BLS countries to sign anti-double taxation agreement

In a development aimed at boosting trade and investment between the three SACU member countries, Botswana is set to sign a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with Lesotho and Swaziland.

Presently, trade between the three countries is very low with Botswana importing goods and services worth a mere P26 million in 2009 from Swaziland and a measly P250,000 from Lesotho in the same year.

Central Statistics Office figures for April 2010 show that Botswana did not make any exports to Lesotho while goods and services worth P144,000 were exported to Swaziland.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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