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Liu Jianchao meets ministers from Mozambique and Botswana
Friends of Socialist China
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June 29, 2025
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC), met on June 13 with Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, and Phenyo...
Namibia and Botswana continue to strengthen border relations
Informante
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June 29, 2025
Date: June 29, 2025 Staff Reporter NAMIBIA and Botswana continue to show their dedication to tackling issues affecting border communities, as the second phase of the Civil–Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Sensitization Campaign is currently underway...
Botswana court orders apology over S.African magnate graft claims
Macau Business
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June 27, 2025
Botswana’s High Court ruled on Friday that a former government investigator’s claims of corruption against South African mining executive Bridgette Motsepe were false and ordered an apology. Motsepe is the sister of South Africa’s first lady,...
Botswana Govt, Bridgette Motsepe reach settlement in ‘Butterfly Case’
SABC News
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June 27, 2025
The government of Botswana and business mogul Bridgette Motsepe have reached a court settlement, concluding a protracted litigation over allegations made against her in what is now known as the “Butterfly case”. This case affected Bridgette...
How Botswana’s Sustainable Natural Diamond Story Sparkled At JCK
Forbes
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Diamond exports provide Botswana's economy with strong supplies of foreign exchange and have helped ... More finance industrial development, improvements in Botswana's infrastructure plus nationwide free education.Natural Diamond Council Various...
Motsepe cleared! – Botswana court slams dirty money claims as lies
African Insider
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June 28, 2025
Gaborone – Botswana’s High Court ruled on Friday that a former government investigator’s claims of corruption against South African mining executive Bridgette Motsepe were false and ordered an apology. Motsepe is the sister of South Africa’s first...
Pouncing lions, pronking springboks, poison-arrow lessons: Botswana’s safari idyll
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size In Botswana, they named their currency, pula, after their most precious commodity. Their...
Who failed Botswana — The technocrats or the system?
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
There is a Maasai proverb that says, “Don’t let the belly make you useless.” Given the current economic crunch, one might wonder if Botswana grew drowsy from a prolonged diamond feast. For years, the country enjoyed consistent economic growth...
Vunani hosts annual Botswana women Awards workshop
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
Held as a follow-up to the Vunani Annual Botswana Women in Sports Awards in March, the workshop aimed to empower award winners with essential professional development tools. Key focus areas included financial literacy, contract negotiation,...
South Africa takes action against foot and mouth disease with Botswana's vaccine support
IOL
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June 26, 2025
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has confirmed that South Africa is actively addressing the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affecting four provinces. On Thursday, Ntshavheni indicated that the Cabinet also welcomed...
Liberty Life urges Batswana to rethink retirement
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
Speaking at the inaugural Liberty Life Annuity Conference held last Friday, Managing Director Joy Buno said Botswana must move beyond seeing retirement as a personal issue and start treating it as a national economic concern. The conference...
LEGABIBO Courts UN for Same-Sex Marriages in Botswana
Botswana Gazette
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June 26, 2025
While making a case for transgender and gender non-conforming women as an integral part of its position, LEGABIBO wants the UN Human Rights Committee to urge Botswana to recognise same-sex partnerships through civil unions, domestic partnerships,...
ZCC leader visits Botswana, as infighting threatens to tear the church apart
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
Bishop Dr Joseph Engenas Lekganyane, the St Engenas ZCC’s leader, and his entourage would not answer questions, despite this reporter staking out the meeting venue at the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs offices in Gaborone. Lekganyane’s...
Pick n Pay SA takes over Botswana franchise
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
The deal was confirmed by the Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA), which approved the transaction with conditions aimed at protecting jobs and maintaining market competition. NTS Holdings, a locally incorporated company, has since 2009 held a...
Botswana’s Boko: U.S.-Africa Business Summit addressed practical solutions
CNBC Africa
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June 24, 2025
On the dynamic sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola, Botswana’s President Duma Boko offered his insights on the crucial discussions addressing Africa's investment landscape, trade relations, and transformative growth. The...
‘Under-appreciating’ Masire’s efforts
MMEGI
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June 30, 2025
In April 2017, I went to Gaborone and sat for numerous hours with Sir Ketumile upstairs at his residence. The very first day we met, he outlined, in very direct language, exactly what he wanted the book to be about. He was particularly adamant...
BOPEU challenges CAAB labour agreement termination plan
MMEGI
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June 30, 2025
After years battling over the payment of 2017/18 notches award, the two parties fought at the Gaborone Industrial Court on Wednesday, as the union instituted action to stop CAAB in its tracks. The legal action arises from the union’s assertion...
Rejected asylum seekers not forgotten
MMEGI
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June 30, 2025
Speaking during the World Refugee Day commemoration, Ramaotwana announced that his ministry took a deliberate decision to remove rejected asylum seekers from indefinite detention in the Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants (FCII) to the...
Letshego improves credit quality amidst rising impairments
MMEGI
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June 30, 2025
The pan-African financial services provider, headquartered and listed in Botswana, has achieved a significant reduction in non-performing loans (NPL) and improved collections across its loan book. As of December 2024, the Group’s NPL ratio dropped...
Boko says some BDP loyalists are impossible to fire
MMEGI
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June 30, 2025
When the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) took over government last November, the coalition’s supporters were cheering on, hoping President Boko to remake the government by removing multiple senior officials linked to the previous Botswana...