It is that time of the year again. To some this is the silly season. It is the festive season. Many of us will be travelling to all sorts of destinations either to cool off or just to be with friends, relatives and those that we love.
Relative silence has replaced the bustle that Francistown, on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe, used to experience during the peak shopping period at Christmas.
olice Commissioner Thebeyame Tsimako must be hailed for holding a rare media briefing last week.
Government reporters have been warned that they should not think of themselves as reporters but just public servants or information officers if they want to remain in their jobs.
Last week the National Assembly was debating the new Tourism Bill and amongst the numerous contributions was one by Tselang Masisi, which caught my attention.
Choppies Group chairman Faruk Ishmael has said that after the recent opening of a store in Pitsane, five new supermarkets are coming up across the country.
"I just can't have a meal without my Coke. The feeling is so refreshing, especially after I have had a hot chilli meal," says Segametsi Mororisi, a resident in Block 5, Gaborone.
The war between Botswana National Front (BNF) and its expelled members - Nehemiah Modubule and Dr Elmon Tafa - is far from over as the party has now instituted legal action against the duo.
Last year, President Ian Khama intensified his war against drinking by slapping a punitive levy on liquor and the introduction of a raft of other anti-alcohol measures.
Botswana's new ambassador to Zimbabwe and former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Gladys Kokorwe, presented her credentials to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in Harare last Thursday.
A P27,000 cheque issued to a company is said to have disappeared from one of the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council offices.
The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has warned that it will not extend the deadline for the registration of mobile phone simcards.
The current Botswana passport will be in use till December 2011 when the government will start to replace them with the recently introduced e-passport. "After 2011, all applicants will be issued with the new e-passport.
If there is one artist in the country who has proven that perseverance and diligence pay, it is Masilonyana Radinoga.
After years of making a buzz in the local, regional and continental hip hop scene, recent Channel O Award winner Game "Zeus" Bantsi is finally launching his latest album The Flipside, a follow up album to the well received Freshly Baked.
The state-owned Botswana Television (Btv) has said that it intends to broadcast the Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that kick-offs in Angola on January 10 despite the prohibitive costs
Gaborone boys trampled Chobe 116-9 in a Botswana Games Basketball Pool A match at the University of Botswana (UB) on Tuesday. Gaborone has won all its games after beating South East, Lobatse and Southern. They head the group with 10 points, one above South East.
The declaration of assets and liabilities by Cabinet ministers to the President does not serve any public good, according to observers.
Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) has expressed frustration and disbelief at the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) decision to select some government employees and dub them Botswana's next top flyers without consulting with the union.
Former prison warder and Molepolole resident Gaotlhobogwe Kwelagobe has brought South African actor Peter Se-Puma aka Miles Vilakazi of popular soapie Rhythm City aired on etv every evening.
Annual inflation for November came down to within the Bank of Botswana 3-6 percent objective on lower food and non-alcoholic beverages prices, the Central Statistics Office reported yesterday.
Botswana is among four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries set to benefit from a cash raising placement by Sable Mining for coal mining.
The promoters of the Mmamabula Energy Project, CIC Energy have finally succumbed to the chaos in the South Africa energy sector and deferred some of the projects that were already running.
Wynter Mmolotsi of Francistown West became the only MP from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) yesterday to support a motion by Lobatse legislator, Nehemiah Modubule, to amend the Statistics Bill.
Once upon a time, in a quiet and peaceful land on the banks of a beautiful Tati River, lived a people who had come from different parts of the country to start life in a new place.
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