Does The National Stadium Renovations Near-Disaster Expose Botswana’s Hosting Capabilities?

On the 03rd December 2024, Botswana National Sport Council (BNSC) announced a temporary closure of the National Stadium in Gaborone for the renovation of the athletics track. The renovation of the track, which had allegedly reached the end of its …

Post-festive pennies crush Botswana’s Jan food imports

Botswana’s food and beverage imports slumped to P1.0929 billion in January 2025, down 17.5 percent from P1.3252 billion in December 2024, data from Statistics Botswana showed Friday. Accounting for 16.4 percent of the nation’s P6.6532 billion total imports …

KAVINDELE LOBBIES FOR BOTSWANA SUPPORT

KAVINDELE LOBBIES FOR BOTSWANA SUPPORT Ahead of a crucial election for the position of Africa Development Bank presidency, Zambia has lobbied support of Botswana. Today former Vice president Enoch Kavindele accompanied Dr Samuel Munzele Maimbo who is …

Akani Simbine storms into World Lead in Botswana

At the same event, South Africa’s Akani Simbine stormed to 100m success and USA’s Dalilah Muhammad clinched a clear 400m hurdles win. In his first race since securing the first individual global medal of his career at the World Indoor Championships in …

Moody’s affirms Botswana’s ratings, downgrades outlook

Moody’s weekend decision follows a similar assessment by S&P Global Ratings last month. Moody’s and S&P are two of the three main credit ratings agencies whose opinions determine government’s cost of borrowing, as well as the country’s …

One on One with Botswana’s Minister of International Relations Phenyo Butale

Simbine shocks the world with blistering sprint in Botswana

Akani Simbine lit up the track in Botswana as he roared to a blistering 9.90 seconds in the 100m, claiming the fastest time in the world so far this year, Cape {town} Etc reports. Racing in front of a packed National Stadium in Gaborone during the Botswana …

BOTSWANA: ‘Political leadership may have changed, but the state still controls the narrative and excludes…

Featured Interviews 11 April 2025 CIVICUS discusses Botswana’s new government with Dumiso Gatsha, director of Success Capital, a local youth-led LGBTQI+ organisation. Botswana’s 2024 election made history. The Botswana Democratic Party’s 58-year rule ended …

Botswana’s tale of many strengths but master of none

Botswana can become a sundry number of things. Some mutter that the country can become a logistics hub whilst some posit it can become a financial transactions hub shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Switzerland. The list goes on and on. This confusion …

Botswana’s fiscal crossroads: Debt, development, recurrent expenditure

With a total budget of P97.61 billion, a swelling deficit of P24.7 billion, and total public debt now at P74 billion (25.75% of GDP), the country stands at a crossroads. The lingering question in the minds of many is ‘how is the deficit going to be …