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How Brink’s firm, Shamukuni butted heads over hunting rights

A company linked to late businessman Derik Brink and former Minister of Justice Ronald Shamukuni were locked in a legal dispute over hunting rights...
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Botswana faces economic confrontation, WEF warns

Botswana’s gravest economic danger is not declining health outcomes, widening inequality or rising debt. It is the the emergence of a global system increasingly...
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Unions slam ‘Irresponsible’ Health Minister Modise

Major public service unions have launched an attack on Minister of Health Stephen Modise accusing him of misleading the nation by deflecting responsibility for...
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Govt spends billions on private healthcare as public hospitals collapse

Botswana’s public health system is buckling under financial strain as the government continues to funnel hundreds of millions of Pula to private healthcare providers,...
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CAAB struggling to unlock value from its idle airstrips

The Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana(CAAB) under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure(MTI) is currently struggling to unlock value especially in tourism from a...
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Ministry of Transport violates CAAB ACT to appoint CEO

By the time staff at the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana were formally informed on January 19, 2026 that Captain Thuto Toise had been appointed...
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Mzwinila Calls DCEC’s Bluff 

Former Cabinet minister Kefentse Mzwinila has mounted a legal challenge against the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Director of Public...
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Competition Authority Distances Itself from Mupane Collapse

The Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has distanced itself from the collapse of Mupane Gold Mine, arguing that the failure of the Mupane Gold...
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Inside Mzwinila, Moagi DCEC probe: same faces, same companies

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has laid out strikingly similar allegations against former ministers Kefentse Mzwinila and Lefoko Moagi.  Applications before the...
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Botswana’s Diversification Efforts Hit Cul De Sac – IMF

Botswana’s long-standing ambition to diversify its economy has stalled with a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report warning that the country’s export base has...
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