The Tax Base Lost When Microbusinesses Vanish
When a microbusiness is forced to close, the visible loss is one shop counter. The fiscal loss runs much further along the chain, through channels that never carried the shop’s name and taxes that were never obviously its own. South Africa’s revenue...
Second Term: How Kamlana’s Reappointment Steadies the FSCA’s Conduct Drive
Financial conduct regulation is a long game played in short terms. The work of changing how an entire industry treats its customers takes years to bed in, yet the people leading that work serve on fixed appointments that can interrupt the very continuity reform...
Cheetah Cement to Build 800kt/y Plant, Creating 515 Jobs
Botswana imports cement to build a country it wants to make from its own ground. For an economy that has spent decades trying to convert mineral wealth into something more durable than royalty cheques, the gap between what the land yields and what the construction...
The Pan-African Headquarters Question
For a generation, the default answer to where an ambitious African company should base itself was simple: Johannesburg. The question is no longer rhetorical, and that alone is the story. South Africa’s economic capital has long served as the continent’s...
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: the evidence and archive — and what comes next
Every regional policy claim eventually rests on a document somebody can point to, and the useful newsroom question about the 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week, held in Luanda from 22 to 25 July, is not what officials said from the podium but what the underlying record...
Local Government Bets on Renewable Power and Agribusiness
Letlhakeng District Council plans solar farms, a commercial farming cluster and a modern bus-rank centre – a bid to build its own revenue base rather than wait on transfers.
Homegrown Couture: Pop-Up Markets Lift Botswana’s Fashion Scene
A June 2026 pop-up put Maru, Tru’D and Diary 34 in front of buyers, testing whether Botswana’s design talent can convert a showroom moment into export orders.
Teen Sprinter Books Ticket to World Stage
Wazha Matakule’s 21.24 over 200 m has booked a place at the World U20 championships – and put a spotlight on the thin training and sponsorship behind Botswana’s young sprinters.
Sports Revival Faces Gear Shortages
Schools have restarted sports but are short of equipment pending ministry approval – a small bottleneck that retailers and grant programmes are placed to clear.
Keeping Kids Fed: Schools Navigate Food Supply Disruptions
The school feeding scheme is holding up but short on suppliers, the council reports – and that gap is an open contract for local farms and logistics firms.
Insourcing the State: Government Reclaims Services from Contractors
The minister says pulling outsourced services back into government will improve job security and accountability – at the cost of a heavier payroll. It is a deliberate trade, not a free one.
Data-Driven Relief: Councils Register Farmers Hurt by FMD Ban
Councils have begun registering FMD-hit farmers for a compensation database – and are assembling the structured data that start-ups and insurers have long wanted to build on.
Public Works Tackle FMD: Ikageng Labour Mobilised for Biosecurity
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.
Inclusive Afro Tech: DJs Break Barriers in Botswana’s Nightlife
Nightlife is rarely designed with access in mind. A GIMC Afro Tech show puts a wheelchair-using DJ and women DJs on the decks, and asks venues to keep up.
Karate Championship Kicks Off to Build a Combat-Sport Community
Botswana’s combat-sport scene has lacked a regular national stage. The Botswana Defence Force has launched a national karate championship and is courting sponsors to build one.
From Mine to Orchard: Selebi Phikwe Turns to Citrus to Revive Jobs
When BCL’s mine closed, Selebi Phikwe lost its economic spine. A citrus farm now employing over 300 workers is one attempt to put a different engine in its place.
Crowning Culture: Miss World Botswana Spotlights Nama Traditions
National pageantry usually keeps to the capital. Miss World Botswana Ruth Thomas took her platform to the Nama community, wearing traditional attire to spotlight a smaller culture.
Neuro Inclusion Becomes Botswana’s Next Productivity Frontier
Botswana’s labour market debates skills shortages while a large pool of capable workers stays unhired. An HR conference reframes neurodiversity as a productivity question.
Track and Field Faces Integrity and Inclusivity Challenges
The Botswana Athletics Association AGM in June 2026 reported a positive doping test and a fall in female participation, pledging remedial programmes on both fronts.
Botswana Taxes Streaming and SaaS: Digital VAT Goes Live
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.
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