Government to inject $8.8m into Air Botswana
15 February 2024 Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) will receive BWP121.2 million pula (USD8.8 million) from the government of Botswana as a development…
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Environmental inequality in Botswana caused by economic inequality: UN expert
15 October 2023 The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment has praised Botswana for being a world…
Jindal breaks ground to kickstart 600MW coal power plant
9 October, 2023 President Mokgweetsi Masisi, on Friday led officials in the groundbreaking ceremony for the multi-billion pula Mmamabula coal…
Clinics on wheels
3 October 2023 The government of Botswana led by Minister of Health, Edwin Dikoloti and the United States Ambassador to…
De Beers, Botswana One Step Closer to Finalising Agreement
3 October 2023 The two have signed “heads of terms” for the tentative 10-year sales agreement they reached in June.…
Botswana reassessing HB Antwerp deal after Lucara Diamond cuts ties
28 September 2023 GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s government is reassessing a proposed deal with HB Antwerp after Lucara Diamond terminated…
Gov’t aims high in digital drive
Government intends to prioritise digitisation of over 400 services over the next two financial years. Finance ministry technocrats writing the…
HB Antwerp co-founders clash over gem trader’s future as Botswana deal looms
13 September 2023 Diamond processor and trader HB Antwerp said on Monday it had removed one of its three co-founders…
Gov’t bows to Church pressure against LGBTIQ+ rights
1 August 2023 Following pressure from the Church, government has finally bowed down to pressure by deferring the homosexuality bill…
Govt doubles Jindal’s 300MW contract
25 July 2023 Government has doubled its contract with Jindal Africa and now requires the firm to deliver 600MW of…
Diamonds are for now: Botswana inks new deal with De Beers
Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s…
Deadline looms for new deal between De Beers and Botswana
29 June 2023 The 50-year partnership between the diamond-mining giant and the state is on the line as a new…
Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government
16 June 2023 High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue. Legal gender recognition has pleased the courts The High…
Govt responds to crisis over false UN statement six days too late
15th May 2023 If there is any one thing that the government should have learnt from the 2018 dead-elephants saga,…
Air Botswana gets more capital injection
The Botswana government says a lot of effort is required towards revitalisation of Air Botswana, with focus on diversification of…
Botswana gets over P1.8BN for water projects loan
The Botswana Government has secured a US$145.5 million World Bank loan to comprehensively address water and sanitation sector problems. This…
Tsodilo to argue legal case against Botswana Ministry on April 18
International diamond and metals exploration company Tsodilo Resources has advised that its litigation against the Botswana government is progressing well, having filed its latest documents in…
Ginkgo Bioworks and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Botswana announce plans to develop and implement new biosecurity capabilities in Botswana
Collaboration aims to leverage innovative biosecurity capabilities to promote public health, global health security and the development of the bioeconomy…
A closer look at the impact of government-sponsored hackathons on the Botswana tech ecosystem
In August 2021, Botswana’s Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB), responsible for the contracting process for government projects, announced…
Botswana: African Development Bank Group commits $180 million to bolster post-COVID-19 economic recovery
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $179.66 million to support government reforms…
Gov’t undertakes mission to improve business climate
Government has undertaken a task to analyse and improve the climate of doing business in Botswana in line with the…
Diamond negotiations with De Beers “hugely distracting” to Botswana government
LUCARA Diamonds wanted a quick resolution to diamond sales contract negotiations between Botswana and De Beers as their two-year discussions were…
Botswana’s Debswana posts 37.5% jump in 9-month diamond sales
GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Rough diamonds sales by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 37.5% in the first nine months of…
Three more diamond cutters, polishers come to town
The Government has revealed three more diamond cutting and polishing companies will set up businesses locally before the end of…
“Fully embraced”? Botswana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation
The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges. In November 2021, Botswana’s Court…
Botswana’s strategy to stimulate post-pandemic growth
On the back of the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana is seeking to accelerate economic transformation plans, with a…