The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Botswana’s capital city Gaborone back on lockdown
Botswana’s capital city Gaborone has returned to a total lockdown following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The city reinstated its strict containment measures starting midnight on Friday until further notice, as announced…
Botswana coronavirus: Gaborone hospital, bank closed over exposure
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict lockdown. President Eric Masisi…
Breaking: Botswana capital on lockdown as Covid-19 cases…
Botswana's capital city Gaborone was placed on a total lockdown on Friday following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Health officials announced in a public address on Friday evening that the city will…
Botswana coronavirus: final ‘day of prayer’ amid health…
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict lockdown. President Eric Masisi…
Botswana coronavirus: Prez tests negative again, schools reopening
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict lockdown. President Eric Masisi…
Botswana eases lockdown measures
Botswana has began to progressively lift containment measures. Since Saturday, the Botswanan people have began to gradually resume activities. The city, which was closed for 48 days is coming back to life. For many citizens,…
Botswana coronavirus: president to observe third quarantine –…
President Eric Masisi left Gaborone on Tuesday for Harare where he is attending a meeting of the Southern African Development Community, SADC. His spokesperson confirmed that extraordinary circumstances had forced him to travel as the…
Botswana president talks farming
Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi on Saturday gave social media users what he called a peep into “Mokgweetsi the farmer’s life.” The president shared photos of himself on his farm where he rears animals –…
Botswana ‘masks up’ over COVID-19: Govt restricts sale…
The Government of Botswana has issued legislation that makes it compulsory to wear masks/face coverings in public places, businesses and common areas of residential buildings from 1 May 2020. Specifications have been issued in an…
More Zimbabwean immigrants head for Plumtree in Botswana
Hundreds of Zimbabweans living in Botswana are heading to the Plumtree border, saying the Covid-19 crisis has left them on the edge of starvation. The immigrants usually survive by doing odd jobs, but with Botswana…
Botswana to deport 500 Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe must prepare 500 other people who were expelled from Botswana after having encountered difficulties due to the strict blacklisting rules of COVID-19. After a 28-day blockade of the Government of Botswana and a proposal…
Botswana cabinet agree 10% pay cut to support…
Cabinet members in Botswana have agreed to donate 10% of their salaries towards the country’s COVID-19 relief fund, government announced on Tuesday. According to Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, members have pledged 10% of their salaries…
Botswana locks up stubborn MPs who flouted coronavirus…
Barely 24 hours after government announced that all lawmakers were supposed to observe a period of quarantine for COVID-19, the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, says a number of…
Botswana: Kweneng Issues Over 3 000 Travel Permits
Kweneng District commissioner, Ms Bernice Mosime, says over 3 300 COVID-19 travel permits have been issued in the district. Ms Mosime was giving an update to the media today. She said permits for essential workers…
US Trade and Development Agency supports coalbed power…
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana for a feasibility study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity using indigenous coalbed methane. The…
Botswana: Hunters in illegal hunting storm surrender licenses
Two professional hunters who shot and killed a collared elephant have surrendered their hunting licenses, the Botswana government announced on Sunday.The Ministry of Tourism said in a statement that Michael Lee Potter and Kevin Sharp…
Critically endangered vultures poisoned en masse in Botswana
More than 500 critically endangered vultures have died of poisoning in Botswana, according to local officials. A total of 537 vultures and two tawny eagles were found dead in the country's north-east, though it's unclear…
Botswana: High Court Scraps Anti-Gay Laws
Botswana's High Court has overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. Under section 164 of Botswana's Penal Code, same sex relations was an offense that carried a maximum sentence of seven years' imprisonment. The case…
