Botswana’s Gamble: Regulating offshore betting to protect financial integrity

Botswana’s gambling sector, an industry poised for explosive growth yet shadowed by the pressing challenges of illicit financial flows and regulatory oversight, is at crossroads. With the nation’s gambling market expected to surge by over 400 percent in …

Botswana’s 41,000 deaths in 5 years

Botswana has recently unveiled a somber and unsettling portrait of its public health landscape, revealing nearly 41,000 deaths recorded over the past five years. This stark figure emerged in a parliamentary session where the Minister of Labour and Home …

Huawei Botswana Puts P100,000 Behind Child Safety at Batanani Walk

Huawei Technologies Botswana has contributed P100,000 to the 2026 Mascom Batanani Walk, adding its support to efforts to improve child protection and create safer communities in Botswana. Held in Francistown on Saturday under the theme “Step Up for Child …

Botswana’s Kelebogile Marope wins 2026 FNB Art Prize

Marope is the first artist from Botswana to receive the prize. Botswana artist Kelebogile Marope has been named the winner of the 2026 FNB Art Prize The announcement was made on Wednesday, 12 August, ahead of the 19th edition of FNB Art Joburg. Marope is …

Strengthening Botswana's Space Capabilities Through Partnership

The space syndicate is part of the exercise’s broader effort to help BDF planners integrate capabilities across multiple domains. “The syndicate is focused on providing BDF personnel with a foundational understanding of the space domain and the …

Botswana’s external debt doubles to P60bn

Botswana Artist Kelebogile Marope Receives The 2026 FNB Art Prize

As Africa’s leading and longest running contemporary art fair, FNB Art Joburg is proud to announce the winner of the 2026 FNB Art Prize: Kelebogile Marope. Now in its 19th edition, FNB Art Joburg’s mandate is to sustainably support and grow the continent’s …

Rispel set for ABU SADC title fight in Botswana

Namibian professional boxer Ruan Rispel will return to the ring on 26 September, when he faces Zimbabwe’s Tafadzwa Mushando for the ABU SADC Championship in Francistown, Botswana. The 10-round Super Lightweight (63.5kg) title fight will be held at the …

Air Botswana loses 11 pilots amid fleet woes

Eleven pilots resigned from Air Botswana between January and June 2026, contributing to a cockpit-crew shortage that has compounded fleet constraints and caused irregular operations and schedule disruptions, transport and infrastructure minister, Noah …

Hippo Charges at Safari Boat in Botswana (Viral Video)

Oznur Bell recently recorded a video showing a hippo charging through the water at her group’s safari boat in Botswana, and it went viral. Thankfully, the boat was able to get away from the animal, which didn’t want the tourists anywhere near it . . . …