corruption of R250m.