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DWNP director, Moemedi Batshabang, told Mmegi this week that for every pula paid out to affected victims of HWC, three more pula were used for administration. For the 2023-24 financial year, the Department paid out P25 million, but effectively P100...

According to the data, average food and beverage prices increased 5.5 percent in the 12 months to February, compared to 5.1 percent in the 12 months to January. The average prices of breads and cereals, which carry the heaviest weighting in the food...

Statistics Botswana figures show that the grains replaced beverages as the most imported item by value last year.According to the data, imports of beverages, which include different types of alcohol and bottled water, were estimated at P2.5 billion...

At the time, the chilli pepper method was hailed as an affordable method to reduce human elephant conflict.Starting around 2015, farmers in the North West began mixing chilli pepper with elephant dung to make briquettes which they then burnt. Lit at...

Under the terms of the deal, as published on the Australian Securities Exchange last week, BHP has committed to financing Cobre Limited for exploration expenditure at the Kitlanya Projects, located in both the north and south of the...

Amongst the clauses of the new agreement between De Beers and government that were made public recently, is one that will be of critical importance for the recovery and future of the precious stones. The two long-term partners have agreed to...

The launch has been delayed by technical issues affecting a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launch, which occupies the rocket launch right before BOTSAT-1.In a brief interview with The Monitor, Mpoeleng said the NASA rocket which...

The trade balance, or the relationship between imports and exports of goods, has been in negative territory since at least September 2023 when diamond sales began to slow down and eventually sank due to factors including Chinese market weakness and...

Last October, VRI Metals won a High Court ruling overturning the sale to Sherashiya, with Justice Zein Kebonang upholding arguments that the deal had improperly favoured the winning bidder.VRI won a previous bidding round in 2022 for Pula Steel, but...

The Bank of Botswana (BoB) released about P1.8 billion to banks in December, as liquidity dried up in the market because of a slowdown in government spending related to the prolonged diamond slump.The situation has not abated this year and could...

The lift-off has been delayed by technical issues affecting a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launch which occupies the rocket launch right before BOTSAT-1. NASA is the American space agency.In a brief interview with Mmegi this...

The golden rule of debt is that you should only borrow what you can afford to pay. One of the country’s financial regulators requires lending institutions to warn clients that “borrowing more than you can afford to repay could lead to severe...

The Ministry of Finance plans to finance the forecast deficit from the domestic capital market, as well as from external funders. The bulk of the funding is expected to be sourced through the domestic note issuance programme, a P55 billion multi-year...

According to the financials shared with investors recently, the Canadian firm sold a total of 399,215 carats last year, with the revenues received including a $44 million payment for the 1,080-carat Eva Star diamond and 549-carat Sethunya...

In a notice this week, the Canadian firm said it would offer a combination of shares and, warrants to potential investors in a private placement that will close in early March 2025. Premium Resources intends to offer up to 120 million units at 30...