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.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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