When Charles King of the Southern Africa News Service reported on Botswana's independence in September 1966, he described the country as a "vast, trackless wasteland" with little to celebrate. Two ...

At this time when the local video and film industry is vibrant and resurgent it is time to look back, argues film historian Professor Neil Parsons. In this part 1 of a 2 part series on the history of ...

A new initiative aims to preserve Botswana’s history in a series of mobile apps. The Heritage Series of apps, by Botswana’s own Intellegere Media, delivers an app for each major tribe in the country, ...

Rapper Zeus' monumental win against continental heavyweights at the recent Channel O Awards necessitated a revisiting of the history of hip hop in Botswana, specifically in Gaborone, which has a long ...

Lesego Chombo made history as Botswana’s youngest minister, taking office at the age of 26. Chombo was appointed by Botswana President Duma Boko as the Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs in November ...

The only way that Botswana can have a long and continued proud history of diamond mining is to spend money on diamond exploration, Botswana Diamonds MD James Campbell said last week, when he urged the ...