While pension funds are currently exporting 70 percent of their finances worth billions offshore, an analyst says they have a key role to play in the future development of Botswana if they invest locally.

Hardly two months after winning the Botswana National Front (BNF) primary elections for Bophirima ward in the Gaborone West South, Charles Pilediwa has been slapped with a charge of raping a young girl at Gaborone West.

For Malebogo Sibusiso (not real name), unlike her counterparts elsewhere in the country, she experiences no easy walk to school. Hers is a classical case of persevering against all odds. She is only 14 years old, born in the little

Following the bear market that characterised the Domestic Company Index (DCI) on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) due to price correction on banking stocks, analysts expect the financial sector to continue acting as the key restraint to the broader market.

As the fight against HIV and AIDS intensifies, the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP) and the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity are undertaking a clinical research project called the "Host Genetics Study".

It looks like while Botswana has of late developed a vociferous attitude towards what is happening in Zimbabwe they are in contrast hell-bent on imposing Mugabe-sque decisions on local communities.

My seven-year-old daughter does not think the world about China. To her, China is a huge cauldron where inferior goods are cooked.

Calls for the introduction of a commercial flight to Selebi-Phikwe have taken on a higher crescendo as more businesses blame poor investment flows to this copper-nickel mining town on the lack of such a vital link.

The Zebras are faced with a major task of winning the remaining two games against Madagascar away in Antananarivo and at home to Mozambique.

Botswana remains one of the countries where civilians are not allowed to carry firearms. It is also regarded as one of the safest places, where people are not exposed to frequent gunshots during the night.

The national karate team and SSKB Karate Club member Mphoyaone 'Foxxy' Mongologa will be laid to rest at her home village of Morwamosu tomorrow.

The only thing that gives away the fact that he may be in the sunset of his life is the white trimmed goatee that he has a penchant for fingering when asked where he gets all his genius.

Henry Louis Gates once wrote, "My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am black." If I could communicate with the young Gates, I would ask him to add, "My children will be African American, but as for

United States Ambassador to Botswana Kathrine Canavan, who has been in Botswana for the last three years, ends her tour of duty today (Friday). Before she jetted out of Botswana she talks to Mmegi's GIDEON NKALA about her impressions of

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has compiled a detailed fact report covering a number of Botswana's labour laws. This is PART ONE of a PART TWO series.

If there is one self-made man it is Mathambo Tshabatau of Boikago Ward in Palapye. Born 72 years ago in the village of Gweta, Tshabatau fought against all odds to be one of the leading businessmen in a village hundreds

The much-awaited Orange Kabelano Charity Cup is upon us again. At stake tomorrow at the National Stadium in Gaborone will be a mouth-watering P100,000 winners take all first prize.

The Botswana Police's "Operation Tshiamiso" is yielding the desired results, a senior Botswana Police Service officer has said.

Although overall confidence has gone down by nearly 10 percent, Botswana's business sector remains optimistic about the economy, but is worried over the worsening inflation, high input costs and employment growth, a survey has shown.

The High Commission of South Africa in Botswana is not ready to disclose the country's position on today's elections being held in Zimbabwe.