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Thank you, Mr President, for having allowed commerce to resume on Friday  

Stephanus Gentium -
The independence anniversary celebrations marking our sixty years as an independent state are now behind us. Understandably, it was a low-key but beautiful affair....

The system is down, not the road traffic act 

Isabella Mathiba -
On 29 September 2026, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure issued a press release announcing interim measures following a government systems outage affecting the...

60 years and beyond: The critical success factor behind businesses that last

Shuchita Shukla -
From humble beginnings in 1966, Botswana has built strong institutions and earned a reputation for stability, resilience and prudent stewardship over the past six...

Pay attention to the sordid state of the informal sector

Stephanus Gentium -
I recognise that the Government's main focus, naturally, is on the De Beers deal in the wake of Anglo American’s move to dispose of...

More Than an Insurance Card: Botswana’s Primary Health Care Experiment

Thabo Seleke -
In my last column I talked about the dividing line between Botswana’s National Health Insurance (NHI) policy and the institutions which have to fund...

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