Like a chess game, every politician’s move is subject to interpretation and analysis – this is the case with President, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi’s cabinet reshuffle this...
The Covid-19 Relief Fund had received P2 125, 211, 673.74 as at 20 August 2020. During the same period, P1,495,999,100.88 had been shipped out of the...
The world is racing towards a Covid-19 vaccine; and amidst the wait there has been so many twists and turns; albeit science clashing with politics in...
Samson Moyo Guma and Mmoloki Tibe are locked up in a dispute with Shumba Energy regarding the ownership of Coal Petroleum (Pty) Ltd and an outstanding...
Former Capital Management Botswana (CMB) director, Tim Marsland has rejected claims that he is a fugitive from justice. Writing in an answering affidavit to respond to...
A research paper titled, Leaving No One Behind: An Individual-Level Approach to Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Botswana by Khaufelo Raymond Lekobane of the Botswana Institute for...
A report on the effects of COVID -19 on taxes prepared by Aupacron tax specialists states that it is axiomatic that COVID-19 will continue to shed...
Central Transport Organisation (CTO) is at the centre of a disputed tender that saw the organisation’s top brass blow P5 million in the acquisition of motor...
After suffering political embarrassment in the run-up to the 2019 general election, former Tati East Member of Parliament, Samson Guma Moyo is plotting one of Botswana’s...
Samson Guma Moyo is former Botswana Minister of Finance after he briefly served as Acting Minister under the Ian Khama administration. This week he zeroed into...
Parliament has acceded to President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi’s request to extend a State of Emergency for a period of six months solely for the purposes of...
The founding shareholders of Choppies stores, Messrs. Ramachandran Ottapathu and Farouk Ismail are threatening legal action against auditors, PwC Botswana. This follows the renowned auditors’ refusal...
The Chief Executive Officer of Choppies Group, Mr Ramachandran Ottapathu has a new employment Contract as Chief Executive Officer – and it his pay cheque is...
Before the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) could even celebrate its triumphant 2019 general election victory, the party faithful is already hunting for the next secretary...
Motlatsi Molapisi has run his race and is ready to hand the baton of leading the oldest political formation, Botswana People’s Party (BPP) to the next...
South Africa, one of Africa’s biggest economies and most advanced is projected to go into significant slowdown in the coming year 2020, this is because of...
United States based financial think tank, Moody’s has forecast further stalled economic conditions for emerging markets in 2020. In their outlook for 2020 released this week,...
This week Canadian conceived top gem producer, Lucara Diamond Corporation reported positive results from the underground Feasibility Study to expand its 100 % owed Karowe diamond...
The Russian Federation has commenced a systematic undertaking to court the African continent, in a bid to rope in the world’s wealthiest natural resources continent in...
Lucara Diamond Corporation, a multiple listed mining company which operates the world‘s premier top gem producer Karowe Mine, has registered revenue of $136.5 million or $436...
Botswana Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL) this week released their 2019 Quarter 3 market performance report. Gauging and analyzing stock market outcomes for the three quarters ended...
The SADC Observer Mission has noted areas of the electoral process that require improvement in Botswana. While declaring the 23rd October 2019 elections Free and Fair,...
The 2019 general election has seen some big guns fall after they lost their seats in their respective constituencies. The Opposition bloc, Umbrella for Democratic Change...
De Beers’ rough diamond production for the third quarter of 2019 has decreased by 14 per cent to 7.4 million carats, a production report from the...
The International Monetary Fund, a global economic think tank based in Washington, United States has projected global economic growth at 3.0 percent for 2019, its slowest...
Kenyan Academic and Pan Africanist, Professor PLO Lumumba has urged the University of Botswana to take the lead in transforming the country‘s economy form middle income,...
The 2020/21 national budget projections forecast another deficit for Botswana; this emerged at a Budget Pitso and launch of the Budget strategy paper by the Ministry...
As Botswana heads to the polls in about a fortnight, clashes between perceived beneficiaries under the former administration of Lt Gen Dr Ian Khama and pallbearers...
On Thursday De Beers Group parent company, Anglo American released rough diamond sales for De Beers’ eighth sales cycle of 2019. The figures show another low...
Canadian rare diamonds powerhouse Lucara has posted positive revenue figures from its third quarter sales tender, well within the company’s projections. The BSE listed top gem...
The World Economic Forum (WEF), a global non-governmental organization creating a platform for views exchange on investment, economic and developmental issues across the world last week...
Barclays Bank of Botswana, the country’s second largest by market share has realized an impressive financial cruise as it builds up final transformation into a full...
Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited (BIHL), the country‘s largest insurance and investment conglomerate has not had it easy in the first half of 2019. According to BIHL...
The highly anticipated full swing of Masama Coal project owned by the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed Minergy will this month come to live hence joining...
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), one of Africa’s fastest growing securities markets, will join hands with Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), one of Africa’s oldest bourses, a joint...
Kgosi Kgafela II of Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela’s marathon battle against Kgosi Nyalala Pilane in Moruleng, South Africa has finally come to an end; and the...
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed real estate group RDC Properties Limited will by early 2021 own an over 220 beds space lucrative hotel facility in the...
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed pan African services group Letshego Holdings Limited has maintained its credit rating Ba2 Corporate Family Ratings (CFR) from Moody’s , a...
Diversified energy and coal exploration outfit Maatla Energy has closed in a deal to acquire majority shareholding in Jindal BVI Ltd from Jindal Steel & Power...
After untidy skirmishes between the Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) over the ‘illegal’ flying of aircrafts over Botswana skies...
It is evident that the Board of Choppies Enterprises Limited and its suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ramachandran Ottapathu are at loggerheads over a variety of...
The Association of Former Members of Botswana Parliament chaired by former Cabinet Minister and property mogul, David Magang has chastised former President Lt Gen Dr Ian...
Botswana Firms are less optimistic about economic performance in 2019 than projections made in the 2019 Budget Speech. According to a Bank of Botswana Business Expectations...