Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government
16 June 2023 High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue. Legal gender recognition has pleased the courts The High…
Tag: Botswana Government
Govt responds to crisis over false UN statement six days too late
15th May 2023 If there is any one thing that the government should have learnt from the 2018 dead-elephants saga,…
Air Botswana gets more capital injection
The Botswana government says a lot of effort is required towards revitalisation of Air Botswana, with focus on diversification of…
Botswana gets over P1.8BN for water projects loan
The Botswana Government has secured a US$145.5 million World Bank loan to comprehensively address water and sanitation sector problems. This…
Ginkgo Bioworks and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Botswana announce plans to develop and implement new biosecurity capabilities in Botswana
Collaboration aims to leverage innovative biosecurity capabilities to promote public health, global health security and the development of the bioeconomy…
A closer look at the impact of government-sponsored hackathons on the Botswana tech ecosystem
In August 2021, Botswana’s Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB), responsible for the contracting process for government projects, announced…
Botswana: African Development Bank Group commits $180 million to bolster post-COVID-19 economic recovery
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $179.66 million to support government reforms…
Gov’t undertakes mission to improve business climate
Government has undertaken a task to analyse and improve the climate of doing business in Botswana in line with the…
Diamond negotiations with De Beers “hugely distracting” to Botswana government
LUCARA Diamonds wanted a quick resolution to diamond sales contract negotiations between Botswana and De Beers as their two-year discussions were…
Botswana’s Debswana posts 37.5% jump in 9-month diamond sales
GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Rough diamonds sales by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 37.5% in the first nine months of…
Three more diamond cutters, polishers come to town
The Government has revealed three more diamond cutting and polishing companies will set up businesses locally before the end of…
“Fully embraced”? Botswana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation
The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges. In November 2021, Botswana’s Court…
Botswana’s strategy to stimulate post-pandemic growth
On the back of the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana is seeking to accelerate economic transformation plans, with a…
Conservation Group Urges Tracking of Botswana’s Big Tusk Elephants
The Botswana Wildlife Producers Association, a group that focuses on the conservation and management of the country’s wildlife, says placing…
Gov’t plans underway to revitalise AB
Government is in the process of revitalising the civil aviation sector, Mmegi’s Business Monitor has learnt. Plans to engage the…
Government to sell a losing position in BTCL
The Botswana Government is considering extricating itself from a sunk cost trap by selling its controlling shareholding in Botswana Telecommunications…
Okavango Delta boosts work to involve communities in conservation
With the support of UNESCO, UNDP, the Government of Botswana and local partners, projects to support conservation and sustainable livelihoods…
De Beers extends Botswana sales deal as it negotiates new contract
De Beers Group said on Friday it has extended by six months a 10-year agreement with Botswana for the sale…
Botswana moves rhinos out of Okavango Delta as poaching worsens
(Bloomberg) — The Botswana government is moving rhinos out of the Okavango Delta after a surge in poaching that has…
De Beers’ second-quarter rough diamond production up 134%
Diamond miner De Beers’ rough diamond production increased by 134% year-on-year to 8.2-million carats during the second quarter, which the…
Government online services site and app launched to ease congestion at government offices
Last week the Botswana Government launched an app and website aimed at making your life easier with regards to some…
Botswana Foreign Reserves show improvement but…
The Government’s investment account, which was at one stage at a record low, is making a dramatic back, nearly tripling…
Debswana to Plow $6 Billion for Biggest Underground Diamond Mine
(Bloomberg) – Debswana Diamond Co. will spend 65 billion pula ($6 billion) to build the world’s largest underground diamond mine…
Botswana: Project to Lower Power Import Bill
President Mokgweetsi Masisi says energy security remains one of the Government’s top priorities, as it would accelerate the implementation of…
Economy shrank by 7.9% in 2020 – Statistics Botswana
The local economy contracted by 7.9% last year, its worst performance on record, as the weight of COVID-19 hit across…
Botswana diamond mining company launches tender for small solar park
Diamond Trading Company Botswana is seeking proposals for a 600 kW ground-mounted PV plant to power operations at its mining…