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NBFIRA asleep at the wheel?

When Hollard Insurance Company of Botswana admitted to anti-competitive conduct and agreed to pay P4.83 million in the country’s first cartel settlement, the Competition...
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UN flags gaps in UDC govt reform agenda

The historic change of government has strengthened Botswana’s democratic credentials but has not yet delivered the sweeping reforms and institutional improvements expected from the...
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Jobs drought deepens as household spending heads for contraction

Unemployment is expected to remain stubbornly high over the next two years as weak economic growth, diamond-sector volatility and rising living costs continue to...
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Botswana-Cuba in multi-million Pula secret “slave trade”?

Behind the clean white coats of Botswana’s public service hospitals lies a little-known deal in which Cuban doctors who are keeping the country’s overstretched...
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Botswana faces food security crisis as govt fails to pay farmers

Botswana’s food security is under pressure as grain farmers warn that repeated payment failures by the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) are pushing producers...
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Boko emerges as chair of Moti-linked African Hero

President Duma Boko has emerged as the founding chairman of the controversial African Hero infrastructure initiative linked to businessman Zunaid Moti. On its website, the...
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Govt shifts jobs target from 100,000 to 512,000

Nine months after government missed its much-hyped promise to create 100,000 jobs in its first 12 months in office, it has come back with...
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Moti deal controversy escalates as BDP, BOPEU demand full disclosure

The controversy surrounding the Government’s partnership with Africa Hero to develop schools, clinics and other public infrastructure is deepening with the Botswana Democratic Party...
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Ramogapi vs BHC watchdogs

As Minister  Oneetse Ramogapi moves to consolidate control over Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) and its multi-billion Pula Bonno National Housing Programme, a disturbing pattern...
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Can the BDP rebuild around a Leader in the dock?

Barely a year after suffering the most devastating electoral defeat in its history, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) now faces a question that could...
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