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Botswana Eyes Breakthrough Injectable HIV Prevention

Botswana is preparing to roll out a groundbreaking injectable HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, as part of a major international push to expand long-acting prevention...
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Competition Authority blocks DPF’s Bona Life acquisition

The Competition Authority has blocked Debswana Pension Fund’s proposed acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Bona Life Insurance. The Authority ruled that the deal...
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Gov’t bets on tourism reset

Botswana is preparing to test whether its celebrated high-value, low-volume tourism model can evolve into something broader, more inclusive and economically consequential. That was the...
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Accountant General flags rising domestic borrowing again

Botswana’s public debt position has edged higher, driven largely by a sharp rise in domestic borrowing, according to the Annual Statements of Accounts (ASA)...
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Govt allegedly snubs locals in multi-billion Pula cannabis sector 

Botswana’s emerging cannabis industry which is touted as a potential multi-billion Pula economic game-changer has been engulfed in controversy with local stakeholders accusing government ...
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Covid-19 procurement loopholes fuelled white collar corruption – Report

Bertelsmann Stiftung Index (BTI) 2026 Botswana Country Report has warned that emergency procurement measures during the Covid-19 pandemic created conditions that enabled corruption at...
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Batswana kept in the dark over Concourt – BOCONGO

Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) is accusing government of failing to adequately inform the public on sweeping constitutional changes already passed by Parliament. In...
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In opposition, principles are absolute. In government, they acquire annexures

Few examples illustrate the transformation better than the importation of 162 cattle from Texas in 2023 under the administration of the former president Mokgweetsi...
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China Railways loses P3.7m lawsuit after violating “Spaghetti Interchange” sub-contract

China Railways Seventh Group, a company owned by the Chinese government which was engaged by the Botswana government to build Thapama Interchange also known...
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Food Stress Deepens as 500,000 Face Insufficient Consumption

Roughly 500,000 people in Botswana are experiencing insufficient food consumption, according to real-time monitoring by the World Food Programme (WFP). In a country of...
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