The Lobatse High Court has dismissed a union bid to block Andrew Motsamai as PSBC Secretary, clearing the way for Botswana’s public-service bargaining-council
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46th SADC Summit across SADC — institutional capability — for SADC firms and investors
A summit communiqué names ambitions; an implementing institution has to actually deliver them, and the two capabilities are rarely equal. That gap between political mandate and institutional capacity is the contradiction worth examining in the 46th SADC Ordinary...
Angolan kwanza in RTGS across SADC — institutional capability — for regional operators
Regional integration in SADC is usually described in the passive voice — a protocol is adopted, a strategy is approved, a system is upgraded — as though institutions move on their own momentum. They do not. This week's confirmation that the Angolan kwanza became...
Second Term: How Kamlana’s Reappointment Steadies the FSCA’s Conduct Drive
FSCA Commissioner Unathi Kamlana was reappointed for a second term from 1 June 2026, steadying the authority’s conduct drive amid a claims-data request.
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: institutional capability — and what comes next
Regional strategies live or die on the people mandated to execute them, and the 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week, held in Luanda from 22 to 25 July, put two of the most relevant institutional figures for SADC's blue economy agenda squarely in front of the region:...
SADC ninth Industrialisation Week — institutional capability across SADC member states
Two names anchor the ninth annual SADC Industrialisation Week: President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, delivering the keynote, and Elias Magosi, SADC's Executive Secretary, presiding over the institutional programme. Between a head of state's keynote and...
Botswana’s business-owner class
Selling well is no longer enough. The shocks of 2026 are teaching Botswana’s business-owner class that the durable advantage is in thinking like a strategist, not only a seller.
New Trade Commission Board to Drive Export Policy
Botswana’s Trade Commission named a new board in mid-April 2026 to steer trade policy and lift export competitiveness amid a push to diversify beyond diamonds.
Young operators
The advantages that once belonged to incumbents – distribution, reach, scale – are loosening. Digital tools and regional trade are handing younger founders a different starting line.