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Cashbuild to add more stores

Cashbuild is on the lookout for more acquisitions. New stores and acquisitions have boosted profits for the six months to end December. In its latest results, Cashbuild, southern Africa’s largest retailer of quality building materials and...

06 March 2017

Mmelesi starts work in his new post at Group level

Frederick Mmelesi, former Letshego Financial Services Botswana (LFSB) Chief Executive, this week resumed his new role as Letshego Group Head of Consumer Solutions, whilst Boikhutso Tekane takes on LFSB as the new CEO, according to the Group...

06 March 2017

‘BPOPF hotel project to empower locals’

Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) Chief Executive, Boitumelo Molefe this week disclosed that the multimillion Pula Hilton Garden Inn Hotel project will drive citizen economic empowerment. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Molefe said the...

06 March 2017

SARB decides on Barclays plc Africa exit

The London headquartered Barclays PLC has applied to the South African Reserve Bank for approval to reduce its shareholding in the Barclays Africa Group to below 50 percent. In a recent Xnews announcement by Barclays Bank Botswana led by Rynette ven...

06 March 2017

Nkate joins forces with Masisi

Former Ambassador to Japan Jacob Nkate has sealed a deal with Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi to join forces for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) elective congress slated for Tonota in July this year. Sources within both Masisi and Nkate’s camp...

06 March 2017

‘Banks in temporary liquidity squeeze’

Bank of Botswana (BoB), the regulator of commercial banks this week allayed fears that the multibillion Pula sector is headed for a second liquidity squeeze in a period of less than two years. Botswana Guardian understands that between December and...

06 March 2017

Air Botswana re-fleeting halted

Air Botswana’s re-fleeting process which has been under consideration over the last few years by the shareholder (government) has since been put on hold pending completion of the privatisation process. The shareholder recently invited suitable...

06 March 2017

Domkrag goes to war

The battle lines are drawn. And the fight for the control of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party is finally shaping up. After months of speculations on who will contest for which position come July in Tonota, democrats this week Wednesday threw...

06 March 2017

Road to Anfield kicks off

The Botswana leg of the 2017 Standard Chartered Road to Anfield five-aside tournament kicks off at Village suburb in Gaborone this Saturday. This follows a draw this week where 32 local teams were divided into eight groups each consisting of four...

06 March 2017

Platinum Stars play Rollers for noble cause

The International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG), in partnership with local football giants Township Rollers FC aim to register over 20 000 people in the HEFORSHE campaign programme by the 25th March. HEFORSHE is a United Nations (UN)...

06 March 2017

Gaborone International Meet goes cosmopolitan

Sports View Runners Club has this week launched the Gaborone International Meet (GIM) in a bid to sell the country’s biggest capital city and attract international athletes. The race which was previously known as Sports View International meet...

06 March 2017

Letshwiti denies snubbing COSAFA President

Botswana Football Association (BFA) president Mclean Letshwiti this week refuted allegations that he snubbed the well-publicised COSAFA and ZIFA president Phillip Chiyangwa’s high profile birthday party. The party recently held in Harare, Zimbabwe...

06 March 2017

Celebrity wildlife filmmakers survive buffalo attack in the Okavango delta

Botswana based wildlife documentary filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert were gored by a buffalo last week Thursday  in the Okavango Delta. Both celebrity award winning filmmakers were injured and Beverly was committed to an intensive care unit,...

06 March 2017