An outlook by local banks suggests that their loan books quality could deteriorate in 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic was expected to be the main excuse....
President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his cabinet are saddled with making a decision on imposing lockdown amid rising Covid-19 death toll, a decision which could potentially cost...
On Monday Minister of Finance and Economic Development Thapelo Matsheka will open his full of anticipation briefcase, but with all the hallmarks of a government lacking...
Government has made some adjustments in fiscal policy, as some taxes and levies are to be imposed from the beginning of March this year. It is...
Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) has suspended its operations indefinitely owing to the tough trading conditions occasioned Government decision to ban the sale of alcohol at the...
The latest report on Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) by rating agency Moodys was prepared before the global panic of a new coronavirus variant which has already...
FMCG sector top player Sefalana Finance Director Mohamed Osman started a year with bringing a smile on investors or shareholders face when he announced that Groups...
Francistown High Court Judge, Bashi Moesi had to take a long journey of many miles across the sea when making a ruling in the heated Dineo...
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisis efforts of being the Agriculture President, being a farmer himself, are going against the grain as statistics show that this countrys supposedly...
Moodys latest outlook on African banks drew a picture of major local financial institutions as collateral for the Covid-19 sting that collapsed their associates in South...
A research paper released on Monday has exposed Bank of Botswana(BoB)s inflation forecast model as not having far reaching predictions and its accuracy only relevant for...
Inflation is forecast to revert into the objective range sooner than what was expected more than a month ago, Bank of Botswana (BoB) said Thursday. According...
During the first quarter of 2020 the dark era of Botswanas perpetual trade deficit – because the local economy depends only on diamond exports or has...
African Banking Corporation (BancABC) Managing Director, Kgotso Bannalotlhe said the bank invested its Initial Public Offering (IPO) money to make it a force to recon with...
A report on how people used communications under the pangs of Covid-19 lockdowns-that is the Communications Technology Statistics for Q2 2020-shows that when people were staying...
Global lockdown have been a thorn in diamonds having shiny sales, but a lot of optimism shows with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, the precious stones...
A squeaky and glittering metaphoric smile was the look reflected from the Pula against the greenback this week and money market researchers lean this on optimism...
After bouncing back into the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) last week Friday, following a year of being in the freezer, the Choppies stock started this week...
Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has revealed that in its assessment of the Jet take over by Foschini, there were considerations on possible market rivalry and...
CEO of Khato Civils Mongezi Mnyani has come out of the silence and is going all way guns blazing against the companys adversaries who he said...
A case in which the Sebina brothers, Kegone and Tshepo are culminating a legal suit of about P150 million for damages against Directorate of Intelligence and...
An unabridged market and economic survey by this publication has picked bearish sentiments towards a key sector of Botswana; mining, as well as the energy exploring...
Renowned credit ratings and analytics institution; Moody’s Investors Service in its 2021 outlook released midweek, maintains the red alert colour it placed on Botswana (A2 negative)...
Leading tourism outfit Chobe Holdings -which boasts a market capital of P84.8 million- Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman, Jonathan Gibson, did not mince words recently...
Results for the third quarter of the year, which had a national lockdown, show that 15 counters on the domestic board lost value translating to a...
Prior to the climax of Americas globally anticipated polls, foreign exchange markets looked like the local currency. The Pula was caught in between as a wind...
A trend has emerged where company directors are buying shares in companies they hold directorships of and this fashion is happening across all the sectors in...
Overall exports in August, mostly diamonds enroute Asia, at a tune of P2.66 billion, leapt by 7.9 percent (P1.93 billion) from the July value of P2.47...
Local anti-trust body, Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA), this month received back to back acquisition proposals from South African clothing retailers to wipe out their former...
Marcian Concepts have been contracted by Selibe Phikwe Economic Unit (SPEDU) in a P230 million project to raise the town from its ghost status. The project...
The struggle of humanity is now how to dribble past the Great Pandemic in order to salvage a lean economic score. Botswana is already working on...
A comparison of the domestic electricity charges with Botswanas peers shows that this country is not one of the highest in tariff charges, contrary to popular...
For seven years, since 2013 data, electricity sufficiency has been in fluctuation mode, worming around while showing a case of uncertainty and a trend of instability....
Businesses, banks and household on Thursday midday received the much anticipated announcement from Bank of Botswana Governor, Moses Pelaelo, who said the central bank has decided...
The reality of an economy going on its knees came last week with the release of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2020...
International think tank Moodys Investor Service recently said rising pressure on African governments caused by the coronavirus pandemic is weighing on the domestic banks. This is...
This century is always looking at improving new super high speed technology to make life easier. On the other hand, beckoning as an emerging fierce reversal...
Wedding ring buyers and jewelers in the key US and Chines consumer markets growing confidence towards the year-end holiday season have been vital in helping soaring...
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has this week revealed a gloomy picture of diamond mining newcomer, Lucara, with its stock devaluated and its entire business affected by...
Leading commercial bank, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), expects the central bank to sharpen its monetary policy knife and cut the Bank Rate twice in the...
Once touted as the pioneering hope of Botswanas manufacturing industry, with more money poured into it even from government, Pula Steel failed to live up to...
WeekendPost caught up with information from the government enclave, trade unions and the labour department corroborating that more than 400 and counting (the last number confirmed...
The indicator of Botswanas economy may come from her biggest diamond buyer, the US consumer, whose fragile confidence keeps on dwindling amid the Covid-19 scourge. The...