Botswana proposes law for locals to acquire 24% stakes in mines
24 July 2024 Botswana is proposing a law that will ask mining companies, once granted a licence, to sell a…
24 July 2024 Botswana is proposing a law that will ask mining companies, once granted a licence, to sell a…
20 May 2024 Discover how the natural diamond industry helped transform the now thriving Southern African country with brilliant Botswana…
15 May 2024 The Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) is working with Botswana to build stronger science systems by supporting…
15 February 2024 Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) will receive BWP121.2 million pula (USD8.8 million) from the government of Botswana as a development…
15 October 2023 The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment has praised Botswana for being a world…
9 October, 2023 President Mokgweetsi Masisi, on Friday led officials in the groundbreaking ceremony for the multi-billion pula Mmamabula coal…
3 October 2023 The government of Botswana led by Minister of Health, Edwin Dikoloti and the United States Ambassador to…
3 October 2023 The two have signed “heads of terms” for the tentative 10-year sales agreement they reached in June.…
28 September 2023 GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s government is reassessing a proposed deal with HB Antwerp after Lucara Diamond terminated…
13 September 2023 Diamond processor and trader HB Antwerp said on Monday it had removed one of its three co-founders…
1 August 2023 Following pressure from the Church, government has finally bowed down to pressure by deferring the homosexuality bill…
25 July 2023 Government has doubled its contract with Jindal Africa and now requires the firm to deliver 600MW of…
Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s…
16 June 2023 High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue. Legal gender recognition has pleased the courts The High…
15th May 2023 If there is any one thing that the government should have learnt from the 2018 dead-elephants saga,…
The Botswana government says a lot of effort is required towards revitalisation of Air Botswana, with focus on diversification of…
The Botswana Government has secured a US$145.5 million World Bank loan to comprehensively address water and sanitation sector problems. This…
Collaboration aims to leverage innovative biosecurity capabilities to promote public health, global health security and the development of the bioeconomy…
In August 2021, Botswana’s Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB), responsible for the contracting process for government projects, announced…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $179.66 million to support government reforms…
Government has undertaken a task to analyse and improve the climate of doing business in Botswana in line with the…
LUCARA Diamonds wanted a quick resolution to diamond sales contract negotiations between Botswana and De Beers as their two-year discussions were…
GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Rough diamonds sales by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 37.5% in the first nine months of…
The Government has revealed three more diamond cutting and polishing companies will set up businesses locally before the end of…
The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges. In November 2021, Botswana’s Court…
On the back of the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana is seeking to accelerate economic transformation plans, with a…