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Boko`s first pals and travels

In his first 100 days as Botswana’s head of State, President Duma Boko has made seven trips outside the country, and has been visited by two heads of State and government. The diplomatic trips oscillated between peace interventions meetings, economic and political diplomacy mainly because of an unclear diplomatic stance the country wobbles in writes TIMOTHY LEWANIKA.

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Gov't hits record P4.6bn debt target

The Bank of Botswana (BoB) last week raised P4.6 billion for government in the capital market, the highest amount ever raised in a single monthly auction, but one which will squeeze the already tight liquidity in the market.

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JC 2024 results show slight improvement

Botswana Examination Council (BEC) has recorded a slight improvement in the performance of the 2024 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results with the pass rate going from 77.79% in 2023 to 81.66% this year from both government and private schools.

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Businesses plead for phased minimum wage increase

Businesses have pleaded with government to introduce the P4,000 minimum wage in a phased manner over several years, arguing that most of them do not have ability and are not prepared for higher payouts to workers.

Boko’s media criticism misses the mark

President Duma Boko’s recent claim that “90% of media output is fake news” is not only baseless but dangerously dismissive.

Fires raging on: The recent escalation of the conflict calls for thorough understanding of the background of the conflict

Understanding the chaos in the DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not known peace, stability and sanity, sustainable economic and socio-political development for long periods of time. There is always a fertile and breeding ground for conflict between its ethnic groups.

Leading the market: Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund CEO, Moemedi Malindah. The BPOPF is the country's largest pension fund

Pension funds beat NBFIRA target

The country’s pension funds held 42.6% of their assets domestically as at November, or P64.4 billion, comfortably above NBFIRA's target of 41%, central bank data shows.

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Ritual murder, GBV cases critically urgent—CJ

The newly appointed Chief Justice (CJ) of Botswana, Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe expressed his sentiments during his maiden speech at this morning's Opening of the Legal Year saying, "Go lebega e kare bo rraboko ba tla itaola thata (loosely translated to 'ritual killers are getting out of hand'.)"

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BPP suspends another prominent figure

FRANCISTOWN: The deep fault lines that have engulfed the Botswana People's Party (BPP) were laid bare this week following the suspension of yet another prominent figure from the party.

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Regional bloodbath deepens in the DRC

SADC on Thursday was due for an emergency meeting, as the presidents of Rwanda and South Africa traded harsh words on social media after deadly clashes in the DRC. Botswana is calling for dialogue and an end to hostilities as the long-running conflict in Africa’s second largest country threatens regional stability. MBONGENI MGUNI writes

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