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Unemployment: Botswana’s Ticking Time Bomb Refuses to Defuse

Botswana’s unemployment crisis is no longer simply a problem of people without jobs. It is increasingly becoming a problem of people with qualifications that...

Projected Impacts of El-Nino on Botswana 2026

Botswana’s agricultural sector is at the frontline of extreme climate variability. Characterized by semi-arid conditions, rainfed agriculture and livestock remain exceptionally fragile to rainfall...

Boko Caught Up in Cuban Doctors Slavery Scandal

President Duma Boko’s government has been plunged into a potentially  diplomatic and human-rights scandal. This is after an international human-rights organisation accused Botswana of...

Border Structuring Between Botswana And South Africa

This article examines the latest developments and the implications for businesses with operations, investments or financing arrangements spanning both jurisdictions. SARS is investing heavily in...

Botswana’s P830 billion bet on a post-diamond economy

Botswana faces a stark economic choice: move aggressively to build a diversified, private-sector-led economy or risk becoming trapped in a cycle of weak growth,...

A Seat at the Table, At Last

There are meetings that pass quietly through government corridors and disappear into filing cabinets. Then there are meetings that signal something larger, a subtle...

The $1 Billion De Beers Question

For more than a century, De Beers was synonymous with diamonds. The company that once controlled nearly 90 percent of the world’s rough diamond...

A teacher’s legal victory for equality, dignity and love

In Botswana, colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex relations were struck down by the High Court in 2019. The decision was upheld by the Court of...

Ram Ottapathu’s Engen bid puts citizen capital at the centre of Botswana’s fuel industry

Businessman Ramachandran Ottapathu and his business associates are pursuing what could become one of the most significant expansions of their business interests, with a...

How New Trade Policies and Youth Empowerment Initiatives Are Reshaping the SME Landscape in Botswana

Small and medium-sized enterprises are central to Botswana’s economic future. In a country with a limited domestic market, SMEs are more than a source...
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Unemployment: Botswana’s Ticking Time Bomb Refuses to Defuse

Botswana’s unemployment crisis is no longer simply a problem of people without jobs. It...

Projected Impacts of El-Nino on Botswana 2026

Botswana’s agricultural sector is at the frontline of extreme climate variability. Characterized by semi-arid...

Boko Caught Up in Cuban Doctors Slavery Scandal

President Duma Boko’s government has been plunged into a potentially  diplomatic and human-rights scandal....

Border Structuring Between Botswana And South Africa

This article examines the latest developments and the implications for businesses with operations, investments...

Botswana’s P830 billion bet on a post-diamond economy

Botswana faces a stark economic choice: move aggressively to build a diversified, private-sector-led economy...

A Seat at the Table, At Last

There are meetings that pass quietly through government corridors and disappear into filing cabinets....

The $1 Billion De Beers Question

For more than a century, De Beers was synonymous with diamonds. The company that...

A teacher’s legal victory for equality, dignity and love

In Botswana, colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex relations were struck down by the High Court...

Ram Ottapathu’s Engen bid puts citizen capital at the centre of Botswana’s fuel industry

Businessman Ramachandran Ottapathu and his business associates are pursuing what could become one of...

How New Trade Policies and Youth Empowerment Initiatives Are Reshaping the SME Landscape in Botswana

Small and medium-sized enterprises are central to Botswana’s economic future. In a country with...

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News&All – Issue: Vol 1, No 21

Online digital copy of News&All for 5 November 2026

Charges Loom for Batswana in Russia-Ukraine War

The government is likely to lay criminal charges against Batswana recruited to fight alongside...

Ram-Linked Companies Spark Engen Acquisition Row

The acquisition of Engen Botswana Limited by Fusionspark (Pty), a company controlled in part...

Former Minister Moagi Aquitted in P4.7 Million Corruption Case

Former Minister of Minerals and Energy Lefoko Moagi has been acquitted of a corruption...