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The 2026 budget accused of breaking faith with youth and the poor

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Dumelang Saleshando has accused the government of abandoning key social commitments in the 2026 budget, arguing that young people, farmers and vulnerable households were...
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LOO says governance failures undercut reform 

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The Leader of Opposition (LOO), Dumelang Saleshando has said weak oversight and political interference continue to enable waste, corruption and poor service delivery. Responding to...
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Government’s fiscal strategy mortgaging the future- Saleshando 

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The Leader of Opposition (LOO) Dumelang Saleshando says  the government’s fiscal path, marked by widening deficits and rising debt, risks undermining the country's long-standing...
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Saleshando critisizes government  over failing health system

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The Leader of Opposition (LOO), Dumelang Saleshando says Batswana are dying not from a lack of funding, but from the collapse of public health...
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Economic Think Tank urges caution as Botswana weighs De Beers buyout

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Botswana is faced with a  high-stakes decision over whether to increase its shareholding in De Beers as Anglo American moves to sell its 85%...
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Digital discipline: can software succeed where laws failed?

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The government's procurement failures have been well documented. Manual systems, fragmented oversight and weak enforcement allowed commitments to pile up long after budgets were...
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A rich country running out of buffers

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Botswana’s fiscal problem is often misdiagnosed. It is not yet a debt crisis, nor is it an immediate liquidity crunch. It is, instead, a...
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When government stops spending, the private sector is supposed to step in

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Botswana’s fiscal consolidation rests on a bold assumption: that once the state retreats, the private sector will expand. This belief runs through the 2026...
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The death of mega-projects by spreadsheet

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The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has delivered a blunt verdict on one of the country's most ambitious infrastructure experiments: it costs too...
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Gov’t halves spending after freezing purchase orders

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The government has executed one of the most abrupt expenditure corrections in Botswana's modern fiscal history, cutting monthly spending by almost half after suspending...
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The 2026 budget accused of breaking faith with youth and the poor

Dumelang Saleshando has accused the government of abandoning key social commitments in the 2026...
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LOO says governance failures undercut reform 

The Leader of Opposition (LOO), Dumelang Saleshando has said weak oversight and political interference...
Budget Speech

Government’s fiscal strategy mortgaging the future- Saleshando 

The Leader of Opposition (LOO) Dumelang Saleshando says  the government’s fiscal path, marked by...
Health

Saleshando critisizes government  over failing health system

The Leader of Opposition (LOO), Dumelang Saleshando says Batswana are dying not from a...
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Economic Think Tank urges caution as Botswana weighs De Beers buyout

Botswana is faced with a  high-stakes decision over whether to increase its shareholding in...
News

Digital discipline: can software succeed where laws failed?

The government's procurement failures have been well documented. Manual systems, fragmented oversight and weak...
Budget Speech

A rich country running out of buffers

Botswana’s fiscal problem is often misdiagnosed. It is not yet a debt crisis, nor...
Budget Speech

When government stops spending, the private sector is supposed to step in

Botswana’s fiscal consolidation rests on a bold assumption: that once the state retreats, the...
Budget Speech

The death of mega-projects by spreadsheet

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has delivered a blunt verdict on one...
Budget Speech

Gov’t halves spending after freezing purchase orders

The government has executed one of the most abrupt expenditure corrections in Botswana's modern...

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