''Mmegi'' is an English-language national
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
, with occasional articles or comments in
Setswana
Tswana, also known by its native name , and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. It belongs to the Bantu language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zone ...
. Established in 1984, it is now published daily online and weekly on print format by Dikgang Publishing House in the capital,
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
. ''Mmegi'' used to be Botswana's only independent newspaper to be published daily.
The newspaper's name means "the reporter" in
Setswana
Tswana, also known by its native name , and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. It belongs to the Bantu language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zone ...
and its strapline is "News we need to know daily". Until 1989, it was called ''Mmegi wa Dikgang/The Reporter''.
See also
* ''
Azhizhi
''Azhizhi'' is an English-language online newspaper published in Botswana. Established in 2020, it features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture, law, technology, and science. ''Azhizhi'' used to ...
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* ''
The Voice Botswana''
* ''
Botswana Guardian
The ''Botswana Guardian'' is an English language weekly newspaper published in Gaborone.The paper was started in 1982. It is published by CBET Ltd. on Thursdays.
See also
* ''Azhizhi''
* '' The Voice Botswana''
* ''Mmegi''
* ''The Botswana Ga ...
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* ''
The Botswana Gazette
''The Botswana Gazette'' is an English language newspaper published in Gaborone, Botswana.
In 2015, the paper's managing editor (Shike Olsen), its editor (Lawrence Seretse), a reporter (Innocent Selatlhwa) and the paper's lawyer (Joao Salbany) ...
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Yarona FM identifies itself with re ...
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English-language newspapers published in Africa
Newspapers published in Gaborone
Publications established in 1984
1984 establishments in Botswana
Tswana-language mass media
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