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Legends Barbershop Launches Botswana’s First Fully Accredited Barber Training Academy

MMEGI · July 1, 2025

Strategically located at Main Mall in Gaborone, this groundbreaking initiative marks a significant milestone in skills development, entrepreneurship promotion, and youth empowerment in the country. The facility is fully equipped with modern,...

United Nations (UN) Leaders Engage World Health Organization (WHO) Botswana To Strengthen Coordination And Multilateral Collaboration

MENAFN · July 1, 2025

(MENAFN- APO Group) In an expression of strengthened partnership and renewed commitment to multilateralism, the WHO Botswana Country Office recently hosted two high-level courtesy calls from newly appointed UN leaders, Ms. Wenyan Yang, the UN...

Botswana Strikes Beef Export Gold

Botswana Gazette · June 22, 2025

Botswana will assume South Africa’s position as China’s main beef trading partner in Africa due to the outbreak of FMD in its southern neighbour. This means Botswana will be expected to match South Africa’s beef exports to the massive Chinese...

Plastics SA appoints Samuel Kumbula as new Sustainability Project Coordinator

Engineering News ·

Plastics SA is proud to announce the appointment of Samuel Kumbula as its new Sustainability Project Coordinator. Based at the company’s Head Office in Midrand, Sam joins the team with more than eight years of experience in the environmental...

Debswana charity walk activation draws Gaborone crowds

MMEGI · June 30, 2025

The event, held last weekend, served as a warm-up and awareness campaign ahead of the main charity walk scheduled for August in diamond town Orapa. Participants took part in the 5km, 10km, and 21km races. The theme for this year’s walk focuses on...

Askari Metals: Building a Tier-1 gold portfolio in Ethiopia

Proactive Australia · July 17, 2025

Ethiopia, a country known more for its rich cultural heritage than its mineral wealth, is emerging as a hotspot for mining investment. In recent years, the country has attracted considerable attention from foreign investors, thanks to its...

16 Newly Released Wildlife ImagesWinners Of BigPicture Photo Competition

Forbes ·

Puddle Jumper, Aquatic Life Finalist. Mudskippers wrench themselves across mudflats, over rocks and ... More even up the trunks of mangrove trees; Goode Beach, AustraliaGeorgina Steytler, Australia - BigPicture Nature World Photography Competition...

Namibia and Botswana continue to strengthen border relations

Informante · June 29, 2025

Date: June 29, 2025 Staff Reporter NAMIBIA and Botswana continue to show their dedication to tackling issues affecting border communities, as the second phase of the Civil–Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Sensitization Campaign is currently underway...

How Botswana’s Sustainable Natural Diamond Story Sparkled At JCK

Forbes ·

Diamond exports provide Botswana's economy with strong supplies of foreign exchange and have helped ... More finance industrial development, improvements in Botswana's infrastructure plus nationwide free education.Natural Diamond Council Various...

How Africa can foster sustainable diplomacy amidst global trade tensions

IOL ·

Ashraf Patel The abrupt exit of Donald Trump from the G7 Summit in Canada, without having side meetings with Global South leaders from South Africa, India et al, and this week’s NATO Summit where core nations committed to a 5% of GDP spending on...

AU providing safe and secure environment for foreign students, says Vice-Chancellor

The Hindu · June 28, 2025

Foreign students from Botswana cheering a performance during the Exit-Engagement-Evening, a felicitation event organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations at Andhra University, in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK...

Pouncing lions, pronking springboks, poison-arrow lessons: Botswana’s safari idyll

The Sydney Morning Herald · June 27, 2025

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size In Botswana, they named their currency, pula, after their most precious commodity. Their...

There's a New, Unexpected Reason to Visit One of the World's Ultimate Safari Destinations

Travel + Leisure ·

Our guide, Dux Mareja, threw out his left arm like a shield. “Step around,” he warned, ushering my family down the main pathway of andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge (from $1,850 per person, all-inclusive), a 12-suite property on the...

Botswana Candidacy for the Organization for the OPCW

Diplomat magazine EU · June 17, 2025

Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Botswana’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is Botswana’s candidate for the position of Director-General of...

King Letsie III pushes climate agenda in Berlin

Public Eye · June 25, 2025

Strengthens climate diplomacy through key bilateral meetings ‘MANTSANG KHUTLISI and TEBOHO KHATEBE MOLEFI MASERU – On the sidelines of the Berlin Climate Mobility Forum, King Letsie III, accompanied by the foreign minister, Lejone Mpotjoane,...

TikTok trailblazer: Botswana’s Mosa farms, leads, and inspires

Food For Mzansi · June 25, 2025

Mosa Balesamang does not just raise sheep; she raises the bar. With a scientist’s brain and a farmer’s heart, she shares how she runs her farm in Botswana in this episode of the Farmer Mentor series. When Mosa Balesamang walks into a kraal, phone...

WILDERNESS INJECTS P4.8 BILLION INTO BOTSWANA ECONOMY, DEEPENS CONSERVATION COMMITMENT

Gabz FM · June 25, 2025

Article By: Rorisang Mogojwe Eco-tourism operator Wilderness has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable development, revealing it has injected over P4.8 billion in foreign exchange into Botswana’s economy over the past decade. At a stakeholder...

Dinaledi International Football Cup to debut in Botswana

New Era ·

The highly anticipated first edition of the Dinaledi – International Football Cup 2025 is scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 July at the state-of-the-art Dinaledi Sports Facility in Oodi, Botswana. This inaugural youth tournament will bring...

Zim migration story needs revisit

Zimbabwe Independent ·

migration DEBATE on the number of Zimbabweans based in South Africa has been raging for years, but reached a crescendo when President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet resolved to cancel special permits for the migrants this year. In cancelling the...

Phatsima Tuitions is Transforming Academic Lives in Botswana

Botswana Guardian Sun · June 25, 2025

In 2020, a group of rewriting Form 3 students walked back into Phatsima Tuitions wearing their brand-new senior secondary school uniforms. They weren’t returning for classes, but to say thank you. These were students who had once failed, who had...