Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph

15/11/2025

STATE OF THE CHILDREN ADDRESS 2025 (15/11/2025)

WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY COMMEMORATION 2025

THEME: "MY DAY, MY RIGHT...FROM PROMISES TO ACTION"

13/11/2025

13/11/2025

Worldwide, Esports is seen as one of the fastest growing and lucrative industries. According to Statistica, this year alone, the revenue from this industry is projected to reach US$4.8 billion (+/- P64.4 billion).

It further states that Esports revenue is expected ‘to demonstrate an annual growth rate (CAGR 2025-2029) of 5.56%, which will result in a projected market volume of US$5.9bn by 2029.’

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/from-the-pitch-to-the-console-orange-powers-botswanas-esports-industry/

13/11/2025

SONA DAY 4

*MINISTERS' QUESTION TIME
*MOTIONS

AFTERNOON SESSION

13/11/2025

The Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) says it is fully prepared to defend Township Rollers players who have been ‘charged individually for conduct bringing the league into disrepute.’

The charges come after Rollers’ players boycotted a game against Calendar Stars on the 25th September 2025. This was after the club failed to pay their salaries for several months.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/fub-ready-to-defend-rollers-players-over-match-boycott-charges/

13/11/2025

SONA DAY 4

*QUESTIONS
*RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
(Response by the Leader of Opposition)

MORNING SESSION

13/11/2025

The Okavango Delta, Botswana’s sprawling inland oasis of papyrus channels, hippos, and fish-catching owls, has long been one of Africa’s last untouched wildernesses. But a new global conservation assessment warns that this wetland wonder is showing troubling signs of strain. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified the delta’s condition as “good with some concerns” — a cautious phrase that belies the mounting environmental and economic pressures threatening one of the world’s most celebrated ecosystems.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/okavango-delta-faces-mounting-threats-despite-world-heritage-status/

12/11/2025

SONA DAY 3

*ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY DROUPADI MURMU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

*QUESTIONS

*RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH