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Thursday, September 03, 2026

Beyond Wildlife: Unlocking Botswana’s heritage and cultural tourism potential

Botswana has built a strong international reputation for wildlife tourism, but there is another largely untapped opportunity that could contribute significantly to the country’s tourism revenue: Heritage and cultural tourism.

maikgantsho ramontsho | 03 September 2026

Heritage and cultural tourism involves travelling to experience the history, traditions, physical artefacts and living customs . PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Francistown businesses record P31m turnover in three months

A Francistown City Council sitting has been informed that the area recorded a total business turnover of P31.02 million between April and June 2026, with the services sector emerging as the biggest contributor to economic activity.

Pini Bothoko | 28 August 2026

Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) conference in Maun.FILE PIC

An overview of HATAB

The Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) plays an important role in the development, growth, and promotion of the tourism industry in Botswana.

staff writer | 27 August 2026

There is something deceptively ordinary about a newsroom becoming smaller. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

When a newsroom becomes too small to think

Botswana’s media crisis is not simply about jobs or failing business models. It is about what happens to journalism when experience, time and editorial capacity become luxuries.Writes THOMAS TLHALOGANYO NKHOMA*

THOMAS NKHOMA | 21 August 2026

ILES readies Botswana for new labour law

The Institute for Labour and Employment Studies (ILES) says its Fifth Annual Labour Conference scheduled for July 30-31 at Fairgrounds will help prepare Botswana for the implementation of the new Employment and Labour Relations Act while addressing broader workplace issues shaping the country's labour market.

Kabelo Boranabi | 23 July 2026

What role should journalism play in Botswana’s national security architecture?

For generations, national security was a relatively straightforward concept. It conjured images of soldiers guarding our borders, police maintaining law and order and intelligence agencies quietly protecting the country from external and internal threats.

THOMAS NKHOMA | 23 July 2026

The hidden price of manufactured reality

Imagine waking up one morning only to discover that much of what shaped your opinions was never accidental.

Thomas Nkhoma | 10 July 2026

The media should not blink, they must hold power to account

The role of the media in a participatory democracy is a debate that has long been settled.That role includes holding those in power accountable, being the voice of the voiceless and more crucially shining light into the dark corners of society. Only people with potentially nefarious motives would want to question the fact that the media is a centerpiece of any democracy.

SPENCER MOGAPI | 14 May 2026

When neutrality looks like taking sides: The Red Cross, separatists and a crisis of trust

For decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has explained its work through a simple formula: in order to help victims of war, it is necessary to speak to all sides in a conflict. If a territory is controlled not by a state, but by an armed group, insurgents or a separatist administration, access to civilians, the wounded and prisoners is impossible without contact with the actual power on the ground.

JEAN dÁMOUR MUG | 07 May 2026

Separation of State, Church is absolute

When I was privileged to preach at the 15th December 2024 national Thanksgiving service hosted by the Gaborone Ministers’ Fraternal, I made a declaration to the Head of State and in full view of two million fellow citizens watching live on television.

Dr Enole Ditsheko | 10 April 2026

The school turnaround

Tshwarelo Hosia | 10 April 2026

China’s geopolitical role in the Red Sea

Solly Rakgomo | 10 April 2026

The quiet return of media capture in Botswana

Thomas Nkhoma | 03 April 2026

A systematic way of running school affairs

Tshwarelo Hosia | 03 April 2026

The silent power behind the global oil trade

Solly Rakgomo | 03 April 2026

A well learnt lesson in democracy

Mmegi Editor | 03 April 2026

Take responsibility on the roads, Ngakaagae urges men

MOLEPOLOLE: The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund’s second Men’s Road Safety Pitso was held here on Friday under the theme, “Borra, Imagine Life Without You!”, with men called on to take greater responsibility behind the wheel.

President, please set me free – Inmate’s plea to Boko

An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for defilement has made a desperate appeal to President Duma Boko to grant him a presidential pardon, even as he battles the State in a P4.5 million lawsuit over an alleged brutal prison assault.

Partners: Jindal Steel and Power chairman, Naveen Jindal, Boko and Moti at the launch earlier today PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Boko launches grand vision for education, healthcare

President Duma Boko says the African Hero initiative launched today in Gaborone is a proof of concept that will roll out schools and clinics across the country and Africa at pace and lower cost.

BDP clears two for Sephophe primaries

Two members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will battle it out for the party’s primary elections for Sefhophe ward on September 12.

All Party Conference wants November Parliament to review the Electoral Act.PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Parties propose electoral reforms

All-Party Conference (APC), which brings together representatives of political parties across the country, has proposed a number of electoral reforms aimed at improving the credibility and efficiency of elections.

Kebinatshipi will battle it
out against Jacory Patterson, Zakithi Nene, Rai Benjamin, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Jereem Richards and Chris Bailey

Tebogo, Kebinatshipi on Diamond League big payout hunt

The 200m Olympic champion, Letsile Tebogo and double World champion, Collen Busang Kebinatshipi, will this weekend line up for a payout of over P400,000 ($30,000) at the Diamond League final and a diamond trophy in Brussels.

Balopi’s fraud charges put BDP in the dock

Minority opposition party Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has been thrust into an uncomfortable political spotlight following the charging of its president, Mpho Balopi, with fraud and money laundering.

Block 6 shopping complex, a crime hotspot

“Try a crime you end a criminal,treat an environment you end crime.”– Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for SocietyWhat should be a vibrant entertainment hub has instead become an area where people increasingly fear for their safety.Hardly a weekend passes without reports of people losing their valuables, vehicles being broken into or stolen, revellers being assaulted and injured, and, in the most tragic cases, people being attacked with sharp...

Mmegi Editor | 04 September 2026

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