If 2025 feels like a heavier burden than 2024, that’s because it is, and the latest economic data confirms it.
Botswana has slipped into a fresh technical recession in 2025, but this time the toll is far heavier than the downturn experienced in 2024. Sunday Standard open source investigation has revealed that the difference is not just in the numbers, it is in how widespread and damaging the downturn has become. The latest performance data reveal that the economy’s contraction is broader, and more entrenched. While the 2024 economic data showed a few bright spots, many a dimming rapidly in 2025.
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