Sustainable holiday destinations in Botswana
Botswana was the partner country at this year’s ITB, Berlin’s international tourism fair. The country has over the years tirelessly…
Maun Educational Park to be refurbished to attract tourism
Botswana’s Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama says the revamping of the Maun Educational Park will…
Consumer Watchdog maintains South African retailers ripping Batswana off
I have always said South African retailers take Batswana customers for granted because they clearly monopolise the retail space in…
Son of the Soil 2017: Traditional Dance Performance
Following much anticipation due to the postponement of the Son of the Soil festival, attendees were richly rewarded when the…
Botswana commemorates fallen heroes
The president, Lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama on Monday morning laid a wreath in commemoration of the fallen…
Gaborone Dam
Constructed in 1963, Gaborone dam makes for a fantastic venue for beautiful Botswana sunsets. Gaborone dam, the largest man-made body…
Botswana’s beautiful baskets
Botswana’s arts and crafts mirror its rich cultural diversity, brought about by its various ethnic groups. Gorgeous crafts of different…
Jaco Viljoen
Hello! I’m Jaco Viljoen and I’m a 47 year old South African and here’s my profile. I’m a banker at CapitalBank in Gaborone. I describe…
Apple does fall far from the tree
Before I begin I have to say, it kills me to write this post. I’ve been an avid supporter of…
Botswana is NOT a paperless country
I have always said as a nation, we could do with being a lot more environmentally friendly in Botswana. Everywhere…
Batswana Tribes
While Batswana are proud of their national identity, they are equally as proud to wear their individual tribal ‘badges of…
Wilderness entices Africans to go on safari
Only this week I was involved in a very emotionally charged debate on the extortionate amounts of money safari operators…
15 things to do in Maun
I think it’s safe to say with Maun being the ‘gateway to the Okavango Delta’, it should be one of…
Tiny Coetzee
Dumelang! I’m Tiny ‘Mtinos’ Coetzee, I’m a 34 year old Motswana and here’s my profile. Olerato is my Setswana name,…
Maun
Maun popularly known as Mauuu, Ko Motsing Population approximately 60,263 Location lies in Northern Botswana on the Southern fringes of…
11 things to expect when looking for a job in Botswana
I think it’s safe to say that since the global financial crisis, we’ve all experienced a severe lack of jobs…
Fighting for the survival of rhinos
Botswana is renowned for its spectacular wildlife and pristine wilderness areas and its tireless fight against poaching is paying dividends…
8 interesting facts about the film, A United Kingdom
The film, A United Kingdom was released in America on the 10th of this month. Off the back of that,…
Botswana passport 4th most powerful in Africa
The annual passport index compiled by Arton Capital recently released its 2017 findings. Its interactive online tool easily curates and…
Parliament universally adopts dual citizenship motion
A motion requesting the government to introduce dual citizenship in Botswana was universally adopted in Parliament last week. Yourbotswana commends…
Jed Fidler
Dumelang! I’m Jed Kagiso Fidler and I’m a 20 year old Motswana and here’s my profile. Kagiso is a Setswana name, which…
Botswana dual citizenship moves one step closer
When a friend posted a newspaper article titled “Botswana to allow dual citizenship” on Facebook this week, I nearly fainted from…
Ministry of Transport reiterates ‘special’ taxi fare should be P21.00
If you live in Botswana you’ll be well aware of the wildly varying taxi fares that are squeezed out of…
Gaborone 5th most livable African city
It may come as no surprise to most, but here it is in black and white; Botswana has been declared…
David Oyelowo gets surprise visit from president of Botswana
David Oyelowo, who stars as Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana in “A United Kingdom,” says his character’s…
Botswana from the air – stunning drone footage
YourBotswana loves everything that promotes and puts Botswana on the map. We therefore liked World Pursuit’s YouTube video so much,…