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Top business stories we tracked in 2023

Changing hands: The Khoemacau sale process is due to be finalised next year
Changing hands: The Khoemacau sale process is due to be finalised next year

Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI recaps a few of the business news items that stood out for the country’s economy this year, from the historic De Beers deal to Botswana Oil’s shake-up of the industry and others

BSE hits record

The Botswana Stock Exchange’s flagship platform, the Domestic Companies Index (DCI) was the talk of the town this year, cruising towards a share price performance last seen 10 years ago. As at mid-day Wednesday, the DCI was up 15.4% for the year, sitting just south of the 2013 full-year performance of 17.8%.

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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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