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Pauline Dikuelo
  • RMB, Barloworld seal P105m green deal

    The building, which will be launched in May, is said to have achieved notable sustainability certifications, including EDGE Advanced Certification (Preliminary Certification), with impressive statistics such as 51% energy efficiency, 29% water...

  • Stanchart profits jump 59%

    Unveiling the group’s financial performance on Wednesday, officials said the growth was primarily driven by transaction banking, strong cash management solutions, migration to digital, trade financing, differentiated and high-yielding derivative...

  • Mine workers renew demands for CEO axing

    The Mine workers recently met with MMG executive management in the aftermath of the $1.8 billion (P25, 2 billion) deal sealed by MMG to take over the country’s largest copper producer.During the meeting in which Khoemacau CEO John Ferreira was in...

  • Tech giants anchor DPF as assets reach P10.9bn

    In an update to members, the country’s second-largest pension fund noted that assets in the fourth quarter grew by 5.2 percent, driven by global property, global equities, global bonds, emerging market bonds and emerging market equities.The...

  • Intoxicated man causes accident at a bar, injures nine people

    Gantsi Police Station Commander, Modiro Lekone, said the incident resulted in three people being seriously injured, while the other six were treated and discharged on the same day. The three are currently hospitalised at Gantsi Primary Hospital.“We...

  • KYC deadline extended

    As at 28 March, KYC compliant numbers stood at 2,1 million against a subscriber base of 4,4 million which translates 48.4%.These statistics confirm that over half of the active SIMcards still need to be registered.KYC deadline was initially set for...

  • Three arrested for illegally selling Zamaroko

    Ghanzi District Station Commander Modiro Lekone said the sale of that kind of loose tobacco is not allowed in the country as it poses a serious threat to the health of human beings.“ The sale of this kind of loose tobacco is not allowed in the...

  • Patient hangs himself

    Ghanzi District Station Commander, Modiro Lekone told MmegiOnline that the patient who comes from Charleshill is believed to have hanged himself between11am and 12 noon, while nurses were busy attending to other patients.“We received a call from a...

  • Botswana Oil secures 90% petroleum products importation

    According to the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) Act, 2022 and the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (Importation of Petroleum Products Allocation) Order of 2023 , effective 1st of April 2024, only majority citizen owned companies will...

  • FIA laments weakness in pursuing dirty money

    Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) Deputy Director General, Legal and Compliance, Susan Mangori, recently revealed that the biggest contributors to the situation include the country’s weak controls in money value transfer services combined with...

  • Leather Park aims for December production

    The Leather Park has been in the pipeline since 2014 with little progress, a fact that has frustrated authorities and residents in the border town.The implementation of the Leather Park was said to be delayed by the need for project reconfiguration...

  • Gov't eyes citrus export to US by 2025

    The country is currently locked in negotiations to secure a supply deal of citrus to the US by 2025, BusinessMonitor was told.Minister of Agriculture, Fedelis Molao, said in an interview that government was working around the clock to clinch the...

  • BURS sees “tall order” in P71bn revenue target

    The revenue service's target for this year amounts to about 76% of the P93.5 billion in revenues government expects to accumulate in 2024-25. The task before the BURS is essentially to collect nearly 80 thebe out of every pula the government...

  • Tsabong abattoir readies for commissioning

    Presenting before the Parliament’s Committee of Supply recently, the Minister of Agriculture, Fidelis Molao, said the project is nearing completion and will start commissioning by the end of March. “The ongoing construction of Tsabong...

  • Minergy sees light after doldrums

    Masama’s new mining contractor, Meropa Resources, a wholly citizen-owned mining contractor, is currently mobilising while mining operations restarted in February this year.Minergy’s operations were temporarily stopped last March after a dispute...

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