Inflation edges northwards

Consumer inflation edged up to 4.6 percent year-on-year in August from 4.5 percent in July.

This means general prices increased by an average 4.6 percent in the 12 months to August 2014.

According to figures released by Statistics Botswana this week, the annual inflation in August 2014 was lower than the 5.6 percent recorded during the same month in 2013.

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Batswana need to do better to stop FMD

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...

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