Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has granted a presidential pardon to one-hundred and fourty-nine convicted prisoners as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, prison...
On Thursday, 9 April 2020 Botswana’s parliament approved a request by President Mokgweetsi Masisi for a six-month state of emergency to allow the country to respond...
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Parliamentarians will have to be quarantined after they came into contact with a nurse who tested positive for coronavirus, an official...
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Tuesday, 31 March 2020 declared a state of emergency and a twenty-eight-day lockdown scheduled to commence at midnight on 2 April...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has called on fellow Batswana to prepare for a possible lockdown as the southern African nation moves to protect itself against the deadly...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has officially terminated former President Ian Khama’s membership of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). While he is currently the patron of the...
On Friday, 13 March 2020, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced the suspension of foreign trips by government officials as well as the hosting of international meetings...
On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, the Botswana government dismissed reports that public funds have been used to finance President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s private rural homestead at Sekoma...
A former minority leader in Botswana’s Parliament, Ndaba Gaolathe, has rejected an offer by President Mokgweetsi Masisi to appoint him to the House, reports claimed on...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi was sworn-in for a five-year term and immediately pledged to reach out to the international community by ensuring that Botswana plays an important...