Government has placed the private sector at the centre of Botswana's economic transformation.This was said by Vice President and Minister of Finance, Mr Ndaba Gaolathe, delivering the 2026 Budget ...

Thus, we urge the Government of Botswana to uphold its national commitments and international human rights obligations by providing an enabling environment conducive to civic space, in accordance with ...

Despite early post-election signals of reform, rising hostility toward journalists and alleged interference at "Radio Botswana" point to a troubling backslide on editorial independence.

Hundreds of people protested on Saturday in Botswana’s capital Gaborone against a bill seeking to make same-sex relations legal. Botswana’s parliament was forced to introduce the bill legalizing ...

The ongoing parliamentary debate on the 2026/27 Budget has highlighted a significant shift in Botswana's economic strategy, moving away from government-led spending toward a private-sector-led model ...

GABORONE- Botswana’s Minister for State President, Moeti Ceaser Mohwasa, has welcomed the signing of the Agreement Amending the Sadc Treaty establishing the Sadc Parliamentary Forum as “a historic ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana’s parliament on Tuesday abandoned debate on a bill that if passed would decriminalize same-sex relations. In 2019, Botswana’s High Court and Court of Appeal ruled that ...

The party that has governed the country since 1966 could lose power as the economy struggles from a slump in demand for diamonds, which made Botswana an African success story. By John Eligon and ...