Though they were the architects of political party funding, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will receive the smallest ...

Political developments in 2024 were largely extensions of events from the previous year and further back into the past. Key ...

As winds of political change ravaged through Southern Africa uprooting legacy political parties and consolidating many ...

In late October, more than 80% of Botswana’s electorate went to the polls and voted out the incumbent government. The ...

Botswana, the world’s second largest diamond producer, ended 58 years of single-party dominance by the Botswana Democratic ...

Botswana’s political landscape has shifted dramatically as the long-ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has been unseated by the opposition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), in a ...

at the party’s manifesto launch. As the 30 October Botswana election approached, Masisi revealed state secrets about past negotiations with De Beers at a political rally, sparking condemnation ...

The unexpected result was accepted by all parties, and the outgoing president immediately announced his plans ... citizens tend to rely on unfounded theories about "the system" and "those in power" ...

at the party’s manifesto launch. As the 30 October Botswana election approached, Masisi revealed state secrets about past negotiations with De Beers at a political rally, sparking condemnation ...

For SADC nations, Botswana’s election reaffirms the importance of healthy political competition. One-party dominance risks fostering complacency, disconnect from the electorate, and entrenchment ...

This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ...

The unexpected result was accepted by all parties, and the outgoing president ... in power” and they risk falling prey to political manipulation. Botswana’s democratic system mitigates this ...