Home - www.mmegi.bw
Friday, 30 November 2012  |  Issue: Vol.29 No.180

No relief for debt-choked consumer


Bank of Botswana (BoB) financial statistics on commercial banks' advances versus deposits paint a not so glossy picture of a low savings culture in Botswana.  Read more

Festive splurging and the personal debt bubble

 

Of banks, consumers and ticking time bombs

Mmegi: What impact could the prevailing and forecast economic slowdowns in key trading partners such as South Africa, the European Union and the USA h... Even as retailers and commercial banks brace for the annual festive season onslaught on the market, there are indications that the oft-lamented predic...

Sluggish diamond market dents govt coffers

 

Letshego applies for banking licence

*Govt to get P6 billion less from Debswana in 2012
*Production target cut by 16 percent
 Letshego Holdings' ambitions to become a fully-fledged financial institution is nearing fruition after it approached the Bank of Botswana (BoB) for a ...

Clubs withdraw censure motion

 

GU clinch P100, 000 sponsorship

Local athletics clubs reportedly differed on the censure motion against the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) executive and have since withdrawn it... Gaborone United (GU) continue to set the pace for other Premier League outfits towards professionalism after clinching a one-year sponsorship deal wit...

Katutura settlement - where bitter bile is a delicacy

 

Traversing Damaraland

KATUTURA: One would not have fully explored Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, without visiting Katutura, an economically challenged ghetto situat... Staff Writer MPHO TLALE relates her recent scenic drive through Damaraland courtesy of the Namibia Tourism Board

African countries wants bullet-proof arms trade treaty

 
At the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly First Committee's 67th session, which took place from October 8 to November 6, 2012, governments pa... 

Botswana and the US: Working together for an AIDS-free generation

 

Digging tswana roots

Every year on December 1, we commemorate World AIDS Day. It is a day to reflect on the lives lost, and forever changed, as a result of AIDS.  A different new order

Mali crisis: UN's Ban gives AU mission guarded support

 
United Nations'(UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has recommended conditional backing for a one-year African Union mission against Islamist militants... 

Kearoma Rantao evokes emotions with song

 

Kenyan author retells Phakalane story

It is an undisputed fact that music is so many things in one. It has the power to evoke emotion from deep down. One does not have to understand a part... Unheralded Kenyan author Jack Pino has retold the story of Botswana's most illustrious suburb Phakalane Estates in his new book titled Building Lastin...
Untitled Document
FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Friday, 17 May 2013
FOREIGN / PULA   PULA / FOREIGN
Home :: Advertising :: Contact Us :: About Us © Dikgang Publishing Company 2011 :: Developed by   Visit - Life Media
1