2025 in Botswana

See also: 2025 in Southern Africa

Events in the year 2025 in Botswana.

← 2024 2023 2022 2025 in Botswana → 2026 2027 2028
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2025 Timeline of Botswana history

Incumbents

• President: Duma Boko
• Vice President: Ndaba Gaolathe
• Speaker of the National Assembly: Dithapelo Keorapetse
• Chief Justice of Botswana: Terence Rannowane

Events

• 24 February – 2025 Botswana floods: At least nine people are reported killed following nationwide floods in the past week.^[1]
• 25 February – The government signs a new ten-year agreement with De Beers increasing the former's shares of diamond sales in their joint venture firm Debswana.^[2]
• 28 May – Global Venture Partners (GVP) and the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) announce the establishment of GVP’s African headquarters in Botswana.^[3]
• 4 July – The Top Achievers programme for high school students is scrapped due to Botswana's financial constraints.^[4]
• 25 August – 2025 Botswana medical crisis: President Boko declares a nationwide public health emergency due to shortages of medicine and supplies in hospitals caused by budget shortfalls and reduction of aid from the United States.^[5]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Botswana

Source:^[6]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 1 July – Seretse Khama Day
• 21 July – Presidents' Day
• 30 September – Botswana Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

• 26 January – Gaositwe Chiepe, 102, minister of foreign affairs (1984–1994).^[7]