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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 itself, hobbled by thinning budgets for the very programs meant to shield victims and forestall the crime, according to the 2026…
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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 press the Master of the High Court to investigate a multimillion-pula dispute involving trustees linked to former President…
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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 from the uncomfortable heights it reached in late summer. The decision, delivered after a meeting of the Bank of Botswana’s…
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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 successfully listed on the ASX this Wednesday as part of a capital-raising exercise to expand exploration across its mining licences…
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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 government revenue, leaving less money for development and essential services. In its 2025 Article IV consultation, the Fund…
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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 at what cost to the generations that come after. The post Botswana’s P514 billion dream meets a debt reckoning appeared first on…
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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 appointed under the former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) administration. Within the ruling Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), this…
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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 that carries the country’s cattle economy onto European dinner tables. The post Inside BMC’s fake meat trade appeared first on…
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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 conduit, a company called Wisecreatives Investments. The post How Moagi Walked Free appeared first on Weekend Post .
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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 his pocket: a stopwatch. As Deputy Permanent Secretary to the President responsible for High Priority Projects, he occupies one of…