‘BDF killed my son’
“I’m feeling pain. Four years after my son was brutally executed for alleged poaching activities I am still in pain. It’s a pain that will never end. It’s a pain that will surely lead to my death,” said Sicho Richard Nyambe.
Botswana in the grip of bad
Africa’s model democracy is sliding into a monocracy that is punishing the media, argues Joel Konopo.
In the dark on Botswana-SA rhino move
Botswanan military aircraft flew in to SA to grab 20 rhinoceroses, but nobody seems to know why, says Joel Konopo.
Botswana raids its piggy bank
The Pula Fund was established to cushion the country once its revenue from diamonds dries up. But critics say it’s more of an emergency slush fund, write Joel Konopo, Ntibinyane Ntibinyane, Keabetswe Newel and Olebile Letlole.
The painful plight of a landless farmer
The announcement by Australian mining company Discovery Metals Limited (DML) a few years ago that it would mine copper in the North West District has brought more harm than good for cattle farmers. NTIBINYANE NTIBINYANE reports
Bigger vision or nightmare
When the Australian mining company came to the three villages in the heart of Ngamiland, in the north west location of Botswana, it seemed at first like some kind of salvation from the heavens.
Who’s who of Botswana linked to supermarket chain
Choppies retail giant denies using ‘soft power’ to secure privileges and dispense benefits.
