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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Villagers say visitors to delta are a threat to wildlife and their fishing industry Music, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern Botswana. But cutting through the convivial mood was a cry of anguish – and a plea for a way of life threatened by tourism in the world's largest inland delta. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway had arrived...
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France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tourists love to watch herds of elephants trekking across Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, but nearby farmers watch in dismay when the animals trample their crops, leaving them little to eat. Now those farmers have a new, safe weapon to keep elephants at bay: chilli peppers. Planted around crops, infused into cloth, even made into chilli-dung bombs -- Botswana's farmers are trying myriad uses of tabasco...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
BOTSWANA is an African country shaped by African value systems.
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Thoughts from Botswana (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The recent death of an eight year old Mosarwa (Bushman/San) girl living in the north of Botswana is haunting me. I keep seeing the image of this little girl lost in the bush infested with lions and elephants and leopards. For seven days walking, hoping that she'd find her way home, hoping that someone might be out looking for her. And finally laying down in the grass and dying all alone. Why was she...
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Interesting Facts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Farmers in Botswana are using chilli peppers to keep elephants at bay. (The chillis planted around the perimeter the crop to act as a buffer. The idea being that when an elephant wanders in, the smell of the chillis crushed under its feet will drive it away. Of course if they develop a taste for curry, there could be a problem.)
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Music, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern Botswana.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Party representatives have called for a halt to early registration of voters to avoid objections that lead to apathy.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Men have been urged to discard their egos and report any form of abuse by their female counterparts so gender-based violence programmes can include them.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
New Gaborone Mayor Veronica Lesole believes that she did not get the post because the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) wanted to prop up women.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Plot number 4297 in Khurumela ward in Palapye is no ordinary physical address, though it was desolate a few months ago.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Despite the fact that he quit after disaster had struck, Bernard Balikani has said he left the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) presidency a happy man.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
To say that it was destiny that set Botswana apart to be the shining star for Africa on the world's political and economic stages would be a gross understatement.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Wednesday's parliamentary session witnessed the explosion of an underlying subterranean fire that had been simmering for sometime between political foes.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Officers from the human resources department at the Francistown City Council (FCC) have been slammed for sleeping on the job and failing to deliver.
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