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Figures released by Statistics Botswana recently show annual food inflation at 6.1 percent in January, compared to 5.4 percent in December.In 2025, food inflation peaked at 5.9 percent in March, whilst averaging 5.4 percent for the whole year....

In the last nine financial years, the budget has run consecutive deficits amounting to hundreds of billions of Pula, each one contributing to the draining of government’s savings and necessitating increasing levels of public debt.The upcoming...

SMEs are traditionally reluctant to approach the BSE for listing mainly due to concerns around upfront fees, cost of compliance, as well as the burden of corporatisation, especially perceptions involving the loss of control that comes with inviting...

The BETP, which represents government’s main push for economic transformation in the next ten years, was approved together with the National Development Plan (NDP12) last year by Parliament.Presenting the 2026-27 Budget Speech on Monday, Finance...

Minerals and Energy minister,Bogolo Kenewendo, last week launched the expansion to 130,000 tonnes, which is expected to cost in the region of $900 million. First copper in copper concentrate from the expansion is expected in the first half of...

Tataki Mining, owned byUnited States firm Global Critical Resource Corp (GCR), is accelerating developments towards restarting activities at Tati Nickel, the base metal mining operation which closed in 2016 during the global meltdown in the...

Thus far, Ndaba Gaolathe has spent much of his tenure thus far as the Finance Minister fighting to steer the country away from a fiscal cliff, which is defined as the point where government finds itself unable to pay its debts.Since assuming the...

BusinessWeek has learnt that new tax changes, including higher rates for corporate tax and International Financial Services Centre companies, are due to be tabled and debated in the upcoming sitting of Parliament.The new changes will shore up...

The news of my death are greatly exaggerated, legendary American writer, Mark Twain famously wrote.Diamonds are probably saying the same thing, after a bleak report emerged from the Finance Ministry, warning of a possible “non-recovery” for the...

In a quarterly update released this week, Tlou directors said in the third quarter, key subcontractors had been identified to finalise the work and the remaining items needed two to three months. The directors said while initially expected to have...

In an update to investors on Wednesday, the energy junior said the latest timelines follow the successful execution of an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract in December and the locking in of project costs.Directors said community...

The funds will go towards the deployment of 10,000 vaccines, the vaccination campaign, and other interventions aimed at containing the disease and quickly recovering from the outbreak. FMD’s incursion in the area came after Zimbabwean authorities...

At present in the local commercial banking sector, only BBS Bank is citizen-owned, whilst all the others are the offshoots of parent groups that are based out of South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.The NDB, a...

Although the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) had not responded to emailed questions by Press time yesterday, other insiders said the results of the emergency probe were being fast-tracked and due by Thursday afternoon.Under a restocking...

On paper, the equation appears simple. Pension funds as at October 2025 held more than P166 billion in funds while government has, since 2017-18, been running multi-billion Pula budget deficits.One side is looking at stable returns for members and...