Trade deficit reaches P6.3 billion TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO As COVID-19 takes a toll on the economy, Botswana’s overall exports in June 2020 decreased by P70.3 percent (P2.2 billion) to P943.5 million …

GAZETTE REPORTER The recent introduction of VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) technology by Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) has seen local farmers taking advantage of the development to enhance their …

Liquidation temporarily halted Shareholders racing against time to raise over P100m BluThorn failed to re-capitalise before KEABETSWE NEWEL In a desperate attempt to save their company from liquidation and total …

Director announces retailers of the soaps Minister Matsheka emphasises need for economic empowerment law BnR says annual festival will be COVID-compliant GOSEGO MOTSUMI In a bid to diversify its product …

International credit ratings firm, S&P Global Ratings, expects Botswana’s GDP to contract by around 10 percent in 2020 because of the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by weaker …

De Beers Group’s fourth Diamond Insight ‘Flash’ report looks at how the pandemic is likely to influence key jewellery design trends this gifting season Diamond jewellery design trends for the …

An accused person in a robbery case, the 29 year old Oteng Mathiba of Madibana ward in Ramonaka raised concerns about poor adherence to COVID-19 precautions in prison. Mathiba told …

Clients could lose around P100m Company has 26 active clients 9 matured investments worth P100m unpaid Clients’ money unpaid since December 2019 P50m untraceable KEABETSWE NEWEL The Non-Bank Financial Institutions …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary disease containment measures will continue to have an adverse effect on economic performance in the short term KEABETSWE NEWEL Experts say that If the …

TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO It has been a year of continued loan default by customers of First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), the behemoth bank’s audited consolidated financial statement for the year ended …

The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) announced that it has acted on the Statutory Manager’s recommendations and filed an application at the High Court seeking an order to liquidate …

KEABETSWE NEWEL Currently the second most profitable commercial bank in Botswana, ABSA might just lose that position following its announcement that up to P270 million will be wiped out of …