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Oxford Professor defends KAZA
Professor Amy Dickman, a conservation biologist and senior research fellow in Wild Cat Conservation at the University of Oxford says that while it is...
Hundreds of citizens ditch Botswana over strict dual citizenship law
Hundreds of Batswana have denounced their citizenship over the past decade as a result of the government’s anti-dual citizenship legislation.
Faced with the choice between...
Six more will lose jobs when Tshekedi loses his next month
At this point, it is almost certain that a month from now, Tshekedi Stanford Khama will cease to be the MP for Serowe West,...
As opposition leader, Cde Khama will be what BDP always dreaded
So reads part of a letter that the Botswana Patriotic Front patron, Lieutenant General Ian Khama, has written to the Secretary General and his...
Botswana gives the wealthy more protection than the poor
An audit of the Government's accounts for the financial year ended 31, March, 2021, corroborates the findings of World Bank that illustrates the costly...
Books galore for schools not in need
Auditor General Pulane Letebele says some schools have had a large quantity of underutilised textbooks while others had shortages.
This is found in her audit...
Botswana served with P90 billion demand over Okavango mining license u-turn
Botswana’s decision to renege on an earlier agreement for mining prospecting license within the Okavango Delta buffer zone could come at a huge cost...
Masisi lets loose on De Beers, Botswana negotiations
If his utterances about Botswana’s negotiations with De Beers at a political rally in Moshupa were reckless, President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s most recent statement was...
Botswana falls far behind hunger and food security SDGs
Botswana far off track to meet food and agriculture related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators, a newly released report by the Food and Agriculture...
Russia – Ukraine war stress tests SADC’s non-alignment
There may be cracks in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as evidenced by Botswana's recent vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...