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In an attempt to clear the air around these allegations, the PPADB held a capacity building workshop in Gaborone yesterday in which it took the media through the entire tendering process. PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John explained that they...

Addressing the media in Gaborone recently, PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John said the Board is faced with a lack of procurement capacity at its procuring entities, which results in late initiation of procurement, evaluation of tenders, and...

Money laundering involves criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking, corruption and others that tend to generate large amounts of profit for the individuals or groups carrying out the criminal acts. Speaking at the...

The medium-term note, which opened on December 23, 2016, was intended to raise between P100 million and P200 million as a first tranche of the note. In a statement issued this week, the company, which embraces technology as a means to provide...

The policy centres around national capacity building where citizens participate actively in strategic socio-economic decisions. Last week, the Board said it is in the process of commissioning a consultancy to evaluate the effectiveness of the...

Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services minister, Prince Maele told Parliament on Monday that potable water tariffs will increase by 25% for government and 15% for domestic and business effective from April 1, 2017. The last time the...

Addressing the media on Friday, PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John noted that this is a major problem, especially in the procurement of construction services as it leads to delays in project implementation. “Most litigious matters take many...

The call was made by the Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited (BIHL) spokesperson, Tebogo Keepetsoe last week at a media briefing ahead of the Listings Conference billed for next month. Keepetsoe stated that there are number of viable opportunities...

Among the factors that they highlighted as the weakness afflicting the country’s economy, are the weaker commodity prices and uncertainties regarding the global economy. A public finance expert at the University of Botswana (UB), Emmanuel Botlhale...

However, this seems to be an almost impossible undertaking for the Roads Department which is faced with an increase in the maintenance backlog, as current levels of expenditure are not sufficient to address the needs of the road network. Although...

Delivering the 2017/18 Budget Speech this week, the minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kenneth Matambo indicated that one way of curbing this migration is through the promotion of developments in rural and peri-urban areas. According to...

Delivering the 2017/18 Budget Speech on Monday, Finance and Economic Development minister, Kenneth Matambo expressed the need for the government to reduce wastage. “Government will tighten controls by prohibiting, among others, awarding of tenders...

The tender involved the provision of between 9,000 to 11,000m2 of office accommodation complete with a car parking lot for about 400 vehicles for the Office of the Accountant General in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in...

The Tokafala business skills advisory programme, which aims to promote economic development and employment creation through Small Macro Medium Enterprises (SMME) support, was started on January 1, 2014 under a three-year contract to December 31,...

According to the association’s chairman, Nkosi Mwaba the new season harvest is under threat of infestation by what is suspected to be the fall armyworm, which is reported to be rampant in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. “It has also reportedly made...