The recent poisoning of 50 white-backed vultures within the Chobe National Park has left authorities baffled.Body parts of the critically endangered birds of prey were removed, the first reported incident in Botswana.The vultures’ body parts are...
The often-repeated allegations of expensive flights, fancy dinners, gifts and bribes paid by influential NGOs to African delegates in exchange for support against ivory trade proposals are resurfacing ahead of the key Convention on International...
On Thursday, Statistics Botswana released second quarter Gross Domestic Product figures showing that the economy expanded by 5.6 percent over the period, helped by diamond trading activities, as global industry demand continued to warm up.In fact,...
Those charged with managing the national purse say the space for delaying reforms which include reducing the civil service wage bill, rationalising parastatals and plugging leakages in public finances, has run out. A possible global slowdown, with...
Debswana’s recent move to establish its own mining services firm carries echoes of a decision four years ago by one of its shareholders, De Beers, to enter the synthetic diamonds industry, analysts say.By investing millions of US dollars into...
Three years ago, the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) invited media to its troubled 600MW Morupule B power station outside Palapye for the installation of a major component.The exercise was said to demonstrate the start of extensive remedial works...
The local tourism sector is at the tail-end of its traditional peak season, a high-traffic window running roughly between April and October.This period is preferred by tourists as the dry winter conditions provide for better viewing of various...
KASANE – A philosophy developed and promoted by the leadership of Chobe Holdings in the last decade has paved the way for women breaking the ceiling in tourism, moving beyond the laundry room, restaurants and housekeeping, to being guides in the...
MAUN – The airport here, while smaller than Sir Seretse Khama International, is by far the country’s busiest, with dozens of small planes landing and departing every day to and from the tourist camps.Last year, Maun International Airport...
The competition, now in its fourth edition, was established by the Jack Ma Foundation and is aimed at aims at supporting entrepreneurs who are not only building successful businesses, but who are also running mission driven organisations that...
One of the world’s leading publications, The New York Times, this week ran an article on Russia’s efforts to prevent the Kimberley Process or any other organisation from labelling its diamonds as “conflict or blood”. Part of the article...
The matter of South Africa’s economic dominance of Botswana and other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states has boiled under the surface of various meetings between the regional neighbours over the decades.COVID-19 sharply brought the...
To use American slang, the economy, which includes business activity, employment creation and the collective aspirations of Batswana, cannot seem to “catch a break”.The boom economy which stretched from the late 1990s to the late 2000s with...
What do Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift have to do with the debate around conservation and trophy hunting in Southern Africa?From the early 1970s to the 1990s, Mark and Delia Owens, an American couple, travelled to and lived alone in the...
In its economic briefing on Wednesday, Mmegi was able to put several questions to Bank of Botswana (BoB)’s senior management on the impact of the sweeping amendments to the Bank of Botswana Act made by Parliament earlier in the week.The amendments...
At the recent funders’ conference called by government to test the private sector’s appetite to invest in public infrastructure, Finance Minister Peggy Serame painted a bleak picture of the country’s fiscal future.According to Serame, between...
FRANCISTOWN: Minors aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in court Tuesday on a certificate of urgency asking to be granted bail following a spate of shop breaking, theft and armed robbery cases that rocked Kasane and Kazungula...
The first time I came across the Makgadikgadi YCare Walk was last week when I saw their invitation which had been idling for quite some time in the office with no one showing interest in the event.The low interest was perhaps because the walk is...
Mmegi: Has Russia had any engagement with the Government of Botswana since the operation in Ukraine began, and what has been the response of Government?Kemarskiy: Russia has enjoyed excellent relations with Botswana since the establishment of...
With tensions rising in the tourist town, Alrosa head of International Relations, Petr Karakchiev, apparently delivered a hard-hitting speech riddled with words such as “idiots”, “nonsense” and sarcastic jabs at “profound experts” and...
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