LOSING SPARKLE Diamond market dip spurs seismic political shift in Botswana as voters punish ‘aloof’ long-time leaders 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
TRAIL OF DISRUPTION Ian Khama makes risky return from exile to fight his bitter foe in Botswana elections 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT OP-ED ‘If the government can’t drive elephants away, then Europeans must come and hunt them’ 11 min 1 By Hamilton Wende
LONG SHOT Joburg court rejects Ian Khama’s pleas to be allowed to argue against being arrested pending extradition 5 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Botswana takes flak over its ‘persecution’ of former president Ian Khama 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
TROUBLED KINGDOM Another SADC summit to discuss a national dialogue in Eswatini is cancelled 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
BOTSWANA STATE VISIT Ramaphosa juggles Ian Khama hot-potato issue at summit meeting 5 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
SUMMONS NOT SERVED Ian Khama fails to show up in Botswana court to face firearm charges 4 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
STRAINED SA RELATIONS Ian Khama summonsed to appear in Botswana court on firearm charge 3 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
REGIONAL SUMMIT King Mswati pulls crisis-ridden Eswatini off the agenda of SADC meeting 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
OUR BURNING PLANET 168 Botswana’s President Masisi buys lodges at government expense amid an economic crisis 4 min 6 By Don Pinnock
MAVERICK INTERVIEW Former Botswana president Ian Khama denies fleeing the country 6 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
CABO DELGADO SADC leaders agree to deploy regional troops to fight Mozambique insurgency 3 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
SADC SUMMIT Leaders meet to urge Mozambican President Nyusi to accept regional military intervention 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
MAVERICK CITIZEN: SOUTHERN AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP #39 Covid-19 and the escalating assault on press freedom across Southern Africa 8 min 0 By Tatenda Mazarura
OP-ED Gaborone’s AfriForum gamble – a political drama with many more twists and turns to come 9 min 0 By Kopo Mapila
MASISI MANOEUVRES Botswana president reshuffles cabinet to strengthen his hand 5 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
