Botswana’s private sector lobby group, Business Botswana, has practically thrown all the advocacy weight behind the idea of relocating Botswana International University of Science and Technology...
In a bid to gather suggestions and stakeholder views towards transforming the government goods procurement and assets disposal dealings, the PPADB commenced a series of workshops...
Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Cultural Development (MYESC) last week Tuesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)...
Old Mutual Botswana, which is owned by Old Mutual Group, last week launched their new life insurance arm geared at shaking up the Botswana life insurance...
Government’s stake in the Mining Sector, particularly in mining and mineral processing companies is being transferred to state owned Mineral Development Company Botswana (MDCB) and the...
When it became the first state owned enterprise to list on the Botswana Stock Exchange in 2015, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) a lot of detractors were...
Contrary to the belief that 2016 was the worst year in Botswana’s history as far as employment creation is concerned, considering that the economy bled thousands...
ABM University College, one of Botswana first private tertiary education institutions has been applauded for their recently opened Entrepreneurial Development Center. The center which is to...
Botswana Power Corporation will by beginning of government spending in April 2017 be over a billion pula richer at least on their operations & tariff subsidiary...
Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Sadique Kebonang, has called on the private sector, business people and investors to tap into lucrative opportunities...
Selibe Phikwe might be considered for the multibillion pula Coal Liquefaction Project (CLP) by Botswana Oil Limited, Acting Minister in the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green...
A well-resourced family from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based in Abu Dhabi is said to be willing to inject about 300 million USD to resurrect...
Part of the reason why BCL was closed has been linked to corruption where millions of Pula were siphoned out of the organization – now the...
There is a flicker of hope for the 6000 ex-miners who were recently axed from BCL following government’s decision to put the mine on provisional liquidation...
It is not a simple exercise to rank personalities directing organisations and businesses that give impetus to the Botswana economy. But we decided to recap on...
Nation Food Technology Research Center Commercial Arm (NAPRO) has embarked on a quest to take their products to the people, WeekendPost has learnt. Just recently, they...
Whereas 2016 was a low year for Botswana’s economy with thousands of job losses and dis-investment of major business giants, 2017 has begun with positive news....
Development of Bobirwa constituency which forms part of the economically crushed SPEDU region is integral to the revitalization of the eastern margin after the closure of...
Minister of Agricultural Development & Food Security, Patrick Ralotsia has vowed that his ministry will do everything possible to intensify the fight against outbreak of tomato...
Opposition Members of Parliament are furious over President Lt Gen Dr Ian Khama’s silence on the state of government enterprises and parastatals. They observe that in...
Member of Parliament for Selibe Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse has dismissed President Lt Gen Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) saying...
Opposition Members of Parliament are not ready to let go of the controversial multi-billion pula military spending. Opposition firebrands, Dithapelo Keorapetse and retired Major General Pius...
Following presentations of the National Development Plan 11 and the State of the Nation Address by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kenneth Matambo and...
Tough times lie ahead for Nico United FC as fears that the club may soon collapse grow thick. Weekend Sport has learnt that the club is...
Following the decision by the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) to move some of its services in-house and terminate the Alexandra Forbes administrative functions’ contract,...
The collapse and ultimate closure of BCL has impacted on the not only economic justice of the Selibe Phikwe residents and surrounding areas. It has more...
Government may have to answer to a lawsuit for its claimed failure to protect the Phikwe environment from effects of mining operations for the last 44...
Government was this week accused of overlooking the church, especially, the Botswana Council of Churches when soliciting views on revitalisation strategies for the Selibe Phikwe area...
The Selebi Phikwe Economic Diversification Unit (SPEDU) which recently received over P600 million from the European Union Re-employment fund under the Phikwe Economic Revitalization strategy is...
In a time when parastatals are bleeding jobs and drowning in debt, Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bashi Gaetsaloe is walking tall. With...
The Government of Botswana will continue to be cautious of who invests in the country, Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Prince Maele revealed...
Former Bank of Botswana Governor, Ms Linah Mohohlo who was recently appointed Coordinator of the Selibe Phikwe Revitalization Project has vowed that she has the acumen...
Selibe Phikwe councilors have warned the government against potential fallout in the upcoming revitalization projects to be undertaken towards resuscitating the economy of Phikwe after the...
Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency (CEDA) will not cease funding projects in the Selebi-Phikwe area despite the BCL’s closure, in fact, the Agency will avail P40 million...
Member of Parliament for Selebi Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has called on Botswana to leave its comfort and stop comparing itself with states below it. In...
Despite the shocking news of BCL’s demise, the Bobirwa region may not have a dull festive after all, as the Bobirwa Festive Punch, a first of...
Officials from the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) have encouraged Francistown business women to craft their marketing strategies aligned to a greater Botswana market base....
Hardly a month after shocking news struck Selebi Phikwe owing to government’s decision to put the economic engine of the region on provisional liquidation, the decision...
Following the termination of employment for over 4000 BCL mine workers last month, Nigel Dixon-Warren, the provisional liquidator, tasked with the safe and proper dissolution of...
The recently appointed Minister of Transport and Communications, Kitso Mokaila, is already making his presence felt in the ministry. Just hardly under a month in office,...
Hardly a month into BCL provisional liquidation, President Khama who has been increasingly criticized for his silence on the BCL closure, has promised Selebi-Phikwe 7000 jobs....
The ongoing provisional liquidation of BCL has left many in great suspense in the once smoking town of Selebi-Phikwe, as well as arguably a significant crush...
The past two financial years have been rough for the country’s largest private sector employer and biggest foreign income earner, the Mining Sector. Before the nation...