The Patriot on Sunday

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The Patriot on Sunday
Type	Weekly
Owner(s)	The Patriot On Sunday Proprietary Limited Mpho Balopi^[1]
Founded	2012
Language	English
Headquarters	Gaborone
Website	www.thepatriot.co.bw

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]

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]

References

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