Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph

28/09/2025

In September 2025, as world leaders gather in New York for the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80), Botswana finds itself at the centre of an unfolding experiment in health financing. This year’s Assembly is framed by shrinking aid, rising non-communicable diseases, and persistent epidemics problems that expose the fragility of health systems across Africa. Against this backdrop, Botswana has announced a bold and risky innovation: the Unity Healthcare Botswana Partnership Fund I (UHBP I). Conceived in the wake of a public health emergency, the P5 billion fund seeks to pool capital for medicines, consumables, equipment, and other essential assets. The stakes are immense: UHBP I could position Botswana as a continental leader in health financing or risk deepening governance fractures at home.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/medicines-money-and-trust-can-the-unity-healthcare-fund-fix-botswanas-health-system/

27/09/2025

‘Dear Jakes’

Honourable Minister,

All eyes last week were on your ‘ministry’, and it feels like the right moment for me to finally write my long-overdue letter to you. Congratulations on nearly a year at the helm of Sports. Your office is now in the spotlight, and rightly so, given the stellar performance of our athletes at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/a-letter-to-jacob-kelebeng-sports-minister/

27/09/2025

27/09/2025

Simply Piano 3.0 festival @ Royal Aria stadium

P*s @ Phuti Phutizer Babotlhale

27/09/2025

Jazzwrld X Thukuthela @ Simply Piano festival

26/09/2025

Sjava @ Simply Piano Festival

26/09/2025

Major League DJs @ Simply Piano festival

26/09/2025

Simply Piano 3.0 @ Royal Aria stadium

Pics by Phuti Phutizer Babotlhale

26/09/2025

In the parlance of cricket, a ripper means a breathtaking piece of play, be it ‘a catch, ball or stroke,’ that gets spectators sit up and take notice.

This is what the Botswana men’s senior cricket national team, the Baggy Blues, intends to do as they head to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Finals. To make Batswana and the world sit up and take notice!

26/09/2025

Simply Piano 3.0 @ Royal Aria stadium, Tlokweng

Pics by Phuti Phutizer Babotlhale

26/09/2025

Orange Botswana awards Botswana Relay, Coaches and Botswana Athletes Association

Pics by Phuti Phutizer Babotlhale