Botswana in the News

Team Botswana will be coming to D.C.! Five Batswana high school students will be coming to the United States this July 16-18 to compete in the inaugural International Robot Olympics. These students come from Ramotswa, a village just south of Gaborone. They are joined by their adult mentor, Mrs Gaone Karabo, who works as a Senior Teacher of Computer Studies in Kagiso Senior Secondary School. They have been learning about programming and engineering over the past few months, and building a robot that will compete in the games.

Nestled in the northwest corner of the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, live the San people, often referred to as Bushmen. Some of the San living in D' kar (Ghanzi District) today were once hunters; they still gather food from the veld (bush) when they can. Most learned of their past from stories told by parents and elders while sitting around the fire. And some imagine life as it once was.

Kuru Art Project of D' Kar

SAVUTE, Botswana — It's a jungle out there.

Two prides of lions, the royalty of the bush country here, fight for control of territory. A leopard tries to protect her cubs from the lions. A pack of wild dogs confronts hyenas and elephants tromping through the dogs' camp.

Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to Botswana Oliver Richards says Botswana youth have fantastic and innovative ideas, which if turned into reality can create a notable number of jobs for the country’s idle youth.

Botswana-based photographer Uyapo Ketogetswe takes us behind the scenes at Botswana’s 50th anniversary celebration at the National Stadium in Gaborone, beginning with Thursday evening’s opening ceremony and leading into Friday’s Independence Day festivities.