The new broom at the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) – Bophelokgale Soko has shared her roadmap which includes ensuring that Botswana does not get back to blacklists. FIA is responsible for requesting, receiving, analyzing and disseminating financial information to relevant authorities with the aim of strengthening efforts of national and…
Neo Dadani (24) and Oarabile Setime (27) will in the future be counted amongst the few young Batswana who developed a thick skin and went into the ever challenging meat processing business. The duo, owns a company dubbed Royal M’s which is trading as Meat Hive. Meat Hive, which is…
Botswana has lost ground in the campaign to inoculate children against vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPD), following the Covid-19 pandemic – the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. Based on country and individual-reported sources obtained during the pandemic period, the health agency notes that these disruptions will be “will be felt for…
Botswana government, especially the President and also the Minister of Finance cannot forever ignore clear signs that the country is in the jaws of an ever deteriorating cost of living crisis. The pressure is on. And the sooner they act on it, the better for everyone. We are sorry to…
Preparations for the Women senior national football team, the Mares, towards the Total Energies Women’s Africa Cup of nations is on track. The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has overcome financial obstacles which the team faced. The dire need for money to prepare the team was a nightmare for the broke…
Lucara Diamond Company has reported strong performance in the first quarter of the year, benefiting from the strong diamond market resurgence and the rise in diamond prices, the company said. The diamond miner which operates the prolific Karowe mine in Boteti announced that it mined 0.8 million tonnes of ore…
No doubt netball in Botswana has regressed over the years. Nevertheless, attempts to bring it back by attracting sponsors seem to be bearing fruit. A few weeks ago, Botswana Netball Association (BONA) received a sponsorship which which will be solely used for the development of netball as well as taking…
An article from ‘The Conversation-academic riguar…’ posits that “Many people still think of climate change as a phenomenon that we will only face in the distant future. Perhaps that’s partly because climate change projections about rising temperatures and extreme weather events are tied to future dates: 2030, 2050, or 2100,…
The Director of Directorate of Intelligence Services Peter Magosi has admitted having a tortured relationship with the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime over some matters classified as threats to national security. Magosi was under pressure from opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) who wanted answers regardless of a sub-judice rule…
The participation of Botswana Women’s football clubs at the inaugural CAF Women’s club championship League is in doubt. Almost all of the local women football teams are said to find the requirements to participate very demanding as most of them do not have what is needed to meet the criterion.…