BDC eyes Pasdec Automotive for controlling stake
The government’s investment arm, Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), aims to become the majority shareholders in Pasdec Automotive Technologies Botswana, according…
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India, Namibia lead SACU preferential trade pact talks
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini – and India recently initiated virtual discussions…
Minergy and Botswana celebrate historic achievement as the first coal exports leave Botswana bound for South Africa
Minergy, the coal mining and trading company with the Masama coal mine located in the Mmamabula Coalfield of Botswana has…
Botswana selects Pangea’s eVisa solution
Travellers to Botswana will soon be able to complete visa applications online, easing their entry into the country. The new…
Botswana Diamonds to acquire KX36 Diamond discovery
Botswana Diamonds has agreed to acquire the KX36 Diamond discovery in Botswana, along with two adjacent Prospecting Licences and a…
What’s killing Botswana’s elephants? Here are the top theories
THEY WALK IN circles and appear dizzy before suddenly dropping dead, sometimes face-first. No one knows why. Over the past…
SHoP architects shares new images of the almost-finished Botswana innovation center
Back in 2010, American firm SHoP architectswon the Botswana Innovation Hub international competition. The client’s brief was for an iconic…
Botswana ratifies UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
Botswana has become the 40th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – a landmark global…
Botswana’s Mack Air sets sights on scheduled pax ops
Mack Air (MKB, Maun) is planning to enter Botswana’s scheduled passenger services market and would have done so earlier this…
Botswana Police Service ranks number 1 in Africa… again
The Botswana Police Service has been ranked the best police service on the African continent, according to the World Internal…
Government to amend Citizenship Act
The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Annah Mokgethi says the ministry will present to Parliament proposed amendments to…
Government considers resuscitating failed Fengyue Glass Project
The ill-fated glass project which cost Botswana billions before going bust might be making a return as the government considers…
Air Botswana, Botswana Railways could soon be privatised
Over the years, the Botswana government’s efforts to either sell off or privatise ailing state-owned airliner, Air Botswana have stopped…
New luxury safari lodge to open deep in Okavango Delta’s unspoilt wilderness
The Red Carnation Hotel Collection’s Xigera Safari Lodge in Botswana will open in October. Xigera Safari Lodge, surrounded by unspoilt…
Botswana is landlocked, yet it exports shark fins!?
Botswana has no coastline, yet it is exporting shark fins worth P17 million (R24 million) to neighbouring countries, including South…
Botswana: A favourable location for leading automotive manufacturers
There is a strong demand for automotive vehicles, therefore domestic and foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are planning to expand…
Botswana issues maiden power generation licences to private producers
Botswana has issued its first licences allowing three private companies to generate power, which will mostly be for export, the…
Renaissance lines up Botswana, amid Mexican gloom
Renaissance Oil Corp. has lined up an entry into Botswana in a bid to diversify its focus away from Mexico.…
Okavango Craft Brewery launches in Maun
Maun’s first licensed microbrewery has been launched. Established in 2019, Okavango Craft Brewery produces beer that contains millet grown by…
Poaching forces Botswana to dehorn, translocate rhinos
Botswana has begun dehorning its wild rhinoceros population in a bid to save them from poachers. Botswana wildlife officials say poachers…
BotswanaCraft celebrates 50 years
Gaborone’s iconic BotswanaCraft has hit 50 years since it was first established in June 1970. A collaborative effort between the…
Botswana can and must repeat its past economic miracles
According to ‘The Global Competitiveness Report 2019’ of the World Economic Forum, Botswana is getting one or two important things right…
Could there be something to Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal remedy?
As COVID-19 spread across Africa and leaders put their countries in lockdown, Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina in April launched a herbal…
Botswana engages South Africa as elephant deaths mystery deepens
Botswana through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has engaged South African authorities to probe the mysterious death of…
Copper exports make surprise return
Botswana exported P280.3 million in copper in March, marking the first major sales of the base metal since major producer,…
Chobe Safari Lodge celebrates 60 years
Famous for its outstanding tourism and precious gems, this year Botswana’s essential qualities collide just outside Chobe National Park –…