This week, Vice President Slumber Tsogwane received Covishield vaccine, which some people are already questioning its effectiveness. On Wednesday, Botswana received its first batch of 30, 000 Covishield vaccines and when speaking...
Ever since the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security confirmed that Premium Nickel Resources Corporation (PNR) had been chosen as the preferred bidder for BCL Mine’s revival, scepticism has mounted against the...
For those on the outside, the reduction of the alcohol levy in October 2018 seemed to finally provide much needed relief to an industry that had battled to stay afloat for a decade. At 55%, the alcohol levy had squeezed the life out of the industry,...
FRANCISTOWN: Botswana’s National Assembly which commenced beaming live debates at the beginning of the current 12th Parliament has been an interesting affair since the advent of the Corona virus pandemi, which forced the country to go on its first...
The President further stated that as a result, the government is spending much money on private facilities which are being used for isolation. In the same post, he appealed to those members of the public who contract COVID-19 to self-isolate at home...
While its ultimate trajectory is at this point uncertain, it has already caused significant harm on individuals and communities, both in health and economic terms. For Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs), who have traditionally struggled to...
Lately, the little time that I get, I would rather use it to read an autobiography. Fiction is a genre that I am very fond of though, because of its entertainment value but also the escapism that it provides to the reader, especially during such...
Almost three years after ascending to the highest office in the land, President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s portrait was on Monday finally featured on the new P10 note. Masisi becomes the eighth Motswana to appear on the Botswana banknotes since the Pula...
FRANCISTOWN: It may be too early to ponder on the possible performance of the main opposition coalition party the UDC for now, but there are indications that post the 2019 general election, the UDC has not been at its best. In the social media,...
For many other African states, getting the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines at the airport is simply the first part of a much bigger battle that involves overcoming traditionally weak logistics, as well as infrastructure and resource issues to...
This will be part of a broader goal to have 2,400 new businesses established within the same period, Mmegi has learnt. The targets are contained in the 2021-2022 estimates released this week, which provide a Pula-by-Pula breakdown of how different...
Under the State of Public Emergency, food price increases in supermarkets are regulated and only allowed when related to costs and not to inflate margins. The CCA also has legislation prohibiting cartel and collusive behaviour as well as ‘price...
Last Friday, President Mokgweetsi Masisi honored what appeared like summons from Windhoek to mend relations with his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob. For Geingob, the visit appeared to quell rising tensions in the Zambezi region. The people of...
“There is a need to come up with something that can show that indeed, we are clearly moving a certain way. Hope creates confidence and we need that hope. “Things look very gloomy now. The most important thing is the direction and the path of the...
Ebrahim shared his views this week in an interview with Mmegi. The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Thapelo Matsheka is expected to deliver the country’s budget speech for the 2021-2022 fiscal year on Monday. The second city’s...
Pearl Bante, 27, airtime stall owner The budget speech should be made in such a way that it addresses the issues affecting Batswana, looking at the fact that we are currently faced with the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget allocation should abandon the...
The annual financial budget appears to be a distant issue, especially to most Batswana youth. For many of them, it serves no purpose. It does not help or benefit them, they say, so why should they care? In a country where billions of pula can...
In a typical week, Patimile Fred Kebadiretse goes to the gym for five days and does ten kilometres or more of running on Saturday. This past Saturday, he ran for 12 kilometres and each step was a reminder of how far he has come since a dark, life...
Over the holidays I returned to Savuti just over two weeks after my previous visit. It was my second attempt in search of a young male lion famously called Sekoti, or Snip Tail as it he sometimes called, because of his missing tail end. Sekoti is...
The great folklore legend George Swabi in his timeless hit Baga Mmangwato Baga Mabiletsa describes the uniqueness of train ride in Lobatse when he said “O se bone seporo go namalala ko Lobatse se boa se ikgarile”. Although some believe Swabi’s...
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