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The average employee spends eight hours, Monday to Friday, working away while watching the clock, hoping the sun makes its way jet-like speed back to the western horizon. Now than ever, it is evident that work as we know it will soon change, but what...

Speaking to BusinessWeek during the recently ended US-Africa Business Summit held in Dallas, Texas, a highly placed MCC insider said Botswana has applied to be a beneficiary of the MCC, as part of efforts to revive barren sectors and state-owned...

The average employee spends eight hours, Monday to Friday, working away while watching the clock, hoping the sun makes its way jet-like speed back to the western horizon. Now than ever, it is evident that work as we know it will soon change, but what...

The livestock is expected to touch down at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport on Tuesday. Addressing Batswana in the Diaspora here last week, Masisi said his government was keen on improving the state of agriculture in the country justifying a...

Generally, Botswana is known for its prudent fiscal policy, with excess government earnings being saved or invested in offshore accounts to shield the mineral dependent economy from rainy days. Despite this track record, the government has, in recent...

The industry is beaming with hope that there is more traction being made in extending the spread of tourism to other parts of the country. However, there are seemingly insurmountable challenges the industry faces ranging from climate change to the...

Giving the keynote address at the Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) annual conference held here last week, he made public the new entity in response to the tourism industry’s concerns about the delays in the provision of...

De Beers reported suboptimal sales of rough diamonds, especially in the last quarter, resulting in revenues of $4.3 billion, down from $6.2 billion in 2022.Briefing journalists last week, senior De Beers officials said their forecast indicates that...

Chinese state-powered firm, MMG, has finalised the purchase of Khoemacau for about P25 billion, the largest private-sector transaction to ever happen on local soils.Speaking last week in Maun at a ceremony to mark MMG’s takeover, Moagi said...

Botswana, a former colony of Great Britain itself has shown not even that slightest interest to the proposed treaty rejecting it upon proposal.In an interview with Mmegi this week Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Lemogang Kwape revealed that the UK...

In 2022, Botswana first interfaced with 5G technology following its implementation by Orange Botswana. By then 5G was the premium technology network, designed to offer faster network support while connecting vast periphery devices, machines, and...

When the chronicle of Botswana as a success story is narrated, about the anchors on diamonds or the country’s resilient leadership, the question will be asked whether citizens played a mammoth role in this success story. Or has the country carved a...

According to the published results, rental revenues for the group rose by 13% totalling P328.5 million compared to the corresponding year which ended in P291.3 million. Turnstar executives apportioned the surge in rental revenues to strong rental...

Since October 2022, amendments to the Act have provided for enhanced withdrawals at retirement, raising the commutable or cash payout of the pension at retirement, from one-third to 50% of accrued savings.In a briefing on the group’s financial...

The world shakes at its shoes as poll dates draw closer and closer like the dreaded sound of the hangman’s footsteps echoing in the ears of a felon whose fate is the gallows. In 2024, it is not just about who will emerge victorious, it is about the...