Independence buys freedom

Parliament in quarantine over virus as BDP extends emergency powers to six months

Botswana is placing its entire cabinet and members of parliament in quarantine after a health worker screening lawmakers for coronavirus was found to be infected with Covid-19.


Police clampdown over intelligence report

A break-in at the INK Centre for investigative Journalism in Gaborone at the weekend has raised concerns among journalists that official intolerance towards the independent media is growing in Botswana.