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The Rise and Rise of China: are there any lessons to draw?

China‘s socio-economic changes are more than a transformation, but a transfiguration. Only transfiguration comes close to explaining China’s socio-economic explosion. The country has surged...
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P654 million tender adjudicated & awarded same day

The Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education has awarded a P654.4 million contract for the implementation of an integrated STEAM e-learning, coding and...
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Petitions to block Govt’s healthcare VAT escalate

Government’s decision to reintroduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on private healthcare services has escalated with  a fierce backlash from medical professionals and citizens who...
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Botswana Oil misses fuel depot timeline

Botswana Oil(BOL) Depot Fuel Depot expansion in Francistown is currently running behind schedule as it is at 88 percent progress against the projected 97...
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PS declines to explain acting chief of protocol appointment at PAC

The Acting Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of International Relations found himself in a tight corner this week after members of the Public...
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Unions block govt meeting over per diem row

Public sector trade unions have halted a planned government meeting on leadership transformation, insisting that the matter cannot proceed until it is subjected to...
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Primary schools face hidden attendance crisis

Botswana has edged closer to achieving universal primary education, with enrolment reaching its highest level in five years, but a newly released statistical review...
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Pilot says fatigue concerns grounded Air Botswana flight

Air Botswana's former captain Benedict Gaborakanelwe has hit back at the national carrier's claim that he unlawfully refused to operate a Johannesburg flight. The...
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Exit first, answers later as public service separation plan sparks concern

The government has launched a voluntary separation programme targeting senior public servants without disclosing how many positions could ultimately be abolished, whether vacancies will...
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HATAB chief rejects claims Botswana loses most tourist revenue overseas

Botswana’s tourism industry has pushed back against long-standing claims that most of the money spent by international visitors never reaches the country’s economy, arguing that...
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