What’s killing Botswana’s elephants? Here are the top theories
THEY WALK IN circles and appear dizzy before suddenly dropping dead, sometimes face-first. No one knows why. Over the past…
SHoP architects shares new images of the almost-finished Botswana innovation center
Back in 2010, American firm SHoP architectswon the Botswana Innovation Hub international competition. The client’s brief was for an iconic…
Victoria Falls carries region’s tourism hopes
A new campaign to restart tourism in five SADC countries including Zimbabwe using Victoria Falls as the springboard rightly describes…
Tourism as an Agent of Recovery in Post-COVID-19 Southern Africa
Leighton G. Luke, Research Manager, Indo-Pacific Research Programme Key Points The countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region…
Botswana ratifies UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
Botswana has become the 40th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – a landmark global…
Botswana’s Mack Air sets sights on scheduled pax ops
Mack Air (MKB, Maun) is planning to enter Botswana’s scheduled passenger services market and would have done so earlier this…
Botswana Police Service ranks number 1 in Africa… again
The Botswana Police Service has been ranked the best police service on the African continent, according to the World Internal…
Government to amend Citizenship Act
The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Annah Mokgethi says the ministry will present to Parliament proposed amendments to…
Government considers resuscitating failed Fengyue Glass Project
The ill-fated glass project which cost Botswana billions before going bust might be making a return as the government considers…
Air Botswana, Botswana Railways could soon be privatised
Over the years, the Botswana government’s efforts to either sell off or privatise ailing state-owned airliner, Air Botswana have stopped…
New luxury safari lodge to open deep in Okavango Delta’s unspoilt wilderness
The Red Carnation Hotel Collection’s Xigera Safari Lodge in Botswana will open in October. Xigera Safari Lodge, surrounded by unspoilt…
ATI releases “Stimamolelo”
Botswana’s favourite rap artist, ATI has dropped “stimamolelo” a track that has hit single written all over it. Suspicious minds…
Botswana is landlocked, yet it exports shark fins!?
Botswana has no coastline, yet it is exporting shark fins worth P17 million (R24 million) to neighbouring countries, including South…
Botswana: A favourable location for leading automotive manufacturers
There is a strong demand for automotive vehicles, therefore domestic and foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are planning to expand…
BotswanaPost brings virtual post box to your phone
The days of snail pace mail delivery service may be coming to an end thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
275 elephant carcasses verified against the 356 cases reported
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism says 275 elephant carcasses have been verified against the 356 reported…
Botswana issues maiden power generation licences to private producers
Botswana has issued its first licences allowing three private companies to generate power, which will mostly be for export, the…
Concor paves the way for remote Botswana mine
Tackling the demanding conditions of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, Concor Infrastructure is nearing completion of a 35 km access road for…
Renaissance lines up Botswana, amid Mexican gloom
Renaissance Oil Corp. has lined up an entry into Botswana in a bid to diversify its focus away from Mexico.…
Okavango Craft Brewery launches in Maun
Maun’s first licensed microbrewery has been launched. Established in 2019, Okavango Craft Brewery produces beer that contains millet grown by…
Poaching forces Botswana to dehorn, translocate rhinos
Botswana has begun dehorning its wild rhinoceros population in a bid to save them from poachers. Botswana wildlife officials say poachers…
BotswanaCraft celebrates 50 years
Gaborone’s iconic BotswanaCraft has hit 50 years since it was first established in June 1970. A collaborative effort between the…
Botswana can and must repeat its past economic miracles
According to ‘The Global Competitiveness Report 2019’ of the World Economic Forum, Botswana is getting one or two important things right…
Could there be something to Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal remedy?
As COVID-19 spread across Africa and leaders put their countries in lockdown, Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina in April launched a herbal…
Botswana: BPC will designate an IPP for its 100 MWp solar PV project in September
The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) plans to designate the company responsible for generating 100 MWp of electricity from two solar…
Botswana engages South Africa as elephant deaths mystery deepens
Botswana through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has engaged South African authorities to probe the mysterious death of…