Botswana news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Botswana news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Botswana media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Botswana's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Botswana sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 4 daily newspapers (see all daily newspapers worldwide) and 1 tabloid (The Voice). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Botswana, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Botswana sits in Southern Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 4th of the 10 countries in Southern Africa and 4th of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Southern Africa with hubs of their own are South Africa (6), Zimbabwe (6), Angola (5), Malawi (4), Mozambique (4), Namibia (4), Zambia (4), Lesotho (3) and Eswatini (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Botswana's main news outlets?
Across Botswana's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Mmegi, Sunday Standard, The Botswana Gazette, The Voice and Botswana Daily News. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Mmegi is Botswana's leading independent daily newspaper, published in Gaborone in English. It covers national news, business, sport and lifestyle and is widely regarded as the country's main private daily.
Sunday Standard is an independent Botswana weekly newspaper and news website known for investigative reporting on politics and business. It covers news, business, sport and lifestyle in English.
The Botswana Gazette is an independent English-language newspaper based in Gaborone, carrying the motto 'Kitso Ke Maatla'. It covers news, business, lifestyle, sport, features and opinion.
The Voice is one of Botswana's most widely read newspapers, founded in Francistown in 1993. A privately owned weekly tabloid published mainly in English, it combines human-interest stories, entertainment and celebrity coverage with news and consumer features, and maintains one of the largest readerships and social media followings of any outlet in the Botswana press.
Botswana Daily News is the government-owned national daily, produced by the state Department of Information Services and distributed free since the 1960s. Published in English and Setswana with reporting drawn from the Botswana Press Agency, it carries official announcements, parliamentary and ministerial coverage and country-wide news, making it the primary channel for the government's perspective.
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