Botswana News News Botswana » Social: How newsrooms in Botswana contend with media industry challenges
News channel or source: https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-newsrooms-botswana-contend-media-industry-challenges
Published on: Wednesday 08 May 2024
There was uproar among media workers in Botswana in 2014 when the government initiated an advertising ban on local private media. Revenue for traditional media suffered and independent media in the ...
News Botswana » Social: Botswana built its development on diamonds. Now this African nation is crashing down
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/botswana-built-its-development-on-diamonds-now-this-african-nation-is-crashing-down/ar-AA1RnbwM
Published on: Friday 28 November 2025
GABORONE: In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built on diamonds had ...
News Botswana » Social: Botswana traditional ‘funeral policy scheme’ binds community together
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/botswana-traditional-funeral-policy-scheme-binds-community-together/ar-AA1PGiHH
Published on: Sunday 02 November 2025
In a Botswana rural community where a few can afford funeral insurance policies, villagers have come up with an initiative to ensure that everyone gets a decent burial, including the poorest by ...