Not only was it an elegant black-tie event but a special treat for the University of Botswana student leadership to rub shoulders with the university's Executive Management Team.

It was a sombre but equally sensational moment as speaker after speaker described Ms Mohohlo as a trailblazer and professional par excellence.

​​​​​​​The University of Botswana is saddened by the passing on of its Chancellor Ms Linah Mohohlo. Ms Mohohlo passed on in the morning of June 2, 2021 at Bokamoso Private Hospital in Gaborone.

Design Making Everyday Living Easy, this year’s University of Botswana Design Degree Show theme, could not have been coined at the right time following the launch of the new University strategic plan which seeks to, among others, make societal impact one of its key value propositions.

University of Botswana Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, Professor Bontle Mbongwe, is among six African Region recipients of the World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards announced on May 24, ahead of celebrations held annually on May 31.

The University of Botswana has new Student Representative Council (SRC) office bearers who were officially sworn in on May 14, 2021. Mr Carter Joseph is the new SRC President while Mr Keaobaka Kitso Johannes is Vice President.

The Department of Student Welfare reached yet another milestone in the development of students outside the classroom when it recently conferred deserving members of the Living and Learning Community (LLC) programme student leadership awards.

The UB community is encouraged to go for vaccination against SARS-Cov-2 which commenced on Tuesday 11th May 2021 at UB clinic.