The Makgadikgadi Night Walk, organised by Y-Care Charitable Trust this past weekend, attracted a large number of participants from different walks of life.One of those in the crowd was Nelson Letshwene, who is better known as a prominent economist...
Local investment professionals reject the criticism that they are too conservative. The debate over changes to the pension fund rules, has been raging for years and at times accusations have been traded between the regulators and the investment...
They say when America sneezes, the whole world catches a cold. Increasingly these days, there are efforts by many countries to ensure that the US’ cold remains within its borders. The stranglehold of the dollar on international trade is facing a...
From September 4 to 6 over 30 climate journalists from across the region pondered on the African climate story, identified gaps in the narrative and how best to frame the story to enable climate action and agenda setting.During the diagnostic...
On social media, any talk of blessers is treated as a running joke but the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS) V findings released recently, show a far more sinister side to the “trending topic”.In fact, the blesser trend is more of a curse and a...
Matsake is at the forefront of a new farming technology rapidly gaining traction in the country. Hydroponics involves growing plants without soil, by using water and water-based mineral nutrient solutions.By comparison, rain-fed horticultural farmers...
For commercial farmers in the Mosisedi area, their troubles with the 2022–2023 season began with the rainfall forecast going awry. Last September, the Department of Meteorological Services had forecast “a moderately wet season over the entire...
There seems to be no end in sight for the misery TOTUMA members and other farmers in the North eastern part of the country are going through, as they suffer due to increasingly unreliable rainfall and the economic fallout from COVID-19.From over 59...
The traditional rainfall forecast issued by SADC’s Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) around this time of year, is likely to be delayed this year, but local experts aren’t waiting. The Department of Meteorological Services plans to...
Illegal gold mining has been a source of concern to police in Matsiloje village for some time. Matsiloje is home to several old mines and deposits that ceased operations decades ago. The village is situated along the Zimbabwean border, from where the...
Somewhere in the 1970s and 1980s, Botswana’s network of roads was not widely bituminised and to some extent, risky to travel by buses making the train the most convenient and safer mode of transport.Our buses on the national roads were the likes of...
Retail and consumer data analytics consultancy, Tenoris, this week released a report that, under normal circumstances, should raise eyebrows in the diamond industry.According to the firm, in July, after months of gradually nearing each other, natural...
In February, shortly after the announcement of the 2023-2024 budget, Mmegi published ‘The Difficulty of Spending P13bn in a Year,’ discussing government readiness to utilise their yearly allocation.The P12.7 billion set aside for infrastructure,...
Nearly 30 years after the now famous incident in Maun when police raided two consenting men who were engaged in sexual intercourse, the country appears to be still battling the resolve the question of whether or not it accepts same sex relations.The...
Each year, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) carefully selects a theme topic for its annual report and for several years, the central bank has hammered home the ever increasing need to change the direction of the country’s economy.The BoB is...
Last December, I joined hundreds of delegates at the US Africa Leaders’ Summit called by President Joseph Biden and attended by more than 40 African heads of state, together with their private sectors. Stemming from that engagement, 75 new deals...
Trade and Industry minister, Mmusi Kgafela, is closely following the progress towards renewing the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), the trade arrangement between the US and over 30 sub-Saharan African countries which provides relaxed...
In interviews and field visits in the last two weeks, Mmegi has established that many local health facilities that do not have pharmacists on duty, are not dispensing Antiretroviral medication, popularly known as ARVs, and that there is also a...
Mmegi: Would you please provide a brief of Kalafhi Medical, its background and its focus?Matlhogonolo: Kalafhi Medical Centre is a growing enterprise of integrated medical centres that offer a variety of high-quality medical services to the...
Experts at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) acknowledge how unbalanced the entire situation appears. For a continent that has perpetually been an after-thought to the initiatives from global powers, the latest initiatives around global...