Botswana organisers forced to cancel Hofmeyr’s show

Gaborone - Organisers of a show meant to bring controversial Afrikaans singer, Steve Hofmeyr to Botswana, have been forced to cancel the event due to public pressure. ...Read More

The fall of a giant Tribute to Zimbabwe’s literary guru, Charles Mungoshi

Windhoek - The death of Charles Lovemore Mungoshi, one of Zimbabwe’s most accomplished authors, who published at least 18 books during Zimbabwe’s colonial and post-colonial era, has robbed the southern African region of a literary guru. Mungoshi, who died on February 16, 2019, after a long illness, was born in 1947 to a farming family. ...Read More

‘Date My Family’ comes to Botswana

Gaborone - Botswana will soon have its own version of South Africa's popular reality television series, ‘Date My Family’. ...Read More

Rastafarian makes history, vies for Malawi presidency in Malawi ...but electoral commission rejects his papers

BLANTYRE - Ras Chikomeni David Chirwa made history last week when he became the first Rastaman in Malawi and probably in Southern Africa to vie for presidency when he presented his nomination papers ahead of the May 21 elections. ...Read More

Haile Selassie: Why the African Union put up a statue

A statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor has been unveiled outside the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...Read More