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However, recent shifts in trade dynamics have prompted Botswana to reconsider this relationship, highlighting a growing concern over the imbalance in trade favouring SA, oftentimes at the detriment of the former. Trade relations between the two...

In just a year, the price of a carton of milk has soared to over P20 while the price of cooking oil has increased by over 50% and all the central bank can say to the battered consumer is economic jargon like base effects, bank desirable rate blah......

Galaxy has been on a steady peak to glory in Botswana football having two league titles under its belt. Jwaneng Mine general manager, Koolatotse Koolatotse, while unveiling the mine's plans said they are committed to supporting Galaxy until the...

In the second quarter of 2022 copper in concentrates production stood at a little over 10, 000 tonnes and in the same quarter of 2023 copper in concentrate rose to over 16, 000 tonnes, an increase of over 50%.The uptick in copper production is the...

As part of the recently launched strategy, the company seeks to double its salt and soda ash production capacity whilst adding a new product, sodium bicarbonate.Botash recently launched its five-year strategy dubbed, ‘Double in Five Safely’. The...

The platinum deposits have been spotted in the Gantsi and Chobe areas. Platinum is a rare mineral with wide industrial usages, including in the production of optical fibres and turbine blades.One of the critical minerals, manganese, has been...

The latest product is a payment solution by FNB that will allow for monetary payments and transactions to be credited to cell phone wallets and cards by users. Just like cheques, eWallet Pro allows account holders to send and pay debtors only that...

Across the continent, government lead in the provision of healthcare to the public, often at subsidised rates, leaving a sliver of the market for the private sector. This, insurance sector experts say, inhibits the growth of the industry.For Sanlam...

Each financial year, the Finance ministry sets the tax agency a target for collections, based on economic conditions, policy initiatives such as an increase in rates and other considerations. This year, tax earnings are expected to contribute up to...

The listed group’s ‘Go to Africa’ strategy suffered a knock early this year when a shareholder tussle resulted in the exit of Grit Real Estate, the pan-African group that was leading LLR’s push into the continent.From being the second largest...

As the curtain falls on September, many are always taken aback at what the “underdog” has turned into. For those who were alive on the day 57 years ago, many still fail to reconcile what they see in the present with the bleak yesteryears of...

Narrating her journey to the world of design and fashion, the fashion designer reveals she has always had a hunch about belonging in the fashion industry, citing her adolescent attraction to clothes and art. Rantatana explains it is from this...

The new product is aimed at lower-earning individuals who may not be the target market for the mainstream financial services sector.The move to introduce insurance under beMOBILE Smega, BTC's mobile money product, boosts the group’s fintech...

Transnet, which is a South African parastatal in custody of all the country’s ports, rail and pipelines, has been heralding the dawn of trade interconnectedness between Botswana and South Africa since 2011.Delayed by bureaucratic bottlenecks, it is...

“Construction is not specially endowed for males alone, and I am the exact proof that women can break ground in the built in industry,” she tells BusinessMonitor. Mophato is the brains behind construction outfit, Property Plug, which has been...