When the world’s diamond producers, their biggest customers, civil society groups monitoring the industry and others, meet in Gaborone in June to discuss issues affecting the image of the precious stones, Russia will be the proverbial elephant in...
Monday morning inside Court Room 4 at the Broadhurst Magistrate's Court premises, a High Court session before Justice Itumeleng Segopolo is about to start. It is a matter between the Government of Botswana and the family of the late Pitseng...
Additionally, HATAB believes the developments will restrict animal movements and place increased pressure on already threatened species such as the Chobe Bushbuck.The 38-year-old industry body, which represents 50% of all licensed hospitality and...
Policymakers involved in sharpening the country’s competitiveness and ‘ease of doing business’ environment were left smarting last April when social media giant, Twitter, chose Ghana to be its African headquarters.While frontrunners for the...
One thing that makes matters worse for epileptic people is the difficulty of getting first aid treatment from the public when suffering seizures. People without this condition simply do not understand it or what to do when someone else suffers a...
When assuming the presidency on April 1, 2018, Masisi would never have imagined that his tenure would experience the sharpest economic drop the economy has suffered since Independence or the largest loss of jobs since that time.Economists have penned...
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, encompassing all major diamond producers in its membership of 82 countries and NGOs, was set up nearly 20 years ago to root out conflict diamonds from the global market.In recent years, meetings of the...
So last year, Ian fled the country and went on a self-imposed exile in South Africa. Well, he denied this saying: “I am not in exile. I did not flee the country and I am on a private visit having meetings and then visiting family and friends then I...
The groundbreaking ceremony was officially held at the beginning of March by Minister of Investment Trade and Industry Mmusi Kgafela as well as the project patron, Mmakgosi Moremi. Construction is to commence on May 1 and is due for completion by...
The youths recently wrote a complaint to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, adding their voices to a heated matter already pitting ecologists against land authorities. Plans by the environment and tourism ministry to open up 240,000sqm of...
No one in the country’s health sector is even inclined to say COVID-19 is over. Or abating. Or becoming less of a threat.Even as cases dip considerably below 10 per 100,000 as a countrywide average, no one is willing to make such emphatic and...
Now 29-years old, Mysi Badenhorst had her daughter, Ame when she was 18-years old, but suffered birth complications. The young mother experienced eclampsia that led to her daughter having severe birth apxsia (brain damage). This was not easy for the...
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has invited 100% citizen owned businesses and consortiums to submit expressions of interest for eight new tourism sites along the Chobe River front, with a closing date due on...
Last Friday morning, an angry elephant came trumpeting and trampled on Tom at his fields at Mbiroba, near Seronga and ended his life at 53-years-old.My path and Tom’s came together about seven years ago. We were brought together by the Okavango...
The current inflation rate is at 10.6% and is the highest the country has experienced since March 2009. The rate has been driven by the price increases in many commodities, particularly fuel. Local commodity suppliers, among them Bolux Milling, have...
But the people of Ukraine are resilient. They’ve had a democracy for decades, and their bravery is inspiring the world. The United States, together with our Allies and partners across the globe, will continue to support the Ukrainian people as they...
All the dams that can plausibly be built in the country, have already been built, says Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) CEO, Gaselemogwe Senai.At present and forecast rates of consumption, these dams are sufficient to supply the country until about...
As at the end of February, authorities at the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA), estimate the local petrol pump prices were, on average, P1.25 below the actual cost of supplying the fuel. Diesel prices were on average P1.49 below cost while...
Nthomiwa is currently working as a videographer at Natural History Film Unit (NHFU). It has been two years living in the wilderness and his name already features in the credits of the Netflix Originals film titled Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale,...
Brad Bestelink is a modern-day bushman. The Okavango Delta has been his home ever since he was born there 44 years ago. His parents were pioneers in the photographic safari industry, replacing their guns with cameras. Bestelink found his passion and...
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