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BoB cuts rates to stimulate growth

In a move warmly welcomed  by commentators, the Bank of Botswana slashed interest rates by 1 percent on Wednesday. After a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced it had reduced the interest rate to 6.5...

23 February 2015

DIS launches massive surveillance programme

Top-secret documents reveal that the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) is expanding its capacity to covertly monitor on-line and mobile phone activities of “opposition politicians, journalists and human rights lawyers”, Botswana Guardian...

23 February 2015

Synthetic diamonds are a threat - De Beers

The penetration of synthetic diamonds in the industry is disturbing because the ‘duds’ threaten profitability and sustainability in the long run, a senior executive of the company said recently. Bruce Cleaver, the group’s Executive Head of...

23 February 2015

The Auditor runs the gauntlet of non-compliance

Failure of government offices to comply with requests to submit their audit accounts disrupts staff of the Auditor General’s office schedule to the point where there are times when they find themselves “idling for two to three weeks”, the...

23 February 2015

‘We gave Khama this island’

President Ian Khama is under pressure from village elders in Shakawe to hand back Diseta Island in the Okavango River that he and his brothers allegedly acquired from Tawana Land Board after they evicted a fisherman before constructing a holiday...

23 February 2015

Lobby to declare Palapye a town intensifies

Palapye tribal authorities seem to be losing patience with the government for taking time without declaring their village a town. This is contrary to allegations that they do not want the village to be declared a town as they may lose powers. In an...

23 February 2015

BFA chief Keith Masters resigns

Embattled Botswana Football Association (BFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Keith Masters has handed in his resignation and is already serving notice at Lekidi, inside sources said this week. The resignation comes after local security agents stormed...

23 February 2015

Stanchart treats women to yoga for peace of mind

Yoga is the study of balance; balance that most people wish for but find it difficult to find and keep. And balance is the aim of all living creatures. Yoga says that if you have a perfect breath, you will have perfect health. It allows you to...

23 February 2015