Fresh data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found out that on average, Batswana now live a little shorter than they could have a decade ago. The data shows that women in Botswana still live longer than their male counterparts with an average life expectancy rate of 68.4 as compared to men’s 63.6 years.
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08 May 2019
The company that controversially acquired a vast tract of land in Gaborone North has withdrawn a case through which it sought to acquire yet more public land.
08 May 2019
BY TLOTLO LEMMENYANE
The headline the next day read, “Botswana in pioneering privatisation issue.”
08 May 2019
China Jiangsu International Botswana and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) are headed for a showdown.
The Chinese company threatens to take the intelligence agency to court over allegations it is involved in massive corrupt activities.
08 May 2019
A yearly journal report published by African Centre Review against paedophilia and child pornography in Botswana offers a glimpse of this widespread and complex phenomenon.
08 May 2019
By Mmapula Molapong
Beijing: The Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the second Belt and Road Forum last Friday in the capital Beijing under the theme “Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future.”
About 37 heads of states attended the forum with over 5,000 participants from more than 150 countries.
08 May 2019
BY KABELO SEITSHIRO
The Auditor General’s latest annual report on the accounts of government paints a gloomy picture of laxity in financial prudence at three parastatals – BMC, BDC and BPC.
08 May 2019
BY CEDRIC SWANKA
“There is a race, that must be ran...and victory to be won”, goes a song by popular South African gospel artist – Sipho Makhabane.
08 May 2019
BY KABELO SEITSHIRO
The Non Banking Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) has kick-started the process of identifying a replacement of its founding Chief Executive - Oaitse Ramasedi.
Ramasedi however still has about 9 months left to his contract which ends in February 2020.
08 May 2019
BY MPHO KELEBOGE
The Gambling Authority is yet to decide on an application made by property magnate – Lesang Magang - to operate a casino business at the capital city’s Central Business District (CBD).
08 May 2019
BY ARNOLD LETSHOLO
The multi-million Pula United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Kgalagadi and Ghanzi Dry lands Ecosystems Project is taking shape.
08 May 2019
BY VICTOR BAATWENG
KASANE – A renewed effort to liven up the area around Kasane-Kazungula is underway. Termed – Kasane-Kazungula Re-development Plan (KKRP), the project will amongst other things identify strategically located land parcels within the Chobe district to maximise economic yield.
08 May 2019
BY VICTOR BAATWENG
Chinese tech giant – Huawei has been under intense scrutiny around the world in recent months amid fear that it is a global security threat.
Most of the concerns surrounding the tech giant relate to its perceived links to the Chinese state.
08 May 2019
BY BONNIE MODIAKGOTLA
While preliminary data from Statistics Botswana showed that the country had recorded a trade deficit in the beginning of the year, recently revised figures show that it was instead a trade surplus. However, this will be dwarfed by a massive trade deficit in the latest figures released on Monday.
08 May 2019
BY VICTOR BAATWENG
The annual conference of the Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) took place in the tourism town of Kasane just about two weeks ago.
08 May 2019
BY BONNIE MODIAKGOTLA
The Botswana Development Corporation is getting a huge capital injection after the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a line of credit to the state-owned investment entity, AfDB announced recently.
08 May 2019
An exhibition by Karabo Maine and Tebogo Cranwell
08 May 2019
BY MPHO KUHLMANN
Almost every Motswana has a friend or a relative whose romantic relationship that involve children has ended and the estranged couple is grappling with how to raise the children.
08 May 2019
BY MPHO KUHLMANN
A Smart Alec once issued an instructive piece of advice to women: “Never come between a man and his mother.” A number of Batswana women who have ignored the wise counsel have learnt the hard way.