Law Society to meet over Collins Newman & Co lawyers’ conduct
The Law Society Botswana, an independent body tasked with monitoring legal professionals will meet sometime next week to decide on the disciplinary measures they may take against Collins Newman &...
View ArticleJwaneng Mine has a long bright future – GM
• Central pipeline produces high value stones Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) might not have reached maximum sorting and valuing capacity due to low diamond produce brought on its plants by...
View ArticleShenanigans cloud the BR Express
• Rail coaches ordered on Minister Mabeo’s whim • Water instead of diesel in jinxed train The new model of BR Express coaches procured by Botswana Railways from Transnet was actually an...
View ArticleScramble for corporate banking
• Stanbic still strong in corporate banking • Barclays on a quest to take lead • Banks take advantage of companies’ expansion plans • Stanchart on a slide but remains optimistic With too much...
View ArticleTafa and Kgosi – How the twin towers of the Khama presidency collapsed
The High Court has cast a shadow over a law firm whose name once had the hallowed ring of being beyond the realm of fallibility. On the other hand, the name of the powerful spy chief Isaac Kgosi has...
View ArticleHarsh climate to curtail development
• La Nina to wreck havock The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which works in nearly 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of...
View ArticleKgosi’s new headache
As Outsa Mokone and Sonny Serite arrest show, the hunt for sources is on in this country. In the week in which investigative journalists released stories from the biggest leak of the century, Panama...
View ArticleESP 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...
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