A Botswana risk assessment estimates ~P1.1bn laundered through real estate amid surging valuations and weak oversight. Why property, the cost, the response.
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Property
Pool-House Reform Opens the Door to More Homeowners
On 5 March 2026 Minister Ramogapi added a tenant-purchase option and dropped plot-size and eligibility limits to Botswana’s pool-house scheme; 277 sold, 248 in
46th SADC Summit across SADC: built-market implications — for SADC firms and investors
A map of Southern Africa's transport corridors, power interconnectors and border posts looks, on paper, like an integrated system. In practice, freight still slows at borders, power pools still trade unevenly, and rail lines built decades apart under different...
P558m Road Contract to Spur Rural Mobility
Government has awarded SteelBase Construction a P558.2m contract for a 60km Digawana–Ntlhantlhe road. What the price signals and what all-weather rural
Kazungula Bridge Authority Formalised, Strengthening Botswana–Zambia Ties
Botswana and Zambia have formalised the Kazungula Bridge Authority — hosted in Botswana, with Zambia keeping the executive director role. Why governance, not
Maun Solar Megaproject: 30-Year 500MW PPA Sealed with Oman
Botswana has signed a 30-year PPA for a 500MW solar plant with 500MWh storage in Maun, partnering with Oman, toward 50% renewables by 2030. Inside the deal.
Angolan kwanza in RTGS across SADC: built-market implications — for regional operators
Payment systems are infrastructure in exactly the same sense that a rail corridor or a border post is infrastructure — invisible until it fails, and decisive for whether physical trade routes actually function as an integrated economic system rather than a set of...
Cheetah Cement to Build 800kt/y Plant, Creating 515 Jobs
Cheetah Cement is building an 800,000 t/y dry-process plant near Matabele, Kgatleng, using Morupule fly ash and Matsiloje slag and creating ~515 jobs in
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC — built-market implications and what comes next
A blue economy needs a built one underneath it: ports capable of handling both cargo and passenger tourism traffic, cold-chain and processing facilities near the water, power and digital connectivity reaching coastal communities, and roads or rail linking landing...