Sunday, January 18, 2026

In-Depth

Al Cook’s measured bet on a bruised but resilient diamond industry

On a Thursday morning in November, Al Cook sits in De Beers’ Gaborone offices and talks through the overlapping issues that have led to the worst...
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Africa tests its unity at CoP20, leaves many wondering if this is the way of the future

In an unprecedented show of unity that sent shock waves across the conservation world here in Samarkand, African nations tested their newly found solidarity...
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Key Dingake – a Judge raised by Robben Island ghosts

Justice Key Dingake was barely out of his nappies when his elder brother, Michael “Mike” Dingake, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for...
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Boko writing his own Greek tragedy?

President Duma Boko’s presidency is shaping into a Shakespearean tragedy, brilliant, bold, but burdened by the very traits that once made him stand out. By...
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Boko in Masisi’s corner against Khama’s tourism stranglehold

President Duma Boko is the face of Botswana’s tourism reform, but he comes across more as a pinch-hitter who came in to relieve his...
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Mpho Kuhlman – A fearless voice for the silenced falls silent

By any standard, Mpho Annie-Marie Kuhlman was not just a reporter, she was a conscience. In a country where certain truths are often whispered,...
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Botswana beyond Diamonds

For the first time in more than half a century, Botswana is turning a political page and, with it, the script of its economy....
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Of the UDC Manifesto  and NDP 12: Quo Vadis The New Botswana?

This coming Monday week, Parliament convenes in a special meeting to debate the National Development Plan 12 (NDP 12).  Since 1965, Botswana’s socio-economic trajectory was based...
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Can Boko pull off the De Beers deal?

For weeks, President Duma Boko was the only show in town, relentlessly championing Botswana’s bid for majority control in De Beers as Anglo American...
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A tribute to a pragmatic liberal: Moses Chinhengo – The judge who planted trees in the desert of injustice

"On the 19th of September 2025, I learnt with profound sadness about the passing away of my dear friend and brother, Justice Moses Chinhengo,"...
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