Bank of Botswana: The Pula appreciates by 0.9% against the South African Rand
The Pula appreciated by 0.9% against the South African Rand and depreciated by 1.2% against the IMF Special Drawing Rights…
The Pula appreciated by 0.9% against the South African Rand and depreciated by 1.2% against the IMF Special Drawing Rights…
The monthly figures on the International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) for July 2020 released recently by Statistics Botswana (SB) shows…
Corruption in public procurement can occur at both the national and sub-national levels. On the one hand, decentralisation may narrow…
De Beers Group has introduced ReSet, a series of collaborations with jewellery designers to engage in conversations around sustainability and…
Botswana on its Independence Day commemoration implored other countries to join it in signing up to access the COVID-19 vaccine, it has emerged. Botswana currently…
Cabinet ministers must stay away from awarding of COVID-19 tenders or risk being fired, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has reportedly warned.…
Botswana is currently the only country that celebrates its national day on the 30th of September. Had we delayed our…
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Newly released figures show that Botswana’s economy would have fared much worse had the government not pumped billions of Pulas…
Back in July, the Sunday Standard ran an article about the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Mmusi Kgafela being…
The Botswana economy has recorded its biggest contraction since records began, officially entering a recession. The economy is expected to…
A proposed five gigawatt (GW) solar power programme to be developed jointly by Botswana and Namibia would become a landmark…
If we don’t analyse statistics for a living, it’s easy to be taken in by misinformation about COVID-19 statistics on…
Metal Tiger PLC (LON:MTR) delivered a loss before taxation of £3.4 mln in the six months to June 2020. During…
Diamond explorers EHR Resources (EHX) has received renewals from the Ministry of Mines for seven prospecting licences in Botswana, through…
Construction of the Okavango River bridge at Mohembo in Botswana is expected to be complete in May 2021. According to…
Botswana’s parliament voted Monday to extend by a further six months a State of Emergency (SoE) imposed to fight the…
Botswana, SADC’s fourth-largest economy, also retains that position in terms of the youth unemployment rate. “Nine out of the 13…
On this day 54 years ago, the Republic of Botswana gained its independence from Britain. Before its independence in 1966,…
While Botswana is besieged by serious power and water supply challenges, the country is still clinging to the last spot…
The latest edition of the Economic Freedom of the World Index shows that the ugly public battle between former Chief…
A new crop of jewellery makers using lab-grown and recycled diamonds, as well as recycled metals, appeal to millennials and…
Diamond mining giant, De Beers is reading positive signs of recovery from its latest sales, which showed a near three-fold…
Botswana’s tourism industry is set to lose an estimated P6 billion (just over $500,500,000) this year mainly due to the…
The Republic of Botswana has joined neighbours South Africa and Namibia to ratify the Kigali Amendment. This latest ratification brings…
Botswana aims to introduce Swahili in the southern African country’s local schools, a senior official said Tuesday. At a language…