The Patriot on Sunday

The Patriot on Sunday is a newspaper published in Botswana on Sundays. The newspaper was founded in 2012 and is partly owned by parliamentarian Mpho Balopi.[2] The newspaper is indexed in AllAfrica.com.[3] The newspaper was involved in a Freedom of the Press dispute with the Printing & Publishing Company Botswana because of a negative perspective on the ruling party.[4]

The Patriot on Sunday
TypeWeekly
Owner(s)The Patriot On Sunday Proprietary Limited
Mpho Balopi[1]
Founded2012
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersGaborone
Websitewww.thepatriot.co.bw

Ownership

The newspaper was owned by Botswana Democratic Party politician Mpho Balopi.[5] He sold the media company to Sadique Kebonang. Keobonang handed over the ownership of the newspaper to journalist Mpho Dibeela, who is the sole shareholder and director.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Mmegi Online :: The Patriot is born". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. "Mmegi Online :: The Patriot is born". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. "Botswana -- The Patriot, Gaborone". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. "Botswana | Country report | Freedom of the Press | 2014". freedomhouse.org. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. SERETSE
    Correspondent, LAWRENCE (5 October 2012). "The Patriot is born". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. editor, Online (15 July 2019). "Should journalists also have to declare their assets? | Sunday Standard". Retrieved 19 July 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. Koloka, Sophie (14 December 2020). "Counting the cost of Covid-19 on Botswana's private media | Sunday Standard". Retrieved 19 July 2022.


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