Nine years into Botswana’s poverty eradication programme
With its documented history of being one of the poorest nations to becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa,…
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BDC outlook remains stable – Moody’s
Global credit ratings giant, Moody’s, has affirmed Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) ratings and has classified the company as stable, thanks…
Botswana workers – going nowhere fast
Given Botswana’s escalating unemployment rate, many employers continue to enjoy bargaining power over the desperate job seekers, resulting in declining…
Botswana to award 100 MW solar plant plant tender
Botswana is set to is set to award a tender for 100 MW of solar capacity plant to an independent…
Two new ministries set to improve ease of doing business
The Botswana government is in the process of establishing two additional ministries. Addressing a Kgotla meeting in Mahalapye on July…
Botswana Human-Wildlife Conflict nears crisis mode
South African news broadcaster eNCA’s Gerhard Pretorius recently travelled across Botswana to file this story. The Human-Wildlife Conflict in Botswana…
Khoemacau pledges P3bn in royalties to govt
Khoemacau Copper Mine, a 62,000 tonne per annum operation currently under construction, expects to put US$263 million (P2.8bn) into the…
Ecoexist on the lifting of the hunting ban
On 22nd May 2019 the Government of Botswana lifted the moratorium on hunting. Here is a message from Ecoexist on…
Kalahari Energy Botswana awarded preferred bidder status for the construction of a 97MW Coal Bed Methane (CBM) fuelled IPP-owned power station
Kalahari Energy Botswana through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sekaname (Pty) Ltd, has been notified by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green…
PEPFAR’s ‘Have It All’ film – a must see
Who is PEPFAR? U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the U.S. Government’s initiative to support partner nations…
Mixed economic developments for Botswana in the first quarter of the year
The first three months of the year have been characterised by mixed fortunes, but predominantly skewed towards positive developments. At…
Botswana 4 places up on Press Freedom Index rankings
The World Press Index has ranked Botswana number 44 in press freedom. According to its website, The World Press Freedom…
Kasane Elephant Summit kicks off
The Government of Botswana through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism on Friday kicked off this year’s…
BPOPF takes bigger stake in Tlou Energy
Botswana Public Officers Pensioners Fund (BPOPF) has recently increased its stake in Tlou Energy Limited to 10.4%, snapping up P21…
Jamataka solar project kicks into high gear
The Government through the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) is set to kick off the second phase…
Mokaila to ‘open up’ tourism industry to locals
The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, Kitso Mokaila has promised to effect radical improvements to the tourism…
Botswana’s lifting of hunting ban will protect wildlife
In 2014, then president of Botswana, Ian Khama, introduced a ban on hunting, saying it had contributed to poaching and…
Botswana ponders a move to amend the constitution to allow for direct election of the state President
Botswana is reportedly mulling amending its constitution. According to The Monitor, last week the Botswana Parliament passed a motion calling…
Masisi sacks Venson-Moitoi from Cabinet
Just a day after Pelonomi Venson Moitoi announced her intention to contest for the ruling party’s presidency, President Mokgweetsi Masisi…
Government announces cabinet ministers’ redeployment
The Permanent Secretary to the President and secretary to Cabinet this week announced that His Excellency the President Dr Mokgweetsi…