Farewell,Mma Olsen

This weekend the media fraternity bids farewell to veteran journalist, media entrepreneur, and activist Clara Olsen.

She was the Managing Editor of The Botswana Gazette, a private newspaper that is one among the many striving to offer the public an alternative from the state-run media.

In the interest of free and fair reporting under growing hostility towards the private media by government, private newspapers continue to survive. 

Editor's Comment
Time to end informal sector fronting

The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...

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