ESP must target the poor and underprivileged
It is clear that the name ‘ Economic Stimulus Package’ is a misnomer because the projects targeted by the ESP are very general. Therefore the most vulnerable members of our country have a right to...
View ArticleTati Nickel totters on brink of collapse
● Contractor Moolmans downs tools at Tati Nickel ● Mine owes Moolmans over P100 million ● BCL blamed for Tati Nickel woes ● 400 jobs hang in the balance It is tools down at Tati Nickel Mine after...
View ArticleBotswana’s offshore reserves headed for the drain
• Over P50 billion invested by pension funds • P89 billion in foreign reserves at risk • The 2008 financial crisis may repeat itself • Emerging markets to see red Nerve-wrecking...
View ArticleBotswana beats three others to host IPA awards
Botswana has beaten three other countries on the continent to host the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards in June. The trio that had expressed interest to host is Ghana, Mauritius,...
View ArticleLooking for the elusive ESP in a haystack
• No clue in the draft estimates that it exists • Or is it in the hefty BDF budget increase? • Not surprising because it’s Khama’s brainchild not Matambo’s Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo does...
View ArticleSADC flexes muscle and Lesotho somersaults
• Agrees to accept the Phumaphi Report • Others believe Lesotho is just buying time? Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) wayward child Lesotho is at it again. This time around the...
View ArticleTrade Portal to enhance Botswana’s cross-border trade
• Country’s ranking and competitiveness will go up A web-based platform, the Botswana Trade Portal, which will be a repository of all cross-border trade information was recently launched by the...
View ArticleShrinking gem exports cost Botswana P4bn
• Diamond exports to decline further • Copper/Nickel exports also under pressure • Diversification of exports may ease strain The value of Botswana’s total exports fell 62 percent year-on-year...
View ArticleBotched
Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA unravels the story of how one of the biggest corporate law firms muddled up the case of one of its most prestigious clients. If the scriptwriting team of the...
View ArticleRamaphane hails BTCL listing as a grand milestone
• An average 1 000 offers submitted daily • Shareholding means more accountability The listing of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) is an accomplishment of the Public...
View ArticleFace-off: law society scoffs at govt
The law fraternity has dismissed the government’s ultimatum for an apology over the Law Society’s Chairman Lawrence Lecha’s criticism of the judiciary’s lack of transformation in appointing judges. In...
View Article‘UDC govt would reconsider De Beers-Botswana deal’
If the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change wins the 2019 General Elections and forms a government, it would consider adding other players into the diamond mining partnership which so far has been...
View ArticleGore in Zein’s court
Jusice Dr Zein Kebonang keeps watch while two legal giants lock horns in near mortal combat. Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA sifts through the statements of both Collins Newman Senior Partner...
View ArticleSefalana retail division makes headway on expansion strategy
• Revenue up, despite currency fluctuations • Namibia operations improve Sefalana Holdings Limited, the first company to trade off the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has said that its retail...
View ArticleLiving from hand to mouth
Just like during the 2008 global recession, when food prices were sky-high and unaffordable, the same is happening this year, this time because of shortage of food. Already maize prices have gone up 60...
View ArticleLaw society rejects Kirby apology
The tussle between Government and the lawyers’ watchdog, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB), took another twist yesterday when the latter brushed aside an apology Judge President Ian Kirby had submitted...
View ArticleConstruction industry levy mooted
The Construction Industry Authority Botswana (CIAB) Final Layman’s Draft Bill, has proposed to government an industry levy through a draft bill handed to the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and...
View ArticleCopper giants defy austerity
• Tati Nickel, BCL struggle to remain afloat Copper mining giants are struggling to remain afloat despite austerity measures from government as global commodity prices remain subdued on slowing...
View ArticleBatswana over dependent on govt
• In addition to P18 billion wage bail, more millions are spent on social grants, old age pensions, Ipelegeng and other poverty alleviation programmes • Private sector should be relieving burden on...
View ArticleToo many hats on Mohohlo’s head
• BoB Govenor Linah Mohohlo wields too much misplaced power • Banks taking advantage of her full plate to do as they please • Under her 23-year watch inflation was only in range in the last three...
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