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The value of 'swiping transactions' or electronic payments at points of sale declined to P14.4 billion in the first quarter of the year, about 37% down from the first quarter of 2025, continuing a weak trend seen since last year.

We won’t risk the beef industry – Gov't fires back

Director of Veterinary Services Dr Kobedi Segale has fired back at the country’s two largest feedlot operators, Primefast (Pty) Ltd and JS Beef (Pty) Ltd, saying their desperate bid to force government to ease FMD restrictions could expose the country to a fresh outbreak.

Gov’t races to complete 400km route to end FMD crisis

Botswana’s battered beef industry has been asked to hold on just a little longer as government races to complete the new 400-kilometre Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) containment zone.

Team Botswana at the welcome ceremony in Gaborone PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

‘Zero medals at Commonwealth Games not a surprise’

Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) recently sent a team to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, only for the athletes to return empty-handed. The seven-medal target set by the Tshepo Sitale-led board remained a pie in the sky.

Hichilema, Mundubile lead crowded race

LUSAKA: Zambia heads to the polls with 14 presidential candidates on the ballot, but despite the crowded field, the presidential race has increasingly narrowed into a two-way contest in which President Hakainde Hichilema and opposition challenger Brian Mundubile are emerging as the two most closely watched contenders.

When borrowing becomes a burden: Addressing loan overcommitment in Botswana

Financial difficulty rarely begins with a missed repayment. It often starts much earlier, when a salary arrives, and most of it is already committed before food, transport, electricity and other basic needs have been paid.

Envisioned: A steel plant in the United States. Galvanising Botswana has plans for similar production in the country PIC: STEEL.ORG

Steel plant targets P3bn import market

The country is set to open doors to its first downstream steel processing facility, with a new hot-dip galvanising plant in Mmamashia expected to begin production next year as the country seeks to reduce its dependence on South Africa for steel.

Unions turn up the heat on UDC

Barely two years into the historic Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) victory, organised labour movement is turning up the heat on the Duma Boko-led government, declaring that patience is running thin.

I have no ill will against the DCEC - Salakae

Outgoing Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Noah Salakae, says he bears no ill will against the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), despite accusing the anti-corruption agency of subjecting him to what he described as state-sponsored corruption allegations.

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