Botswana News

People who commute on the Francistown-Mandunyane road may find themselves in the lurch as bus and combi drivers threaten to strike to protest the recent 'reduction' of fares by the Department of Road Transport and Safety .

Debswana Diamond, the joint venture between De Beers and Botswana's government, will spend $3 billion over the next 15 years extending the life of its Jwaneng mine, the world's biggest diamond operation by output value.

Botswana has been elected as the registrar general and chairperson of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation administrative council.

The chief executive officer of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund , Cross Kgosidiile has said that last year, the number of people who died in road accidents went down compared to 2007.

The MP for Lobatse, Nehemiah Modubule has appealed to President Ian Khama to strike out the 'D' for Democracy because he has shown no commitment towards it.

Boyce Sebenego's farm lies 250 kilometres from Botswana's capital city, Gaborone.

Now those farmers have a new, safe weapon to keep elephants at bay: chilli peppers.

The First National Bank Fund has donated P920 000 to the Maun based Love Botswana Outreach Mission.

At the centre of the saga, that was likely to push chicken meat prices skyrocketing, are three major players - Irvine's Botswana, Ross Breeders and Richmark Poultry.

When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.

BCL Mine has asked its suppliers to give the company support for the mutual benefit of the two parties.

President Ian Khama has unveiled his multi-faceted dream to turn Botswana from a diamond dependent economy to a producer country and a competitive service provider in Africa.

Botswana has received US$186 million from the World bank in loan, to finance its Integrated Transport Project, China's Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday, citing official sources.

A World Health Organisation official says Botswana is still behind in combating or dealing with chronic non-communicable diseases.

The President, Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has said challenges facing the energy sector called for the introduction of new strategies hence efforts to fast track a gas fired power station.

The global economic meltdown is threatening to reverse the gains Botswana has made over the years including its dream of attaining the Millennium Development Goals .

South Africa's new High Commissioner in Botswana, Ngconde Balfour says despite South Africa's differences with Botswana on several trade, foreign policy and human rights issues, there must be respect for each other's sovereignty.

Botswana's president accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe today of failing to honour a power-sharing deal with his foes and called for new elections to resolve the political deadlock.

Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism , has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

PHIKWE, 12 November 2009 - In most respects, there is nothing remarkable about Selebi-Phikwe, a mining town in northeastern Botswana with a population of about 50,000. The central business district is a sun-baked main street with a few shops and a taxi rank; the copper and nickel mine on its outskirts is the main source of employment.