Economic recession looms
Friday, January 08, 2016
Debswana is cutting output on softer demand for rough diamonds
Technically, an economy falls into a recession after two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
Latest data recently released by Statistics Botswana (SB) shows that real GDP (year on year) decreased by 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015 compared to an increase of 4.0 percent accrued in the same quarter in 2014.
‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...