# Sunday Standard

> Sunday Standard is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Botswana. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** sundaystandard.info
- **Website:** https://www.sundaystandard.info
- **Country:** Botswana
- **Region:** Africa
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 2004

## About

Sunday Standard covers Botswana as a standing audit of whoever holds power, its front page a weekly ledger of tenders, court filings and missing millions. For two decades it chased a party that governed for fifty-eight years; when that party fell in 2024, it turned the same scrutiny on the winners. The watchdog that outlasted the government it was built to bark at now asks whether the new one survives the same bite.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Privately owned; founded and published by Outsa Mokone. No state or party ownership. Publishes a mid-week sister title, The Telegraph.
- **Funding:** Reader subscriptions and advertising
- **Focus areas:** Investigative and accountability journalism, government corruption, courts, public finance, national politics


## What the position means

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and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Business confidence remains weak](https://www.sundaystandard.info/business-confidence-remains-weak/) — 2026-08-30T20:04:37.000Z
- [Govt seeks P85 billion bond ceiling to absorb pension money](https://www.sundaystandard.info/govt-seeks-p85-billion-bond-ceiling-to-absorb-pension-money/) — 2026-08-30T19:59:17.000Z
- [Bank rate held at 5.5%](https://www.sundaystandard.info/bank-rate-held-at-5-5/) — 2026-08-30T19:52:28.000Z
- [StanChart expects up to 26% rise in half-year profit](https://www.sundaystandard.info/stanchart-expects-up-to-26-rise-in-half-year-profit/) — 2026-08-30T19:48:11.000Z
- [BMC slaughters more cattle despite FMD](https://www.sundaystandard.info/bmc-slaughters-more-cattle-despite-fmd/) — 2026-08-30T19:34:38.000Z
- [Millers warn wheat shortfall will deepen import dependence](https://www.sundaystandard.info/millers-warn-wheat-shortfall-will-deepen-import-dependence/) — 2026-08-30T19:30:37.000Z
- [More money, more problems for Rollers](https://www.sundaystandard.info/more-money-more-problems-for-rollers/) — 2026-08-30T19:18:59.000Z
- [Financially hamstrung Botswana Fencing Federation determined to succeed](https://www.sundaystandard.info/financially-hamstrung-botswana-fencing-federation-determined-to-succeed/) — 2026-08-30T19:14:30.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 5 (4 themes).

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