By Tiri Masawi RECENT applause of Zimbabwean dancehall ace Winky D as one of the best dancehall artists in the world ahead of Jamaican heavyweights Sean Paul, Mavado,…

By Bakang Mhaladi Gaborone - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat staff last week told the regional bloc's chairperson, King Mswati III that their salaries are…

The ground around the majority of informal markets in the Zambian capital Lusaka is covered in black sand. On close inspection one will realise that the sand…

Tiri Masawi China has curved a niche in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as the fastest rising single largest investor with an insatiable appetite for the…

By Mpho Tebele Gaborone-The government of Botswana announced this week that it has taken a decision to sign the Revised Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on…

Despite having been dead for 36 years, music legend Bob Marley’s work remains relevant in 2017 as was in the 1970s when he released most of his…

By Nyarai Kampilipili and Kizito Sikuka The announcement by Botswana that it is ready to sign a regional protocol that advances gender equality and equity signals another…

By Joseph Ngwawi SOUTHERN Africa has stepped up efforts to ensure electricity grids of all mainland countries are interconnected and that the regional power network taps into the…

By Mpho Tebele GABORONE – All visitors to Botswana, excluding residents and citizens of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, will pay a tourism levy.…

By Bakang Mhaladi GABORONE – It was a dark week for Botswana sport after two well-known sports persons, footballer, Gofaone Tiro and professional boxer, Herbert Nkabiti died just…

By Tiri Masawi WINDHOEK – Mining giant Rossing Uranium, basking in the comfort of a R107million profit margin on the backdrop of plummeting uranium spot prices worldwide, is…

World Malaria Day this year will be commemmorated by highlighting the commendable strides that have been made across the SADC region towards eliminating malaria, with the theme…

By Lovemore Ranga Mataire SADC security and defence officials are on high alert following intelligence reports of heightened destabilisation activities in countries governed by former liberation movements. Zimbabwe’s…

By Tiri Masawi Namibia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah last week sealed the lid on the thorny issue of dumping the International Criminal court (ICC) opting  to…

By Jeff Kapembwa Lusaka - Zambia, like other countries endowed with mineral resources, is losing an estimated US$1 trillion in revenue annually due to investors harbouring corrupt…

By Joseph Ngwawi Southern Africa is experiencing surplus electricity generation capacity for the first time in a decade, thanks to the success of regional cooperation in energy planning…

By Tiri Masawi WINDHOEK – Recent events in South Africa where President Jacob Zuma unexpectedly wielded the axe on former Minister of Finance Pravin Godhan and eight more…

By Mpho Tebele GABORONE - International peace researchers have warned Botswana to reconsider its decision to purchase Gripen fighter jets from Swedish manufacturers, saying the move could…

THE SADC region is poised for a good harvest this year following the good rains received across the region thus far, thanks to the La Nina weather…

By Sechaba Mokhethi MASERU - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has once again been called into the fray to safeguard peace and stability in the conflict-prone…