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Beef crisis tests Southern Africa’s livestock supply chain

Botswana’s beef industry is facing a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis that is exposing the country’s deep dependence on livestock markets, processing capacity and export...
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Nearly 6,000 students need special education

Nearly 6,000 students with special education needs were enrolled in Botswana’s secondary schools, according to Statistics Botswana, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing...
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Education gains mask a tougher SDG 4 challenge

Botswana’s progress toward the United Nations goal of inclusive and equitable education is being tested not simply by how many children enter secondary school,...
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FMD Lockdown: BCP Demands Opening of ‘Clean’ Cattle Areas

Government’s fight against foot-and-mouth disease has been questioned as the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) demands that disease-free areas be reopened to livestock trade instead...
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BRICS: a brick to build the Global South

What a time to be alive! We indeed live in an age of miracles, where a frog can fall in love with a pig....
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Cramped homes, blocked streets- The hidden crisis in Botswana’s cities

One in every 10 Batswana city dwellers live in neighbourhoods that look crowded and chaotic. These are areas where houses are packed too close...
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Botswana cattle industry is “on its knees”, Dow, farmers

Botswana’s cattle industry faces an “existential threat” as government restrictions on live cattle exports, financial problems at the state-owned Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) and...
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Madibelatlhopho softens stance on China

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) appears to have softened its posture towards China. A recent visit to Beijing by a party delegation displayed...
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Gaolathe tells London Botswana must reinvent itself beyond diamonds

Botswana’s next chapter will not be written by diamonds. That was the message Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe delivered at Chatham House,...
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Govt blames first-past-the-post for low women representation

The government has blamed Botswana’s first-past-the-post electoral system for the country’s persistently low representation of women in Parliament. The admission is contained in Botswana’s National...
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