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While Shumba’s leases are estimated to hold about 4.5 billion tonnes of coal, the company in recent years has shifted its priorities to developing renewable energy initiatives, including a 100MW solar plant near Tati. This week, Shumba directors...

Debswana’s recent move to establish its own mining services firm carries echoes of a decision four years ago by one of its shareholders, De Beers, to enter the synthetic diamonds industry, analysts say.By investing millions of US dollars into...

Ministry of Finance technocrats expect the budget to return a P355 million surplus in the 2024–25 financial year, the first in eight years and a break from a series of deficits that ran down savings and increased government debt.According to the...

The proposals are contained in a lengthy submission to the Ministry of Finance, which this week kicked off consultations for the 2023–24 budget.Business Botswana representative, Joseph Willie told a Budget Pitso held on Tuesday that the lobby group...

The four countries, situated in western Africa, want the upcoming meeting of CITES scheduled for November in Panama to upgrade elephants in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level category for...

The four countries, situated in western Africa, want the upcoming meeting of CITES scheduled for November in Panama to upgrade elephants in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level category for...

The ministry has the most number of parastatals affected by the rationalisation programme announced by President Mokgweetsi Masisi in March. Kgafela’s ministry will be left with five parastatals out of the current 11 when the rationalisation...

Three years ago, the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) invited media to its troubled 600MW Morupule B power station outside Palapye for the installation of a major component.The exercise was said to demonstrate the start of extensive remedial works...

The Okavango Community Trust, a Community-Based Organisation (CBO) covering villagers in Seronga, Gunotsoga, Eretsha, Beetsha and Gudigwa along the Delta’s eastern panhandle, is hoping for construction to begin by the end of the year.The trust...

The greenlight from Monday’s Cabinet meeting suggests that legislation for MIRA could come before Parliament’s November sitting, a schedule that is in line with announcements made in June by the Ministry of Agriculture.BusinessWeek is informed...

NDP12 will run until March 2029 and represents a crucial period for fiscal consolidation and acceleration of the country’s structural goals such as economic diversification and digital transformation as well as socio-economic aspirations around...

First time vehicle registrations include brand new, second hand and rebuilt vehicles and are an indicator of trends in vehicle uptake in the local market.The figure for the second quarter came off another low of 7,974 recorded in the first quarter,...

The local tourism sector is at the tail-end of its traditional peak season, a high-traffic window running roughly between April and October.This period is preferred by tourists as the dry winter conditions provide for better viewing of various...

Last year, Debswana’s local mines produced 22.3 million carats which at the time represented the highest level since 2019, helped along by a rebound in the global economy from COVID-19 and resurgent demand for the precious stones.By the end of July...

From a brisk start to the fiscal year in which mining, particularly diamonds, helped produce an P838 million surplus in the first quarter, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and interest rates as well as interventions such as the inflation relief...