Those closest to him remember him not just for his political achievements but for the warmth, guidance, and humor that defined his private life. Pinkie Mogae, his brother’s wife, recalls him fondly as a loving father figure who was always...
When the Mmegi team visited Serowe on Wednesday, the signs of preparation were evident everywhere. From the Botalaote ward, where Mogae’s family home stands, to the roads leading to the main Kgotla, residents were working diligently to clean and...
We were young, ideological and convinced that the ruling order had become too comfortable with power.The earlier Botswana was politically charged beneath its calm exterior. Opposition politics was not fashionable then. It was hard, raw and often...
Long before lab-grown diamonds disrupted the market and long before younger consumers began questioning the relevance of natural stones, Mogae was already fighting a different battle, one that threatened not merely diamond sales, but Botswana’s...
In 1969, then 30-year-old Festus Mogae found himself as one of the very few black faces around a table dominated by Afrikaner governance veterans as a young Botswana and other regional ‘minnows’ negotiated clauses in the Southern African Customs...
I consider myself fortunate to have been among the journalists assigned to the presidential beat in the late 1990s and, perhaps more significantly, among the youngest reporters entrusted with covering a man who would come to define an era of...
During his two terms in office, Botswana’s media landscape enjoyed significant freedom. Journalists were neither routinely harassed nor detained for doing their work. Surprisingly, during his presidency, though media-friendly, an advertising ban on...
The initiative brought both positive and negative outcomes. It empowered grassroots members to have a voice, but it also amplified divisions within the party, creating tensions that previously simmered under the surface.Mogae’s decision to...
Botswana effected the changes at a time when the neighbouring South Africa and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries had switched to the revenue authorities from the previous customs and excise.The switch to the revenue...
A few days prior to learning about the passing of former President Festus Mogae, I had been to my hometown, Lobatse, on personal business. I bumped into a childhood friend, and we reminisced about days gone by. We remembered the fun days of playing...
Mogae came from a different background, far from the cynicism of politics. Unlike career politicians, he did not easily succumb to the dictates of political expediency after his many years as a technocrat. He was more of a servant of the people, ever...
The suspects in the matter have been identified as Fanes Manyewe, a Zimbabwean national, and Adriano Caetano, a Mozambican national, who remain at large nearly 11 months after the incident.On the night of June 5, 2025, the suspects allegedly fled...
The Ministry of Higher Education has since halted the writing of the affected examination paper at both Tlokweng College of Education and Serowe College of Education to pave the way for investigations.Confirming the development in an interview, the...
Upon assuming office, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government commissioned a forensic audit to expose the rot by assessing the effectiveness of governance, procurement, and financial management, amongst others. Alvarez & Marsal Middle...
Addressing the media this week, Saleshando argued that Batswana deserve full transparency because the audit was commissioned using the taxpayers’ money.“We paid for this audit, and Batswana need to know what their money was used for,”...
He explained that the suspect, a 22-year-old man residing in the same yard as the victim, allegedly destroyed the padlock on the teenager's house to gain entry."The victim's mother working as a vendor had gone out to sell food in front of a...
According to police, the deceased had not been seen for some time in the morning, something that forced his farm worker to check on him.The worker reportedly tried to wake him up but received no response. He then opened the tent and found the man...
Confirming the incident, Mahalapye Central Police Station acting commander, Superintendent Malakia Gabana, said police received a report of the matter at around 8pm on Sunday.Gabana said the incident occurred near the Kwape cattle post, about two...
The officer then immediately rushed to the crime scene, where they found the woman lying motionless in bed with a rope beside her, he explained.“She did not have any visible injuries, but we suspect that she might have been strangled to death using...
BOL has enjoyed the oil import mandate since April 2024, but recent revelations indicate that the oil parastatal has only imported an average of 60% of the country’s fuel supplies. The balance has been brought in by majority citizen-owned oil...
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