Mmegi Online

Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Fiery and highly charged trade union leaders have sharply excoriated President Duma Boko following his jibe during the recent May Day commemorations in the diamond-rich village of Letlhakane, signalling escalating tensions between labour and the new administration.

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 05 May 2026

Workers singing strugle songs in Letlhakane during May Day Comemoration. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

EH Construction donates to Mmatshumu. PHATSIMO KAPENG

EH Construction/Lucara Botswana donates to Mmatshumu Primary School

EH Construction (Pty) Ltd in partnership with Lucara Botswana has demonstrated the spirit of kindness and encouragement by donating 50 chairs and tables, 13 whiteboards, and whiteboard makers for all the classrooms in Mmatshumu Primary School in the Boteti region all valued at P240 000.00.

Phatsimo Kapeng | 07 May 2026

Man aged 22 pleads guilty to raping septuagenarian

Larona Makhaiza | 07 May 2026

Hunyepa: A militant, radical and a great political organiser

Ryder Gabathuse | 01 May 2026

Gaolathe hosts successful wellness session

Johannes Kambai | 06 May 2026

Gaborone hosts landmark continental education summit

Kingsley Kuda | 06 May 2026

Every child is precious

TUDUETSO KELAPILE | 06 May 2026

Union leaders fire salvos at Boko

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 05 May 2026

Prosecution looms as forensic audit flags 80 senior officials

Despite not naming any individuals or entities in the summary of the forensic audit, the Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Moeti Mohwasa, says prosecutions will be the defining outcome of the much-anticipated investigation

This picture of Kabo sparked great concern amongst the family and led to them reporting to Interpol

A family’s worst fear

The Ntesang family of Kanye does not know whether their child, Kabo, is alive or not. The 33-year-old disappeared last November, then sent pictures from Russia wearing camouflage and carrying weapons. Communication ended on December 12, and the Ntesangs have since spent their days at embassies, Interpol and the Ministry of International Relations, searching without success. MBONGENI MGUNI & INNOCENT SELATLHWA write

Union leaders fire salvos at Boko

Every drop: The WUC is owed hundreds of millions of Pula in arrears

Auditor General flags P105m billing errors at WUC

The Auditor General (AG) has uncovered at least P105 million in billing irregularities at the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), confirming long-standing concerns raised by customers over unusually high and inaccurate water bills.

Cowpeas worth P15m rot in silo

The Auditor General has found that cowpeas valued at P14.9 million sat without rotation for nine years at the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board’s (BAMB) storage in Pandamatenga, resulting in them eventually having to be thrown out.

We didn’t force anyone to the warfront - Russia

While parents and relatives are in distress searching for their family members, whom they believe were duped into the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia says those who went to the war did so voluntarily.

BOTEPCO hosted the first-ever Africa Teaching and Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) conference. PIC.KINGSLEY KUDA

Gaborone hosts landmark continental education summit

Botswana Teaching Professionals Council (BOTEPCO) hosted the first-ever Africa Teaching and Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) conference, drawing delegates from across the continent to deliberate on the future of the teaching profession.

Part of the proceedings at April 2025 meeting, as captured by a Mmegi source

Tracking trails to Russia

In April 2025, Mmegi was made aware of a meeting at the University of Botswana (UB) in which young women were promised jobs in Russia, paying up to $1,000 per month. Mmegi immediately alerted the local Interpol office, which promised to follow up. Officials now suspect that recruitment was part of larger efforts to lure Africans to Russia. MBONGENI MGUNI & INNOCENT SELATLHWA report

Justice Zein Kebonang PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Alcohol not an excuse for murder, rules Kebonang

Gaborone High Court Judge Zeinub Kebonang has ruled that "alcohol, jealousy, and claims of provocation do not constitute extenuating circumstances in a brutal murder case", sentencing Tapologo Makwatse to death.

News

EH Construction/Lucara Botswana donates to Mmatshumu Primary School

Man aged 22 pleads guilty to raping septuagenarian

Hunyepa: A militant, radical and a great political organiser

Gaolathe hosts successful wellness session

Gaborone hosts landmark continental education summit

Every child is precious

Union leaders fire salvos at Boko

Mmegi Online

Explore

More

Prosecution looms as forensic audit flags 80 senior officials

A family’s worst fear

Union leaders fire salvos at Boko

Auditor General flags P105m billing errors at WUC

Cowpeas worth P15m rot in silo

We didn’t force anyone to the warfront - Russia

Gaborone hosts landmark continental education summit

Tracking trails to Russia

Alcohol not an excuse for murder, rules Kebonang