In high spirits, I alighted from the Mogoditshane Route 7 kombi at Lesirane Clinic to the sounds of different music genres floating through the neighbourhood, indicating the weekend vibes.It was not only a weekend to enjoy on the outskirts of...
His statements echo the experience of thousands of graduates who have been left exposed to the crushing realities of Botswana’s jobless economy.As universities pause for the winter break, the class of 2023 is left to grapple with the spectre of...
The Botswana Accountancy Oversight Authority (BAOA), the statutory watchdog for corporate governance in the country, has its hands full with state-owned entities, where annual reviews show declining standards.In its latest report, covering the 2022...
It would have been natural to assume that the 30,000-plus diamond industry professionals who gathered in Las Vegas, USA for the annual JCK Show recently, would have, uppermost in their minds, the ongoing talks and tensions between government and De...
Just before COVID-19 struck a devastating blow to virtually all sectors of the economy, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced the lifting of the hunting ban which had been in place since 2014.It was sweet music to the BWPA and compatible conservation...
Today’s debate on the second reading of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill is just one more step towards passing a law many communities who live alongside wildlife in Botswana and the Southern African region, have been dreading.The...
According to Success Capital Organisation founder, Dumiso Gasha, they continue to face challenges because of who they are. Gasha does not use the pronouns ‘him’ or ‘her’. Rather Gasha uses they/them/their.Unlike most of us who prefer using...
Sharing his list of priorities as the new CEO in his first meeting with local media recently, Al Cook spoke about a plan he said Batswana would “be hearing a lot more about”.“It is about how we expand along the value chain towards retail,...
While it has been around for a long while, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating public discourse in technology globally, as the roaring success of ChatGPT and its subsequent updates have shown the world-changing potential of the computer...
PALAPYE: Gorata ‘Queen’ Tsokwane, a sex worker and member of Nkaikela Youth Group says she knows why HIV infections remain stubbornly high in the country, with new cases rising in certain areas, despite the remarkable achievements Botswana has...
Sandra Modise* counts herself among the lucky ones, who smelt something fishy and dropped out of the latest “investment scheme” to leave many Batswana in tears. The Ecoplexus investment scheme, now widely acknowledged as a cleverly designed...
A recently released Statistics Botswana report shows, officially, that women are making up lost ground against men, in terms of opportunities in the formal employment sector. Long overlooked for recruitment and promotion across the different formal...
Mmegi: May you provide a brief overview of Collective Investment Undertakings (CIUs) Act and its purpose?White: The CIU Act dates back to an old piece of legislation that was promulgated in the early 1990s and subsequently repealed in 2012. However,...
Since hitting a 14-year high last August, inflation has declined over the months, dropping back to single digits in January, the first time it had done so since April 2022.Many consumers, however, have argued that the drop in the inflation figures...
As the world gathered in Gaborone for the Forbes Under 30 Summit this week, much of the formal and informal conversations were around how to boost the country’s entrepreneurial prowess, one of the elusive ingredients needed for broad, citizen-based...
In June 2016, Lucara Diamond Corp’s 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona, the largest diamond recovered in a century and the pride of the country, failed to sell at widely livestreamed auction.The story around the stone began when the giant stone was pulled...
“I was in Paris, looking at Louis Vuitton’s holding company with its leader.“That company exceeds De Beers by 100 and it exceeds Anglo America five times, in terms of size. It’s huge. “I was looking at the Sewelo diamond which I think is...
For the outside observer, of late, the diamond industry has been dominated by debates over the sanctions against Russian diamonds, the efficacy of the Kimberley Process and more recently, De Beers’ negotiations with Botswana.Debates on lab grown or...
More accurately, those monitoring the deal with HB Antwerp are weighing its scalability.The three-year-old Belgian firm has built high expectations around what it can deliver.HB Antwerp’s first foray into Botswana was via a six-month deal with...
When I first heard there was a new contagious disease that had broken out in China and was spreading like wildfire to other countries, I never thought it would arrive in Africa, more especially Botswana.However, after reporting the first confirmed...
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