Botswana’s relationship with media improving – US report
Relations between the Botswana government and the private media have improved since president Mokgweetsi Masisi ascended to the State House…
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Transport & Communications Ministry to split, giving way to ICT-focused ministry
The government is working on splitting the Ministry of Transport and Communications into two different ministries, it has emerged. Last…
Government reveals COVID-19 stimulus package – employee retention a priority
The government will introduce a wage subsidy to help companies in the retention of employees during the extreme isolation period,…
Department of Wildlife and National Parks to review park fees
The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) is considering reviewing and grading the country’s protected areas. This is with…
Botswana to Offer Free HIV Medicine to Foreign Sex Workers
Botswana has started offering free antiretroviral therapy (ARV) to foreign sex workers, following a decision to extend treatment to non-citizens.…
Botswana extends free HIV treatment to non-citizens
The Government of Botswana has decided to extend free HIV treatment to foreign residents in a major policy shift that…
Essential contact info to 8 Botswana Government Departments
We often receive various enquiries from our readers that we are not best placed to adequately address. While we absolutely…
Botswana under UN pressure to sign cultural rights treaty
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes has expressed disappointment at Botswana’s failure to sign the…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Measures in place to fight corruption – Masisi
Officially opening the African Union (AU) High-Level Dialogues on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Gaborone recently, the President of…
Botswana drops again in the competitiveness rankings
According to the latest edition of Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform report, released last week, Botswana has been ranked…
Government moving at lightning speed to expedite ease of doing business
The Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Bogolo J. Kenewendo says the government is committed to supporting and helping the…
Tourists are paying £5,000 to dive into a river in Botswana to swim alongside 12ft Nile crocodiles
It may sound like a suicide mission, but the latest attraction for adrenaline junkies is… swimming with crocodiles. Tourists pay…
Botswana to jumpstart Zimbabwe’s ailing economy
The Botswana government has decided to resuscitate the P500 million-credit facility extended to Zimbabwe’s Short Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP)…