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…
Tag: Botswana Government
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…
New ministry to unleash SMME potential
This week, Chief Negotiator at the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Phadza Butale revealed MITI would be slashed…
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…
Botswana’s GDP gets jolt from good performance of non-mining sectors, mining output
Botswana’s economy surged in the 2018/19 financial year, as continued good performance of non-mining sectors and recovery in the mining…
Botswana leader sees new diamond pact with De Beers
The Botswana government and De Beers are in “cordial” negotiations about a new diamond-sales pact to replace their current 10-year…
Air Botswana set to effect job-cuts
Air Botswana is set to undertake job cuts as its owner, the Botswana Government looks to improve the airline’s bottom…
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,…
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 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…