The government has defended its decision to house the Botswana Sovereign Wealth Fund (BSWF) under the Office of the President, arguing that the fund’s broad developmental mandate requires coordination at the highest level of government. Responding to a question from Maun North MP Dumelang Saleshando,...

Botswana’s emerging cannabis and hemp sector is facing growing controversy after local producers raised alarm that they are being effectively locked out of the industry, even as a Swedish-backed company has secured what is reported to be the country’s first cultivation licence. The development comes...