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20/08/2026

๐๐Ž๐“๐’๐–๐€๐๐€ ๐๐„๐†๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐Œ๐”๐‹๐“๐ˆ๐๐‹๐„ ๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐™๐„๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐

Botswana has started rolling out multiple citizenship citizenship for both citizens and foreigners, according to ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž.

Briefing the media, Mokgware said the Citizenship by Investment Programme remains on hold until the end of the year, while the government continues work on implementing the dual citizenship framework.

The minister also said the government intends to work with neighbouring countries to ensure that people with family and historical ties across borders can obtain identification documents from both countries.

The move could have significant implications for communities living along Botswanaโ€™s borders, where families and social ties often span neighbouring countries.

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐๐‚๐: ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ค๐จThe Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has welcomed Noah Salakaeโ€™s...
19/08/2026

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐๐‚๐: ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ค๐จ

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has welcomed Noah Salakaeโ€™s resignation as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, saying his decision to step aside allows him to focus on the corruption charges he faces.

The BCP also commended the DCEC for investigating and charging a sitting member of the political elite, while calling for the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to prosecute the matter without fear, favour or political interference.

The party further called on President Duma Boko to legislate the independence of the DCEC and strengthen the criminal justice system to ensure corruption cases are handled impartially and transparently.

๐Ÿšจ ๐๐จ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌFormer Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae and six o...
19/08/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐๐จ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ

Former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae and six others are set to appear before the Regional Magistrates Court on 28 August 2026 facing charges including corruption, abuse of office, corrupting a public officer and money laundering.

The DCEC alleges that Salakae received ๐๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š ๐“๐จ๐ฒ๐จ๐ญ๐š ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ and ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก-๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ก๐š๐ง๐ณ๐ขโ€“๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐—๐š๐๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ awarded to Tau Grading and Construction (Pty) Ltd.

The DCEC says investigations were conducted impartially and has urged the public to avoid speculation and allow the judicial process to unfold.

All accused persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐†: ๐๐จ๐ค๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌPresident Duma Boko has appointed Keoagile Atamelang, MP for Boteti East, as...
19/08/2026

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐†: ๐๐จ๐ค๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

President Duma Boko has appointed Keoagile Atamelang, MP for Boteti East, as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

Letlhogonolo Barongwang, MP for Mogoditshane East, has been appointed Assistant Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

19/08/2026

๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐๐Ž๐“๐’๐–๐€๐๐€ ๐‹๐€๐”๐๐‚๐‡๐„๐’ ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐€๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐โ€™ ๐ ๐ƒ๐€ ๐๐”๐’๐‡ ๐’๐€๐…๐€๐‘๐ˆ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐’๐’๐ˆ๐‚

Botswana is aiming to strengthen its position on the African basketball map with the launch of the ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐งโ€™ ๐ ๐ƒ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ข ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ.

The international tournament is scheduled for ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–โ€“๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ at the University of Botswana Indoor Sports Arena, with clubs from Africa and Europe set to compete for a ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž โ€” ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

But organisers say the tournament is about more than basketball.

Sophia Oarabile Diboko, Project Manager at Bridge Elite Global, the sports management firm organizing the highly anticipated 4th Edition of the Ballin' N Da Bush Safari Classic says the qualifying tournament served as the official pathway to this year's Safari Classic, with only the top three teams securing places in the main event.

Talent Capital CEO Mooketsi T.M.J. Morolong says the ambition is to build a sports ecosystem that can commercialise local talent, attract investment and create economic opportunities.

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š, ๐™๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐š๐›๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌSouth African ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐š will host ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐...
19/08/2026

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š, ๐™๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐š๐›๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

South African ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐š will host ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ง๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐š in Pretoria on Friday, 21 August 2026, for the Fourth Session of the South Africaโ€“Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission (BNC).

The talks will review progress on existing bilateral agreements and explore deeper cooperation in trade and investment, infrastructure and economic development.

The BNC, established in 2015, has so far facilitated more than 33 agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries.

The summit is expected to culminate in the signing of additional agreements aimed at expanding strategic cooperation between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฆ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌThe Botswana Government and si...
19/08/2026

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฆ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

The Botswana Government and six public service unions have reached a settlement over proposed changes to Local Per Diem and the Leadership Transformation Programme.

The agreement, made an order of the Lobatse High Court on 17 August 2026, means the planned Local Per Diem changes scheduled for 1 September will not be implemented for members of the six unions and public officers in the D band and below covered by collective bargaining, pending consultations.

Government must provide the unions with written reasons for the proposed changes by 19 August, while the unions have until 26 August to submit their responses.

The parties are expected to meet by 28 August before Government makes a final decision on the Local Per Diem changes.

Meanwhile, Government may proceed with the Leadership Transformation Programme for eligible Executive Cadre members. Consultations on its proposed implementation for officers on the D1 scale and below are scheduled to take place by 28 September 2026.

The settlement follows an urgent court application by the six unions challenging the implementation of the changes.

18/08/2026

๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“% ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

Letshego Africa Holdings has reported a ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“% ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.๐Ÿ— ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง for the six months ended June 2026, despite continued pressure on income, margins and funding costs.

Profit from continuing operations rose ๐Ÿ“% ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ— ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, while operating expenses fell 7% and net impairments dropped 62%.

Group CEO Reinette van der Merwe says Letshego remains focused on strengthening its balance sheet, improving capital efficiency and simplifying the group as it moves to reduce its footprint from 11 markets to six.

The proposed sale of operations in Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda remains subject to regulatory approvals.

In Botswana, Letshego recorded P104 million in profit after tax, unchanged from the previous period, amid tight liquidity and elevated funding costs.

Van der Merwe says the group will maintain a cautious risk approach while selectively rebuilding growth and deepening its deposits and payments business.

18/08/2026

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

The Botswana Government maintains that the countryโ€™s laws recognise marriage only between a man and a woman, and do not provide for same-sex marriage.

The position comes amid an ongoing court challenge by Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile, who are seeking recognition of their right to marry.

Major General Pius Mokgware, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, was briefing the media earlier today.

18/08/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐†๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐–๐€๐‘๐๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ ๐๐„๐‘๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐“๐„๐‹๐’

Botswanaโ€™s Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has raised concern over illegal immigrants entering the country using forged permits and documents.

Briefing the media, Minister Major General Pius Mokgware said authorities have encountered cases involving individuals allegedly using farming permits to work as teachers, while others are using fake permits to work as drivers.

Mokgware also warned of highly organised immigration cartels allegedly producing forged documents, including fake bank statements and other paperwork used to support immigration applications.

He cautioned the public to be vigilant, stressing that the government does not issue separate โ€œteacher permitsโ€ or โ€œdriver permits.โ€

The minister urged citizens and employers to verify immigration documents and avoid falling victim to fraudulent schemes.

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