Botswana

Khama Refuses to Apologise to Zambia

Ian Khama’s refusal to withdraw his attack on Zambia’s president risks complicating the UDC government’s regional diplomacy as Zambian figures demand…

Bank of Botswana maintains rates as inflation cools but refuses to yield

Bank of Botswana chose steadiness over surprise on Wednesday, leaving its main interest rate untouched for another cycle even as inflation retreated…

Namibian Fund Studies Bomaid Model

As Namibia reviews medical aid administration, RMA is examining Bomaid’s two decades of self-administration for lessons in oversight, technology and…

Botswana’s P514 billion dream meets a debt reckoning

Botswana has set out to raise P514 billion to remake its economy. The question now shadowing that ambition is a harder one: who will pay for it, and…

El Nino Threatens Inflation Outlook

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- El Nino effects including below normal rainfall, droughts, heatwaves, crop failure and livestock deaths present an…

Brandy Steals the Spotlight

Wine, chocolate and brandy with serious age credentials. South African heavyweight KWV brought its finest pours to Gaborone, proving that Botswana’s…

Botswana’s uneven reckoning with Human Trafficking

Botswana has pushed harder against human trafficking than it did a year ago, yet it remains stranded short of the baseline the world has set for…

SONA 2026 - Boko Walking a Tightrope

[The Patriot] All eyes would be on President Duma Boko on the 09 November 2026 when he delivers the State of the Nation (SONA) address in the midst…

Independence for Some, Not Others?

Botswana’s support for Beijing’s position on Taiwan raises a difficult question about the right to self-government that Batswana claimed in 1966. DR…

Ramaotwana asked to act in Masisi-linked Trust dispute

The acting chief of the Bakgatla Ba Ga Mmanaana, Kgosi Oscar Mosielele, has asked Justice and Correctional Services Minister Nelson Ramaotwana to…

Motswana-Owned Mining company lists on Australia’s ASX

Falcon Metal Resources Botswana (FMRB) has become the first 100% citizen-owned company to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). FMRB…

Gaolathe offers an alternative to IMF wage-bill cuts

For years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Botswana’s growing public-sector wage bill is taking an ever-larger bite out of…

The UDC’s push to put its stamp on Gov’t

The Botswana National Front (BNF) and some of its senior members have long argued that key government positions remain occupied by individuals…

Inside BMC’s fake meat trade

For decades, Botswana’s beef has been something close to a national emblem, a product of its disease-free rangelands and the state-owned commission…

How Moagi Walked Free

The case had everything a corruption prosecution could want except the one thing it needed. There was a figure – 4,706,000 pula. There was a…

Sehurutshe: The Iconoclast

In a government that has long prized consensus over speed, caution over conviction, Omphile John Sehurutshe arrived with a different instrument in…