Botswana News

Gaborone: At the foot of Kgale Hill, the sudden appearance of new shops caused a bit of a buzz as bemused locals seeking to book a haircut or buy beer found themselves turned away from a film set.

Kazungula police on Tuesday morning shot and wounded a 29-year-old Zimbabwean man who is suspected to have earlier robbed a tuck shop in the area.

Francistown High Court on Wednesday found Stephen Chichindwa of Mookane in the Central District guilty but insane on a charge of murdering his mother and unlawfully wounding his cousin in 2006.

There are allegations that Gaborone Private Hospital will retrench employees in the near future.

On a recent Wednesday evening, Gillian Otsile, a volunteer at a local NGO, Men Sex and AIDS, approached a group of young men drinking cartons of traditional sorghum beer at a tavern in Selebi-Phikwe, a mining town in northeastern Botswana.

Present at the show house was members from the Botswana Defense Force including Botswana Housing Corporation, commander of the armed forces, who was amazed at the speed at which the 54 square meter, two bedroom home, was completed.

GABORONE, 3 November 2009 - Raging hormones, peer pressure and coming to terms with a changing body image - growing up is difficult enough without the added burden of living with HIV, and keeping it hidden from friends and classmates.

The Standard Chartered Bank has declared the month of October a Small Medium Enterprise month, an effort aimed at giving emphasis to the banks commitment to the sector.

Operators of illegal guesthouses are not only robbing their clients of a good value for their money, but government might also be losing millions in unpaid taxes.

The Ministry of Agriculture is working on a proposal asking Cabinet to make land readily available to citizens.

" The government of Botswana this week reiterated its support to bring Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to justice.

In the first civil-to-civil exchange of the State Partnership for Peace Program, a team of fire officers from North Carolina traveled to Gaborone, Botswana, to conduct a workshop for fire officers from around the country, said Robert Borgesi, a captain with the Chapel Hill Fire Department who currently is on military activation with the North ...

Botswana, one of Africa's most stable countries, is the continent's longest continuous multi-party democracy.

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Botswana's President Ian Khama secured a new five-year term today, extending his rule over the world's largest diamond producer, after his governing BDP party swept to victory in a parliamentary election.

Botswana remains committed to its call for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir to be handed over to the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, comprising thirty Zimbabwe based civic society groups with a mission of promoting democratic elections in Zimbabwe had the occasion to be invited to observe the just concluded Botswana General elections.

Notably, the mining sector of Botswana contributes in double digits to the country's GDP.

Olefile Moumakwa believes that Botswana National Front is the only party with tangible programmes to solve the woes of Batswana.

The African Union Observer Mission in Botswana has given preparations for the country's elections on Friday a clean bill of health.