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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
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
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.
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
Mokgweetsi Masisi is on a shortlist to acquire a portion of Botswana’s Banyana Farms — even though his bid did not meet the brief
If the coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything beyond the necessity of washing our hands, it is that its victim has been leadership
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…
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.
Botswana’s intelligence services are accused of hiding elephant tusks from the wildlife department
Peter Magosi joined the army at the age of 22 and progressed through the ranks to become a brigadier
A lack of clarity from directors of an opaque British-registered company has raised more questions over its colonial-era land holdings.
Critics accuse the Botswana government of favouring a colonial-era company because of its allegedly close relationship with the powerful Khama family
Public administration minster Eric Molale is quarrying gravel seemingly without permission from the state development agency he owes P4-million.
The images contradict claims from the office of President Ian Khama that the military is not carrying out construction on his private holiday home.
Botswana security agents outside President Ian Khama’s rural residence told three journalists they would be shot if they came that way again.
Freelance journalist Sonny Serite was arrested on Thursday, but not yet charged. Serite recently covered stories about alleged corruption of R250m.
The Botswana government has been accused of valuing wildlife more than human life, as it ups the ante against illegal hunters in the region.
The Botswana government has been accused of valuing wildlife more than human life, as it ups the ante against illegal hunters in the region.
The Pula Fund was established to cushion the country once its revenue from diamonds dries up. But critics say it’s more of an emergency slush fund.
Botswanan military aircraft flew in to SA to grab 20 rhinoceroses, but nobody seems to know why.
Choppies retail giant denies using ‘soft power’ to secure privileges and dispense benefits.
