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300 jobs lost as Teemane closes down

The region’s largest diamond factory Teemane Manufacturing Company (TMC) in Serowe was on Monday forced to shut down after crumbling down to the diamond market volatility. TMC co-owner Marvin Lifshitz said their operations have long indicated that...

10 February 2015

TMC crumbles on weak demand

A slump in demand for commodities is threatening the local diamond industry with a major Diamond Trading Company (DTC) sightholder shutting down and shedding over 300 jobs. Diamond export hit a record low of P659 million in December 2014 from over...

10 February 2015

Khama’s dilemma

The current administration does not have any clear strategy to fight unemployment and poverty levels in the country, economists say. Instead it has decided to take costly short-cut initiatives to curb the problem. Fresh from the 2015/16 budget...

10 February 2015

Whose child is it anyway?

Now the happiest man alive, local enviromentalist Geoffrey Khwarae became an activist for men’s rights when High Court judge Oagile Dingake ordered this week that an adoption of his 13 year-old daughter without his consent be rescinded. He had...

10 February 2015

Botswana’s export diversification –Fish

In 2010 the Tahal group presented a bold idea to Botswana Ministry of Agriculture, that part of the 420 mcum of water that would be taken from the Zambezi as part of the country’s riparian rights would be used for an integrated agricultural project...

10 February 2015

Daggers drawn out against Motshwarakgole

There will be no love in the air on Valentine’s Day when the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Trade Unions meet in an elective congress in Gaborone. The high stakes BOFEPUSU election will be conducted by the Independent Electoral Commission...

10 February 2015

Does Singapore netball benefit Botswana?

Despite official International Netball Federation (INF) rankings showing Singapore to be lower than Botswana in the sport of netball, authorities and players at the local netball body glorify the Asian nation for enhancing the quality of play in...

10 February 2015

The church belongs to God, not govt

I  wish to make a personal contribution as a follower of Jesus Christ to the on-going consultative process, being an essential element of democracy. I would like to add that while the process is appreciated one wonders if another method, referendum...

10 February 2015

Divisions rock BDP in Francistown West

What started as differences of opinion among Botswana Democratic Party youth in the Francistown West constituency have allegedly escalated into open hostility ahead of this weekend National Youth Congress in Masunga. So bad is the situation that,...

10 February 2015

The media is the public’s eyes and ears-US Ambassador

The new US ambassador Earl Miller has underscored the important role the media plays in a democratic society. Officially opening a week-long Investigative Journalism Training on Monday the ambassador said media freedom keeps societies and economies...

10 February 2015

Two men convicted of unlawful possession of ivory set free

The Court of Appeal has set two convicts free from their 10 years sentence for unlawful possession of a pair of elephant tusks. In June 2011 Mlungisi Dlamini and Molataemang Mazwimbo were convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for...

10 February 2015