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Court bars PSP from proceeding with recruitment

The Industrial Court of Botswana has granted an interim interdict suspending the recruitment process for the position of Deputy District Commissioner (E1 salary scale)...

Botswana is the safest country in Africa

At least two independent risk assessments have ranked Botswana the safest country for travel in Africa. Safeture, a Swedish platform that correlates risk and location...

Road accidents surge into Top three causes of death

Road accidents are now one of the leading cause of death in Botswana, ranking third after HIV/AIDS and Cerebrovascular disease, according to Statistics Botswana’s...

Netanyahu worse than genocidal Hitler — Khama

While Adolf Hitler dominates the pantheon of evildoers, former President Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama asserts that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worse than...

Over 55 thousand Batswana are living with a Disability

An new report on disability providing access to district-level data and experiences on persons with disabilities (PWDs) shows that 2.58% of Batswana are living with a...

BOFEPUSU fight over BDP Elective Congress

Affiliates of the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) are at odds following the recently concluded Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)...

Botswana’s only gold mine changes hands again

The assets of Mupane Gold Mining (PTY) Limited are officially on the market following the company’s liquidation earlier this year. Park Village Auctions and Property...

HIV/AIDS reclaims title of Botswana’s biggest killer

After being briefly dethroned in 2021 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, which was the biggest cause of death among Batswana, HIV/AIDS has reclaimed the top...

Businessman sues Mascom and Absa over P1.4 Million sim swap fraud

Local businessman Muinuddin Tajbhai has launched P1.9 million lawsuits against telecommunications giant Mascom Wireless and Absa Bank Botswana, alleging gross negligence that led to...

Vegetable imports rise as gov’t eases ban on fresh produce

Botswana recorded P12.5 million worth of vegetable imports in February 2025, according to the latest data from Statistics Botswana, marking a 13.6 percent increase from...