Despite threats that promoters and members of the rising WhatsApp gifting scheme could face P100,000 fines and/or five years in jail, its popularity on local social media...
The board of local property group, Letlole la Rona, has laid criminal charges against its suspended CEO, Chikuni Shenjere-Mutiswa, for alleged misconduct involving the gr...
High Court judge, Omphemetse Motumise has found that the ‘spiriting away’ of 53,755 carats to Belgium from Lerala Mine, a day before its closure in 2017, was ...
The Finance Ministry is considering an amended Bank of Botswana (BoB) Act that, amongst others, will enhance the central bank’s autonomy and support its role in the...
A high-powered delegation comprising seniors within the Wildlife Department and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is reportedly touring the Seronga area, inspecting elephant d...
Letlole la Rona topped the list of gainers on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) for the first half of the year, putting on 3.6% in a difficult six months of trade.
Government has developed an Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan which will pump P20 billion over the next three years in various sectors and initiatives designed to...
The Bank of Botswana (BoB) expects the recent fuel price reduction to lower inflation by 1.64 percent, a figure that could cut inflation to levels never seen before in th...
The Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) has noted high interest in licences for solar generation amongst investors and those wishing to develop self-generation pr...
ISPAAD, the agricultural inputs programme that supports hundreds of thousands of households each season, is amongst subsidies government plans to reduce considerably unde...
BBS Limited plans to resubmit an application for a commercial banking licence in the last quarter of the year, a development that could see the building society become th...
With warnings that the country’s rhinos could be wiped out within two years, the poaching crisis targeting the iconic species has forced government to start dehorni...
Capital Management Botswana’s (CMB) majority owner, Tim Marsland reportedly lost another bid for bail recently, taking his time behind bars to nearly a year, Mmegi ...
The fourth and final hearing into the disappearance of more than P400 million from the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) is due to kick off next month, before...
Inflation is expected to retreat this month on the back of the recent significant drop in fuel prices, even as food costs, particularly those of meat, stubbornly press hi...
A Chinese tycoon whose firm took control of the Letlhakane Uranium project near Serule earlier this year, has extended an Australian $500,000 (P4 million) loan, as the ve...
The unemployment rate jumped to 22.2% as at December 2019, from 20.7% in September, while average cash earnings in the labour force dropped to P4,818 from P4,989 over the...
Towards the tail end of his tenure as Trade Minister, Vincent Seretse found himself in a protracted battle with retailers and property developers over the greater inclusi...
The mystery around the mortalities of elephants in the North West deepened this week, with reports that the death toll has reached 170 and authorities still have no clue ...
The country’s major clear beer producer, Kgalagadi Beverages Limited (KBL), says it expects to survive the impact of the coronavirus on its business, helped by a re...
The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) could push tax arrears owed to the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) by up to P1.4 billion this year, worsening the taxman&...
A week before lockdown began, a high powered delegation from the Tourism ministry descended upon one of the Delta’s prime addresses, Mombo, to witness the fourth re...
Former Investment, Trade and Industry minister, Bogolo Kenewendo has joined the board of local property group, RDC Properties, replacing prominent economist, Keith Jeffer...
The proportion of households with access to the Internet in the country has risen to 63.5%, compared to 40.6% in 2014, the latest Statistics Botswana survey indicates.
