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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...
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...
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...
Botswana slips in Global Competitiveness rankings
MMEGI
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June 23, 2025
The country has dropped to 59th position out of the 69 economic surveyed in 2025, falling from the 55th place out of the 67 countries in 2024. The IMD report revealed that Botswana’s overall competitiveness score declined to 46.12 in 2025,...
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...
Botswana Strikes Beef Export Gold
Botswana Gazette
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June 22, 2025
Botswana will assume South Africa’s position as China’s main beef trading partner in Africa due to the outbreak of FMD in its southern neighbour. This means Botswana will be expected to match South Africa’s beef exports to the massive Chinese...
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,...
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,...
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...
Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’, says UN report
Nagaland Post
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July 4, 2025
From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Describing drought as a “silent killer” which “creeps in, drains...
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...
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...
Tebogo Returns
The Voice
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July 4, 2025
Letsile back in Diamond League action this week Sidelined by injury for close to six weeks, the golden boy of Botswana athletics, Letsile Tebogo returns to the track this weekend for the Diamond League’s Eugene leg. The Olympic Champion, who...
Bomaid goes live
The Voice
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July 4, 2025
‘First Things First’ hits the airwaves to demystify medical aid Botswana Medical Aid Society (Bomaid) has re-launched the radio initiative titled “First Things First,” airing every Wednesday at 12:30 PM on RB2. This weekly segment serves as a...
New Partnership Enhances Medical Education Opportunities in Botswana
IT News Africa
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June 25, 2025
St. George’s University (SGU) School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, has formed a 3-year partnership with Legae Academy, an internationally certified secondary school in Gaborone, Botswana. Legae Academy was founded in 1992 to provide...
TikTok trailblazer: Botswana’s Mosa farms, leads, and inspires
Food For Mzansi
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June 25, 2025
Mosa Balesamang does not just raise sheep; she raises the bar. With a scientist’s brain and a farmer’s heart, she shares how she runs her farm in Botswana in this episode of the Farmer Mentor series. When Mosa Balesamang walks into a kraal, phone...
Phatsima Tuitions is Transforming Academic Lives in Botswana
Botswana Guardian Sun
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June 25, 2025
In 2020, a group of rewriting Form 3 students walked back into Phatsima Tuitions wearing their brand-new senior secondary school uniforms. They weren’t returning for classes, but to say thank you. These were students who had once failed, who had...
Dinaledi International Football Cup to debut in Botswana
New Era
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The highly anticipated first edition of the Dinaledi – International Football Cup 2025 is scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 July at the state-of-the-art Dinaledi Sports Facility in Oodi, Botswana. This inaugural youth tournament will bring...
WILDERNESS INJECTS P4.8 BILLION INTO BOTSWANA ECONOMY, DEEPENS CONSERVATION COMMITMENT
Gabz FM
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June 25, 2025
Article By: Rorisang Mogojwe Eco-tourism operator Wilderness has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable development, revealing it has injected over P4.8 billion in foreign exchange into Botswana’s economy over the past decade. At a stakeholder...