https://yourbotswana.com Our Botswana is Your Botswana Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:20:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yourbotswana.com/botswanas-diamond-sales-fall-again-weighed-down-by-weak-global-demand/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswanas-diamond-sales-fall-again-weighed-down-by-weak-global-demand/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:20:57 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=20461

8 March 2026 Canada’s Lucara Diamond said on March 3 that it expects lower revenue in 2026 from its  Karowe…]]>

8 March 2026 Canada’s Lucara Diamond said on March 3 that it expects lower revenue in 2026 from its  Karowe…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswanas-diamond-sales-fall-again-weighed-down-by-weak-global-demand/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/diamonds-face-lasting-period-of-depressed-prices-botswana-warns/ https://yourbotswana.com/diamonds-face-lasting-period-of-depressed-prices-botswana-warns/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:17:11 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=20272

23 January 2026 Botswana is resigned to a prolonged period of weak diamond prices with serious implications for the budget…]]>

23 January 2026 Botswana is resigned to a prolonged period of weak diamond prices with serious implications for the budget…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/diamonds-face-lasting-period-of-depressed-prices-botswana-warns/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-warns-us-trade-policy-could-deepen-diamond-industry-slump/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-warns-us-trade-policy-could-deepen-diamond-industry-slump/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:12:52 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=20269

23 January 2026 Botswana, the world’s second-largest diamond producer, faced rising economic risks as global demand and prices weakened and…]]>

23 January 2026 Botswana, the world’s second-largest diamond producer, faced rising economic risks as global demand and prices weakened and…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-warns-us-trade-policy-could-deepen-diamond-industry-slump/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/moodys-cuts-botswanas-rating-by-a-notch-to-baa1-amid-diamond-industry-slump/ https://yourbotswana.com/moodys-cuts-botswanas-rating-by-a-notch-to-baa1-amid-diamond-industry-slump/#respond Sat, 18 Oct 2025 17:55:52 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19560

18 October 2025 Global credit ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Botswana’s rating to ‘Baa1’ from ‘A3’ on Friday, citing the government’s…]]>

18 October 2025 Global credit ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Botswana’s rating to ‘Baa1’ from ‘A3’ on Friday, citing the government’s…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/moodys-cuts-botswanas-rating-by-a-notch-to-baa1-amid-diamond-industry-slump/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lab-grown-gems-are-robbing-botswana-of-its-diamond-riches/ https://yourbotswana.com/lab-grown-gems-are-robbing-botswana-of-its-diamond-riches/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:20:36 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19184

2 September 2025  The rise of cheaper, lab-made gems is robbing the country of the revenue that’s made its people…]]>

2 September 2025  The rise of cheaper, lab-made gems is robbing the country of the revenue that’s made its people…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/lab-grown-gems-are-robbing-botswana-of-its-diamond-riches/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/youll-be-hearing-a-lot-more-about-botswana-diamonds/ https://yourbotswana.com/youll-be-hearing-a-lot-more-about-botswana-diamonds/#respond Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:15:11 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=18682

15 June 2025 This week, I spoke with Botswana president Duma Boko and the country’s minister of minerals and energy,…]]>

15 June 2025 This week, I spoke with Botswana president Duma Boko and the country’s minister of minerals and energy,…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/youll-be-hearing-a-lot-more-about-botswana-diamonds/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-considers-synthetics-under-new-minerals-policy/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-considers-synthetics-under-new-minerals-policy/#respond Sun, 17 Apr 2022 14:40:51 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=14483

In July 2020, a top official at the ministry of minerals – Mmetla Masire, then Permanent Secretary, told a Parliamentary…]]>

In July 2020, a top official at the ministry of minerals – Mmetla Masire, then Permanent Secretary, told a Parliamentary…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-considers-synthetics-under-new-minerals-policy/feed/ 0