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Botswana’s emerging diamond entrepreneurs are facing a rare and demanding test of readiness under the glare of tough questions, global standards, and unforgiving market realities.De Beers’ Diamond Entrepreneurship Programme (DEP) is no routine...

Thirteen years after its collapse, the ghost of the failed Fengyue Glass Project has risen again to stalk the government.Once hailed as a flagship joint venture between the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and China’s Shanghai Fengyue, the...

Residents of Metsimotlhabe, Mogoditshane and Tsolamosese continue to endure deteriorating internal roads, with the government admitting that meaningful repairs depend on the council acquiring road-construction machinery.Local Government and...

Already living on the edge with dangerous wildlife, residents of the Okavango Delta villages of Kauxwi and Ngarange now face another threat: endless delays in the completion of their long-promised clinics.Frustrated by years of waiting, Kgosi Disho...

Kgosi Ian Khama IV of Bangwato cuts a striking figure in Botswana’s public life, part adventurer, part power broker, and increasingly “a political disruptor’’ whose questions now threaten to shake the very state machinery he once built.Known...

Residents of Francistown will finally benefit from a fully developed and well-maintained game park that is expected to unlock economic opportunities for various stakeholders while generating much-needed revenue.Once fully operational, the Francistown...

The Industrial Court is yet to set a hearing date in a highly unusual labour dispute involving four former farm workers suing former cabinet minister and Ambassador Dorcas Makgato for unpaid terminal benefits totalling P74,000.At the heart of the...

The first 15 months in office have not been easy for Deputy Speaker Helen Manyaneng, particularly the current parliament and the State of the Nation Address (SONA) session.Despite her consistent efforts to preside firmly and uphold parliamentary...

Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti has told Parliament that the Ministry currently has 19 physical planners deployed across land boards, with Kweneng receiving the highest allocation.Ngwato has four planners, Kgatleng three, Malete,...

Botswana’s monopoly power supplier, Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), continues to face cash-flow challenges, with outstanding invoices amounting to more than P3.7 million owed to small contractors dating back to 2020.According to the Minister of...

Botswana is expected to receive a consignment of medical drugs worth US$100 million from the United States, with deliveries anticipated to begin any time and continue over the next three years.Highly placed sources within the global health sector...

A high-powered delegation from Zotus City, led by Chief Executive Officer Davison Simango, is currently in Dubai engaging with global business leaders after being invited to the prestigious Global Impact Project Showcase at the Mayor’s City Hall...

The government and the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) are this week celebrating a major national infrastructure milestone, the successful completion of the one-year Defects and Liability Period (DLP), the new Multibillion Pula Mmamashia Water...

The livelihoods of the people of Ghanzi District and its 10 surrounding settlements are set for a historic transformation through a new initiative known as the Zotus City Ghanzi Community Council (ZCGCC).It is a pioneering platform created to ensure...

The livelihoods of the people of Ghanzi District and its 10 surrounding settlements are set for a historic transformation through a new initiative known as the Zotus City Ghanzi Community Council (ZCGCC).It is a pioneering platform created to ensure...