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Botswana confronts rising heat and water stress as climate risks intensify

Botswana is entering a more dangerous phase of climate change, as intensifying heat and recurring drought strain the country’s water supplies, agriculture and economy,...
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Botswana gropes in the dark as secrecy clouds GBV crisis

A fact-finding mission by the United Kingdom Home Office report seen by Sunday Standard has reveled that while Botswana is facing a gender-based violence crisis nobody...
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Auditor General Flags P1.6 Billion in Troubled State Loans 

Botswana’s cash-strapped parastatals have plunged deeper into debt, leaving taxpayers exposed to more than P1.6 billion in unpaid government loans as the Auditor General...
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Fuel shocker! P8.5 billion time bomb threatens Botswana’s economy

Botswana is starring down a massive economic hit as soaring global fuel prices threaten to burn a P8.5 billion hole in the country’s finances. A...
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Inside Parliament’s housekeeping crisis

The latest Public Accounts Committee (PAC) findings have placed Parliament under an uncomfortable spotlight as they raise hard questions about institutional independence. The report...
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Judge Kebonang signs off with a death sentence

The High Court has sentenced Tapologo Makwatse to death after finding no extenuating circumstances to justify a lesser penalty. The sentence brought to a...
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Boko’s rule of law promise faces DIS reckoning

Documents seen by Sunday Standard show that the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government’s promise to restore accountability is facing one of its toughest early...
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Amnesty International Flags Botswana Human Rights Decline

Amnesty International has raised concerns over Botswana’s human rights record in its latest global assessment, citing a public health crisis, shrinking civic freedoms and...
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Air Botswana passes fuel costs to passengers as Hormuz tensions build

Air Botswana will impose a fuel surcharge on tickets issued from April 21, becoming the latest carrier to pass rising energy costs directly to passengers...
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UN flags deepening economic and social pressures in Botswana

Botswana is facing one of its most serious development warnings in years after the United Nations said the country is at a crossroads. The...
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