
A red t-shirt, a pen, a purpose: Remembering Mosikare
I first met Lebogang Tsoo Mosikare in 2009 at the Botswana Guardian/Midweek Sun bureau in Francistown, where I was serving as bureau chief.
I first met Lebogang Tsoo Mosikare in 2009 at the Botswana Guardian/Midweek Sun bureau in Francistown, where I was serving as bureau chief.
Olympic champion, Letsile Tebogo has spoken for the first time since his shock withdrawal from the World Relays team.
Business came to a standstill at the Central Business District (CBD) in Gaborone this evening after a man (names known to this publication) reportedly jumped from the Itowers building.
The 50-seater jet, registered as BP V5 ABQ, landed at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SSKIA) on Friday carrying Botswana’s High Commissioner to Namibia Phemelo Rankoro as its sole passenger on the inaugural delivery flight.
Leader of Team Botswana at the 2025 World Athletics Relays, Justice Dipeba, says it will be difficult for the country to retain the men’s 4x400m World Athletics Relays title as his athletes target World Championship berths following withdrawal of key figures.
It reads like a script plucked straight out of Lekidi Centre but the setting is on the track rather than the field of play. The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA), which has in recent years emerged as the doyen of Botswana sport, now finds itself in unfamiliar murky waters after three athletes dropped a bombshell on the eve of a premier world athletics event, reports Staff Writer MQONDISI DUBE
Government has been told it should deliver on its election promise of an increase in minimum living wage, immediately.
The Botswana Gambling Authority (GA) says it has issued 10 bookmaker licences, marking a significant milestone in the formalisation of the country’s gambling industry.
When power scorns accountability
While every citizen, including the Head of State, has the right to voice opinions, the tone and context of the President’s comments were regrettably dismissive and risk chilling free expression in our country. The remarks are not isolated. They form part of a disturbing pattern of public attacks on independent institutions pillars essential to the healthy functioning of our democracy. The Judiciary, the Legislature, and now the media have all...