Batswana mourn the people’s Pope
FRANCISTOWN: He was a Pope of the people. That is how the Gaborone Diocesan Pastoral Council chairman Moses Lekaukau remembers the late Pope John Paul II.

BDP unsettled over results of in-fighting
Members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are disturbed by the party’s poor performance in the last general elections, which they attribute to the continuous internal conflicts within the party.

The church faces a crossroads
Contenders for the papal office range from hardline conservatives to Latin American radicals, reports JAMIE DOWARD

The man who will be president
SELEBI-PHIKWE: To many people the story of Ian Khama, the son of Botswana’s first president Sir Seretse Khama, is the stuff of fairies. A lot of youngsters grew up to yarns of the vice president as a young gifted soldier with extraordinary powers.