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On-the-ground business intelligence in South Africa & Eswatini, since July 2019.
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The contradiction sits in plain sight on every SADC trade agenda: the region has built more frameworks for intra-regional commerce than it has generated intra-regional trade. A free trade area, an industrialisation roadmap running to 2063, an SME strategy and an...
Government has put over 1,000 Ikageng workers to clearing bush and building fences against foot-and-mouth disease – an emergency wage scheme with a quiet second life as durable biosecurity.
From 1 June 2026, BURS requires non-resident digital providers to register for VAT, a move it expects to raise about P450 million in additional revenue.
As diamond exports slowed, foreign-currency inflows thinned and the pula came under downward pressure, putting reserve management at the centre of the response.
President Boko has urged African states to pool resources against Ebola, arguing that no single budget or border can hold a contagious frontier alone.
Botswana and Lesotho upgraded their cooperation to a Bi-National Commission, pledging coordinated policy and a business forum to give the structure economic content.
Minister Moeti Mohwasa explained an insourcing policy to improve public service, create secure jobs and reduce reliance on contractors.
Agriculture sustains more than 70 percent of the population across the Southern African Development Community, yet fertiliser, the input that most determines whether the sector grows or stagnates, is still regulated country by country. A farmer in Zambia, a blender in...
Botswana hosted the 6th Bi-National Commission with South Africa in May 2026, agreeing to deepen cooperation across trade, energy, water and security.