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Botswana Youth Magazine[ 5] The Daily News (Botswana), a government-owned media outlet [ 6] Farmers Guide. The Midweek Sun[ 3] Mmegi [ 7] The Monitor. The Patriot on Sunday. The Sunday Standard[ 8] The Voice.
In December 2022 a court in Botswana issued an arrest warrant for Khama for the possession of 5 illegal firearms after his failure to appear in court. In total he faces 14 charges. [76] On September 13, 2024, Ian Khama returned to Botswana after three years in exile, to appear in court and request to be released pending trial. [77]
Website. www .thepatriot .co .bw. The Patriot on Sunday is a newspaper published in Botswana on Sundays. The newspaper was founded in 2012 and is partly owned by parliamentarian Mpho Balopi. [2] The newspaper is indexed in AllAfrica.com. [3] The newspaper was involved in a Freedom of the Press dispute with the Printing & Publishing Company ...
General elections were held in Botswana on 23 October 2019 to elect MPs and local government councillors. [1] Despite a high profile split in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May 2019 when former President Ian Khama left the party and switched his support to the new Botswana Patriotic Front, the BDP's vote share increased to almost 53% as the party won 38 of the 57 elected seats ...
Unity Dow (née Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana [Notes 1] lawyer, human rights activist, specially elected member of parliament, and a writer. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various Botswana government ministries. Born in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to a seamstress and a farmer, who insisted on ...
The date celebrates Botswana's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on September 30, 1966. [ 10 ] 1 October. Botswana Day Holiday. Celebrates economic and social achievements of workers. 25 December. Christmas Day. Celebrates the Nativity of Jesus. 26 December.
Gaositwe Chiepe. Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe MBE (born 20 October 1922) [1][2] is a Botswana former politician and diplomat with the Botswana Democratic Party. [3] She was her country's high commissioner to the United Kingdom and Nigeria and ambassador to West Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the European Economic Community. [4]
For the 2019 general election, Matsheka was the Botswana Democratic Party's parliamentary candidate for Lobatse. [6] He was elected and succeeded Sadique Kebonang . [ 7 ] President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed him as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on 6 November 2019, and he took office on the same day.