The Voice (Botswana)

The Voice Newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)The Francistowner (Pty) Ltd.
Founder(s)Beata Kasale
Don Laurence Moore
PublisherThe Francistowner (Pty) Ltd.
Editor-in-chiefEmang Bokhutlo
Founded1993
LanguageEnglish and Setswana
Websitethevoicebw.com

The Voice is a print and online newspaper based in Botswana founded by Beata Kasale and Don Laurence Moore. The Voice was founded in Francistown in 1993 as The Francistowner Extra; in 1999 it opened offices in the national capital, Gaborone. It has adopted a tabloid format which means shorter stories, bigger pictures and bolder headlines. The overall newspaper style encouraged journalist to develop a creative writing identity. Readership is at 30,000 copies per edition containing mostly human interest stories.