The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention

The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections

Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated

Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her ‘Drawn Lines’ exhibition

Choppies began life as a struggling general dealer in Botswana and now consists of about 250 stores in eight countries

For the first time in the history of one of Africa’s most stable democracies, the ruling BDP will see a genuine fight for the top job

‘The thing is, most people here grow up believing that a man should be with a woman and a woman only; that there is no other way of existing’

A study of pink plastic pearls shows that Africa will have to make big sacrifices if its children are to be employed

Botswana’s central bank will continue to try to boost economic growth by keeping its repo rate at 7.5%.

The Botswana government is refusing to negotiate with striking civil servants who want a 16% pay hike until they return to their jobs.

Almost 100 000 public servants have been on strike in Botswana since Monday last week, in an unprecedented display of popular militancy.

Botswana says reporters have nothing to fear from a new media law, but a journalism advocate calls it repressive and the official defence misleading.

Sello Motseta reports on the new opera house in Gaborone, a tribute to Alexander McCall Smith’s famous Mma Ramotswe.

Seretse Khama Ian Khama was inaugurated as Botswana’s President on Tuesday, inheriting a rare political and economic success story. Just next door, millions of Zimbabweans…

The new president of Botswana pledged on Tuesday that there would be no radical change in policy as he took the oath of office at a ceremony in Gaborone. A former army chief…

Festus Mogae is to stand down as Botswana’s president on Tuesday after a decade in which his country cemented its status as one of Africa’s success stories despite fears it could…

The world’s largest producer of diamonds wants more bang for its bling. A company launched on Tuesday will market and sell about a third of Botswana’s diamonds to manufacturers…

Health authorities on Wednesday reported the first known cases of virtually untreatable tuberculosis in Botswana. The Health Ministry said there were two cases of so-called…

Botswana’s government denied on Friday accusations it was preventing Bushmen from returning to their ancestral lands despite a court ruling last year granting them that right.…

Two of Africa’s most respected elder statesmen, Botswana’s former president Ketumile Masire and Mozambican ex-leader Joaquim Chissano, believe the continent is finally shedding…