It increased its winning margin by 8%, and its share of votes from 54% to 57%. Its closest rival, the BDP, garnered 35% fewer votes, and the UDC itself saw a reduction of only 22%.But how was this possible, given the unfulfilled electoral promises,...
How many teachers, facing overcrowded classrooms, are expected to include autistic learners without training, specialist support, or clear national guidelines? And perhaps the most important question: how many children are we quietly failing without...
Let us be honest. The world feels a little shaky nowadays. Democracy, that word we used to say with such pride, now feels fragile. Since 2019, the global democratic landscape has seen six straight years of decline. Think about that. Six years of...
While these platforms have opened new avenues for communication, they have also eroded the financial foundations of traditional media, weakened local journalism, and introduced unprecedented challenges related to misinformation, data protection, and...
This also means that there are no competing legitimacies. It further means that Executive leadership of the Legislature is central. In this case, members of the Executive or Cabinet ministers are appointed from a pool of legislators of the majority...
With Part 1 of the article having run last week, below are the remaining major factors that in these kinds of instances, an investment analyst would consider for any deal as they prepare a motivation to their investment committee:Regulatory,...
Primary colors are red, blue and yellow. When any two primary colors are mixed, several secondary colors are created. In other words, primary colors are the source and progenitor of other colors. In Botswana, and for present purposes, primary colors...
It is never certain that when answering a question at a company’s results presentation, it will capture quite so much attention. This is precisely what happened when I was asked for my view on the impact of online gambling on disposable income in...
The late US President, John F. Kennedy, in one of his most enduring reflections on the press, reminded America, and indeed all democracies, that “without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can...
That letter became an article which I published in Mmegi but in both submissions there was a lack of data to feed the opinion. In this article, I try to feed the national discourse with some important data and considerations that an investment...
Let us be honest. The world feels a little shaky nowadays. Democracy, that word we used to say with such pride, now feels fragile. Since 2019, the global democratic landscape has seen six straight years of decline. Think about that. Six years of...
The point has been made by Sechele that he had counted on support from certain Ngwaketse and Kgatla Mmanaana at Dimawe, only to watch them flee at the battle’s onset and leave him stranded. It seems important to get our facts straight if, following...
As it is known, the expression is a figurative phrase that alludes to the physical act of pulling in one’s belt due to one getting thinner from hunger or lack of means. In other words, the expression is an admonishment to live more frugally or to...
In recent years, the media landscape in Botswana has undergone a profound shift. Social media platforms, podcasts, and instant messaging services have created unprecedented speed in the dissemination of news, but this rapidity often comes at the cost...
I definitely commend the efforts of all the respective stakeholders doing that work but sometimes it feels like we are missing what the actual problem is in creating jobs and investment in Botswana. It is not finding people and businesses interested...
Botswana institutional investors are regulated by NBFIRA and deploy investments within the limits on Pension Fund Rules 2 (PFR2). The updated rules introduce new allocation limits and timelines for repatriating offshore funds.The initial PFR2 limited...
The convergence of over 700 delegates from the scantily populated diamond-rich country of Botswana in the southern tip of Africa to Africa's smallest country of Gambia, and to Nigeria, the giant of Africa, symbolised the high premium that Credit...
In April 1961, the world watched in disbelief as a small fleet of exiled Cubans, backed by the United States, attempted to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. The mission ended in disaster, hundreds were captured and the US military suffered a...
Women primarily contribute as business owners and drivers of the small, medium, and micro enterprise (SMME) sector. SMMEs are the backbone of economies worldwide, especially in Africa, where they account for approximately 90% of businesses and make...
ChinaAfrica’s biggest trading partner and a major source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is China. By 2023, the total amount of Chinese FDI in Africa had surpassed $47 billion, with outbound FDI to Africa reaching about $4.02 billion in 2022....
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