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Friday, 19 October 2012  |  Issue: Vol.29 No.156

Inequality defines Botswana


Various studies have shown that Botswana is one of the most unequal countries in the world. For instance, two such studies are the Mid-Term Review of National Development Plan (NDP) 10 Draft Report an... Read more

Beyond reports, poverty is real

 

A tale of two cities

Mmegi Correspondents MPHO MOKWAPE and NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE take a look at the ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor with a focus upmarket Ga... Despite its middle-income status, Botswana is a country of extreme dichotomies between the wealthy and the poor.

US "dumping" pushes Botash to the brink

 

BoB to relax inflation target

*"Dumping" depress prices in key Botash markets
*Botash's key lines under pressure
*Survival plan includes retrenchments
 Government says plans are underway to relax the current 3-6 percent inflation objective to 'realistic levels' in a bid to boost investor confidence fo...

Basketball body keen to steady ship

 

Desert-like grounds counterpoint football vision

The Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) will be on a mission to put their house in order as they host their elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) at... The country's maiden appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals earlier this year in Gabon ushered in renewed attention towards football, ...

Khama's guilty conscience

 

A king betrayed?

President Ian Khama addressed the just ended three-day African Governance Forum on Tuesday when  In ancient Greece, when a king is stabbed in battle, the closest man would shout: "the King is down, to the king!".

Income distribution in Botswana - how bad is the bad?

 
What is truly scary about the IMF income distribution figures, if they are to be believed, is that Botswana now has a more unequal distribution of inc... 

Digging tswana roots

 

La bone le bana ba bone: A response

The weapon of brilliance  Let us resist the temptation of starting a new form of discrimination against the children of the builders of this nation, writes SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHAN...

SA poet Mashile lives, breathes poetry

 

I take my work as a DJ seriously

One of South Africa's creative powers, Lebo Mashile, jetted into the country to perform at the Poetry Africa Botswana Festival last Thursday. Staff Wr... His career is more successful than ever and the attention he is getting at the moment is more than what he expect. Indeed Tshepang Motsisi, best know...
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