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Botswana’s ‘Shining Example’ image masks governance gaps-report

Botswana’s international reputation as a governance model is facing scrutiny with local civil society organizations warning that the country’s polished image often obscures deep-seated...
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47% of youth are locked out of education, employment or training

Botswana is confronting an emergency with nearly half of its young people cut off from employment, education, or training, stranded at the margins of...
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Africa cannot outsource its healthcare

Last year, medicine shortages in Botswana forced me to declare a public health emergency. Patients went without treatment – not because health workers failed...
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Delays in De Beers new ownership  puts Botswana’s recovery  at risk

Botswana’s fragile economic recovery faces renewed threats as prolonged uncertainty over the future ownership of De Beers threatens to weigh heavily on production, investment...
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Motshwarakgole digs in as legal row with Motsamai escalates

A simmering legal dispute between veteran labour activist Johnson Motshwarakgole and senior public official Andrew D’bois Motsamai escalated this week after Motshwarakgole  rejected demands...
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Proposed P378bn Development Plan a “Fantasy”

Botswana’s proposed P378 billion development spending plan under the draft National Development Plan 12 (NDP12) is “a fantasy” that cannot be implemented or financed....
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Khama takes on DIS

Former President and Bangwato Paramount Chief, Kgosi Ian Khama IV last week mounted a sustained challenge against the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS)...
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Fewer Batswana are buying cars, is this a sign of the times?

Fewer Batswana are buying cars this year, with industry estimates indicating that 2026 local car sales will drop more than 12 percent below the country’s...
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BOCONGO questions timing of Constitutional Court consultations

The Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (BOCONGO) has sharply criticized the timing the consultations on the proposed Constitutional Court, accusing the process of being...
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Spinal cord stimulator victims left in the lurch as Gov’t ignores pleas for removal

Dozens of patients left permanently injured after spinal cord stimulators were implanted to treat chronic back pain say government continues to ignore their pleas...
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