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Whose grandmother is this, really?
And isn’t it time we let her enjoy her retirement in peace instead of turning her into every brand’s favourite cliché? To win everyone, you must first choose who to lose! Let’s navigate BW’s brand positioning paradox. By Manuel Veiruapi Ruhapo There is a familiar scene that plays out across countless brand campaigns. A…
SMEs Key to Botswana’s Growth
At a recent budget speech review, Linda Cele outlined how technology, sustainability and resilience can help small businesses drive jobs, diversification and long-term economic growth GAZETTE REPORTER Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain central to Botswana’s economy, accounting for over half of private sector jobs and contributing between 13 and 35 percent to…
BSE Breaks Trading Record
Strong equity turnover in 2025 signals rising liquidity and sustained investor participation on Botswana’s stock market GAZETTE REPORTER The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) recorded its highest equity turnover since inception in 2025, with the total value of shares traded reaching P5.9 billion. The Exchange said the figure highlights the volume of capital…
Why the BPL Is Hard to Sell
This column examines how culture, brands, and markets intersect in Botswana’s economy. Each instalment explores why some of the country’s most familiar products and institutions struggle to translate relevance into real commercial value, and what strategic shifts could change that. The Sleeping Giant Paradox. The Botswana Premier League has passion, history, and cultural relevance, yet…
Lucara Raises Funds for Karowe Expansion
Oversubscribed financing strengthens plans for Karowe’s underground expansion in Botswana GAZETTE REPORTER Lucara Diamond Corp., a Canada-listed diamond producer, has closed a previously announced non-brokered private placement that raised gross proceeds of 165.0 million Canadian dollars, the company said. The financing, first announced on January 9 and increased on January 14, 2026, was…
Car Purchases Decline in 2025 Q3
New transport data shows households pulling back on car purchases as freight volumes and rail revenues grow TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO While Botswana grapples with ongoing economic pressures, new official data suggests that household buying power is under strain, even as freight activity through the rail network strengthens. According to the Transport and Infrastructure…
Tourism Funding Faces Structural Strain
Botswana’s tourism sector struggles to recover from COVID-19, facing funding shortfalls, regulatory hurdles, and declining government demand TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO Botswana’s tourism sector — long seen as a pillar of economic growth and job creation — is showing clear signs of financial strain, according to data and analysis presented by the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development…
How Traditional Beer Brewed Botswana’s Livelihoods
For generations, traditional beer brewing has quietly sustained families, educated children and powered an informal economy that refuses to disappear TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO Before sunrise, fires are already crackling in many homesteads across Botswana. Large blackened pots simmer slowly, not just with sorghum and water, but with hope. For decades, traditional beer brewing has…
Coca-Cola Bottler Ownership Set to Change
A proposed transaction before competition authorities would give Coca-Cola HBC sole control of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, consolidating ownership of a vast bottling network that spans 14 African territories, including Botswana GAZETTE REPORTER The Competition and Consumer Authority has received a merger notification pursuant to section 49(1) of the Competition Act 2018 for the…
Lifestyle News
Peripheral No More: The Rise of African Skate
A decade of kickflips, concrete poetry and cultural reclamation lands inside Alliance Française de Gaborone, where Mosako Chalashika turns Africa’s skate scene into a global visual language, no charity lens, no outsider gaze, just lived asphalt truth GOSEGO MOTSUMI Walk into Alliance Française de Gaborone and the walls hum like a half-pipe. Mosako…
Setsong: Luxury That Smells Like Home
From rain on dry earth to oud in crystal bottles, Brian Hills is bottling Botswana’s memory and calling it luxurious and timeless GOSEGO MOTSUMI Before there was a bottle, there was a memory: rain hitting hot soil, smoke curling through a homestead, sun warming Kalahari sand. For Brian Olebetse — better known as…
When Love Meets the Roast
Romance meets roast culture as Major Moves Comedy turns date night into a laughter marathon at the Grand Palm Hotel Casino Convention Resort, proving love is best served with a punchline GAZETTE REPORTER Forget roses and awkward silences — this February, love speaks fluent stand-up. The Love & Laughter Edition of the Friday…
Crown Mode Activated
With the Top 12 finalists confirmed, Miss Botswana 2026 enters its glow-up phase where its decided who will eventually wear the crown GAZETTE REPORTER The dust has settled on the bush bootcamp, but for the Miss Botswana Top 12 finalists, the real marathon has just begun. The next few weeks are more about…
BOMU’s Return, Here’s What Happened
After a year off the stage, the Botswana Musicians Union Awards return louder and digitally tuned — promising not just trophies, but a full-blown creative economy reboot GOSEGO MOTSUMI The stage lights are warming up again. After a 2025 hiatus that had the industry refreshing its calendar like a broken streaming app, the…
Amend the Copyright Law- Creatives
At a launch meant to celebrate the return of the BOMU Awards, the real conversation was more than accolades — it was also about a copyright law stuck in the CD era while artists live in the streaming economy GOSEGO MOTSUMI The launch stage was set, the speeches polished, but the loudest moment…
Less Tiara, More Toolkit For Miss Teen Elite
Sixteen-year-old Miss Teen Elite Botswana Eilleen-May Moapare is packing more than gowns for Mini Model World in Bogotá, she’s carrying a movement stitched in empathy and discipline GOSEGO MOTSUMI There’s a quiet rebellion happening behind the rhinestones. At just 16, Eilleen-May Moapare is flipping the script on what a beauty title looks like—…
Inside Lekgowe’s New Book Release
With You Are Not Just a Teacher, educator-author Masego Zulu Lekgowe turns the classroom into a confidence lab — rewriting the narrative from burnout to bold leadership and giving teachers a long-overdue standing ovation GAZETTE REPORTER The bell rings. Students leave. The real work lingers. In her new soul-stirring 54-page release, You Are…
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WASBO Charts New Era
Ambitious strategy and athlete welfare take centre stage in Gaborone TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO Women and Sport Botswana on Friday marked a defining moment in its institutional journey, unveiling a new five-year strategic roadmap alongside a landmark programme dedicated to athlete wellbeing. The dual milestones were announced during the Strategy Launch and Annual General Meeting…
Best of the Best Boxing Tournament Returns
Elite boxers, rising juniors and women fighters converge as Botswana boxing sharpens its competitive edge TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO The BEST OF THE BEST Boxing Championship will take place at Royal Aria in Tlokweng from March 7 to 8 and it will not simply be another tournament on the calendar. For the Botswana Boxing Association…
Botswana Continues To Host Global Tennis
International men’s and women’s tournaments return, marking a new chapter for Botswana’s place on the professional tennis map TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO When Botswana stages the Men’s and Women’s ITF $15k Pro tournaments from 11–23 May 2026, it will not simply be hosting another sporting event. According to the Botswana Tennis Association, the tournaments represent…
BFA Rewards Zebras After AFCON
Stresses transparency and long-term reform after Morocco campaign GAZETTE REPORTER The Botswana Football Association (BFA) this week marked the men’s national team’s participation at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, holding an awards ceremony to recognise the Zebras’ journey in Morocco despite a difficult tournament outcome. The Zebras exited the group stage…
Horse Racing Gains Backing
Government support signals economic potential of a once-marginal sport GAZETTE REPORTER Horse racing is emerging as a serious sporting and economic activity in Botswana, drawing increased government support as officials look to diversify the economy and broaden community-based industries. Speaking at the Kokotsha Horse Race held over the weekend, the Minister of…
FNB Kazungula Marathon Weekend
Iconic bridge crossing, revised distances and tourism-driven experiences define the 2026 race TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO The FNB Kazungula Bridge Marathon will stage its fifth edition on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Kazungula in Botswana’s Chobe region. The annual event has grown into a fixture on the country’s endurance running calendar, distinguished by its setting…
Chess National Team Selected
Veterans return, youth rise as Botswana names a balanced national chess squad following a fiercely contested selection tournament GAZETTE REPORTER The Botswana Chess Federation concluded its National Team Selection Tournament on February 15, 2026, capping a weekend of tense, high-level competition that highlighted the depth and maturity of chess talent in the country.…
Botswana’s Badminton Breakthrough
The successful hosting of the All Africa Senior Championships has elevated Botswana’s standing in continental sport, showcasing organizational excellence while revealing a clear pathway for future competitive growth. TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO Botswana reached a defining sporting moment in February after hosting the All Africa Senior Championships, one of African badminton’s flagship tournaments. Held from…