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We continue with the mind blowing, thought provoking and profound wisdom quotes from H.H. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. !10 "Life is a combination of effort and effortlessness; deep rest and dynamic activity; passion and dispassion." !11 "A Life is...

Believing that your life has a purpose on its own leads to happiness and health. There have been various research findings notably that having a purpose in life helps strengthen resilience when one is facing adversity. People with a purpose in life...

Dichaba Siane is the Botswana-Hardvard AIDS Institute Partnership Community Advisory Board (CAB) Chairperson and also a representative of ICAB and CSS (Community Scientific Sub-Committee) in the US. He talks to SunHealth about his work.Tell us about...

The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (“BoMRA”) has cautioned against the rise in the sale, promotion, and advertisement of personal lubricants and “vaginal care products”, warning they "may pose health risks to consumers". And health...

Russia-Ukraine war and the ongoing economic uncertainties have led to credit losses at Letshego. The pan African financial services’ group interim results for the year ended 30 June indicate that the company’s credit losses increased by 8.7...

London-listed Power Metal Resources has signed a diamond drilling contract with 100% Botswana citizen-owned Mindea Exploration and Drilling Services to carry out a planned programme of about 2 600 m of diamond drilling across an expected six drill...

Sandfire has announced intentions to fund the development of the 5.2 Mtpa expansion from 3.2 Mtpa development at Motheo Copper Mine through a combination of cash and project debt. “The company has obtained credit approval for a US$140.0 million...

Walmart looks set to buy out minority shareholders in Makro parent, JSE-listed Massmart, as the US retail giant doubles down on its South African operations despite a challenging economic environment.The boards of the two companies have reached an...

Vee Mampeezy has emerged the number one artist in terms of downloads caller tunes and ring tones in Botswana, according to Vib Mobile.The artist has received a lot of slack for releasing many songs, but it now seems to be paying off big time for him...

Sanlam, a South African company with majority shareholding stake at Botswana Insurance Holding Limited (BIHL), has announced intentions to scale up digital adoption at the local insurance company.“We believe the world is changing and with...

FirstCred micro-finance institution has been placed under judicial management following gross misuse of P120 million from investors by former management under Getbucks.The High Court has recently ruled in favour of FirstCred, declining petitions from...

Letshego, the pan-African finance group, has launched an innovative housing product, Affordable Housing. According to a statement, the product is available to customers in Botswana and Namibia, with rollout plans to the group’s remaining...

Progressive Institute’s annual national human resource dialogue has been slated for October. According to Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Institute, Mmoloki Mmolotsi, the 5th Strategic HR Conference will be held under the banner, ‘The...

Sheperd Aisam from Botswana, who has served as Head of Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) at Stanbic Bank for 6 years, has been appointed Head of Public Sector, Business & Commercial Clients at Standard Bank Group. Stanbic Bank Botswana Chief...

Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has arranged a R1.14 billion gender-linked bond issuance for industrial group Barloworld which will see a pricing advantage if it achieves its gender performance targets. Trishalia Naidoo from RMB’s debt capital market team...