Fancy teaching English in China?
Let’s face it, these days the desperate lack of jobs in Botswana makes snaring a job interview, let alone bagging…
What you can bring into Botswana
This article may strike some as a weird one for YourBotswana. However, we receive a very interesting variety of questions…
What YourBotswana Isn’t
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Ivory trafficking and why location matters
Many Southern African nations claim their elephant populations demonstrate the success of their management policies and legal ivory trade will…
BPC assigned Moody’s Baa2 rating
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) two Fridays ago assigned a Baa2 long-term issuer rating to Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The outlook…
Dorcas Makgato appointed Botswana’s ambassador to Australia
The Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation announced this week that His Excellency the President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi…
Do you remember a time when Maun’s popular hangout spot, Backpackers had resident cheetahs?
This week, Ian Brooks, a resident of Maun for a time the 1960s, shares with us a memory of a…
Lucara enters into collaboration with Louis Vuitton to polish the historic 1758 carat Sewelo, Botswana’s largest diamond
Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) this week announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Louis Vuitton…
Botswana faces trade deficit amid weak diamond trading
Statistics recently released show Botswana choking at a trade deficit of over P3 billion. The current trend is mainly attributed…
A Bush Pilot Who Always Longs to Return to African Skies
The vastness of Africa requires all kinds of transportation. People fly into main hubs, but the most time-efficient way to…
The new tour in Botswana for conscious travellers
Although many headlines in 2019 decried travel for the impacts of over-tourism and its contributions to climate change, one of…
Development in Maun has to start in 2020
It was 2006 when I first visited Maun, it was my first time visiting Botswana. All I knew about Botswana…
Botswana and Zimbabwe typify Africa’s diverse capital market challenges
CFA Institute has examined Africa’s 10 largest capital markets in a major report compiled by Heidi Raubenheimer, CFA, senior director…
Is this why Miss Botswana contestants fail to snag the coveted Miss World crown?
The Miss Botswana pageant dates as far back as 1964 and holds a membership license of the most prominent beauty…
France removes Botswana from tax haven blacklist, adds Seychelles
France has updated its tax haven blacklist. The update brings good news for Botswana which was removed from the list…
SEZA closes 2019 with P100 million splurge on SSKIA Boulevard
The news that the much-anticipated Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) projects are now showing signs of movement will be welcomed…
Giyani Awards Environmental Assessment Work for its K.Hill Manganese Deposit in Botswana to Loci Environmental
Giyani Metals Corp. this week announced the selection of Botswana based Loci Environmental Management and Consulting (“Loci”) to conduct the…
Newman Real Estate sets a gold standard for Botswana’s property market
It has been a while since we added to our ‘Botswana’s Best’ category and I’d like to start the new…
Frantic San gentleman braves days’ journey on foot through a route fraught with danger to seek medical assistance for sick wife
The photograph is of a San gentleman. My father won an award for this photograph; he chose to develop it…
inDriver Introduced in Gaborone making life easy
Thanks to modern technology, Gaborone has been introduced to a new app which will see local passengers being able to…
Top 4 Reasons to Choose a Botswana Family Safari
There are several camps and lodges in Botswana that strive to offer the ultimate safari experience to families because they…
The new Selinda Camp – for the real sense of remoteness and true spirit of Africa
Set in one of the most pristine wilderness areas left on our planet, the brand new Selinda Camp rests on…
Tourism Minister embarks on first 100-day pledge, part of the Transformation Agenda
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism announced this week that it has embarked on the implementation of…