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In the field; Bakang Neneketsang, who is an SHE senior at Sandfire's Motheo Copper Mine, will be amongst speakers at the upcoming Women in Mining conference

Women in Mining Conference on the cards

Excellence IQ Solutions will host the sixth edition of the annual Women in Mining Conference (WIM) between September 19 and 20, 2024.

Rollers new players

Rollers unveil 10 new players

Gaborone giants, Township Rollers, on Saturday unveiled 10 new faces to their already strong squad in front of multitudes of supporters who attended the club’s season launch at Royal Aria.

Balancing numbers: Serame is hoping for a turnaround in the latter part of the financial year PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Gov't reserves break losing streak

Government’s savings, as housed in the Government Investment Account (GIA) managed by the Bank of Botswana, reached P6.5 billion in July, after reaching a post-pandemic low of P2.8 billion in June.

Looking forward: Mathe-Lisenda

Bifm assets under management rise to P48.2bn

The country’s oldest and largest asset manager, Bifm, reports that its assets under management rose 16% to P48.2 billion in the first six months of the year, helping profits higher for the period.

Huge hopes: The K-Hill project was previously mined in the 1960s. Giyani is leveraging the global electric vehicle transition to revive the mine PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI

Giyani secures Kanye manganese mining licence

Canadian firm, Giyani Metals, has been awarded a 15-year mining licence over the K-Hill manganese project on the outskirts of Kanye, marking a significant push towards the electric vehicle battery ecosystem.

South African High Commission to Botswana, Thaniga Shope-Soumah and SABF Chairman, Werner De Beer at the signing ceremony. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

SABF members sign Code of Good Business Practice

The South African Business Forum (SABF) and the South African High Commission in Botswana have signed on the dotted line for a new Code of Good Business Practice to govern all their aligned companies.

Mpho Bakwadi survived a motion of no confidence that was passed against him and his executive committee during the BOKA Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the weekend PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

Karate president survives Coup d’etat

The Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Mpho Bakwadi, survived a motion of no confidence that was passed against him and his executive committee during the BOKA Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the weekend.

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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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