Are you making or faking it?
My mechanic friend is Zimbabwean. His name is Simba. Naturally this means he has an affinity for all things Mercedes Benz. In Zim, your success is most evident when you drive a Benz. It is a law and...
View ArticleA plot to fire the Air Botswana GM
The Business Weekly & Review has established Air Botswana General Manager (GM) and the board submitted a comprehensive turnaround strategy to cabinet that suggested refleeting the airline, adding...
View ArticlePerhaps we should revisit the idea of construction of the trans-Kalahari...
Much has been said about the envisaged billion pula railway line linking Botswana to Namibia. Many applaud the decision to construct the line as it would bring about much needed investment in the...
View ArticlePrivate sector vital for an innovative and sustainable economy
The private sector is said to be a vital player for a sustainable and innovative economy. This was said by Business Botswana President Lekwalo Mosienyane, recently when Business Botswana (formerly...
View ArticleFNBB strives to be a leader in innovation
The First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) CEO Steven Bogatsu says FNBB strives to be a leader in innovation in the banking sector. “We recognize and encourage the culture of innovation,” Bogatsu...
View ArticleWho is fooling who?
Government has fired Air Botswana General Manager (GM), Ben Dahwa and the board. According to the Minister of Transport and Communications, Tshenolo Mabeo, Dahwa and the board failed the airline. Among...
View ArticleNothing wrong with politicisation of truck accident
Politicization. Polarization. For those who attempted to provide us with an atmospheric analysis of the days surrounding the truck accident, these two words dominated the discourse – politicization and...
View ArticleBuilding for the future
Randomly pick any line of business, and then randomly pick any one hundred young men and women starting out in that line of business. Follow them until they are sixty-five years of age and let’s see...
View ArticleMTN to invest P86 million into Botswana Internet Services
South African mobile telecommunications company MTN will invest P86 million over the next three years into expanding the range of internet services it provides through its subsidiary MTN Business...
View ArticleBMWU ready to sue Mowana Mine
• Diesel Power proceeds with liquidation • About 400 employees given termination letters • Employees evacuated from Mine houses Should Mowana Mine, currently undergoing liquidation, fail to settle...
View ArticleCorruption on the rise?
51 percent of Batswana believe corruption levels in the country have increased over the last year. In an opinion survey conducted by Transparency International for 2015, 30 percent of Batswana...
View ArticleBusiness and opposition-The rise of the pro-opposition lobby in Botswana’s...
Whether part of hedging their bets for 2019, or a change in overall strategy, the support of the opposition, morally and financially is at an all-time high, staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA Those...
View Article2015-ESP and other dramas
It has been a year of mixed results. Staff writers BOITSHEPO MAJUBE, KEABETSWE NEWEL, KIBO NGOWI and GAOKGAKALA MAENGE give a sectoral view of the economic and business landscapes for the year 2015....
View ArticleMetsiaela: The land of the largest diamond
Staff writer BOITSHEPO MAJUBE finds grinding poverty just a stone’s throw away from where the largest diamond in a hundred years was found. Some put the value of the latest find at around $60m....
View ArticleThe third term – Dream or reality?
Stemming from his hatred of “perpetual re-eligibility”, Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) constructed the two-term presidential limit. It is said that as his own second term drew to a close, he was invited...
View ArticleYour Finest Hour
“To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents....
View ArticleGovt ban on advertising ravages media – MISA
Government’s drastic cut in advertising is affecting the media sector in a negative way. Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) National Director Buyani Zongwani warned that the effects of the...
View ArticleGaetsaloe’s strategy yields profit
Charged with steering Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) away from troubled waters, Managing Director Bashi Gaetsaloe seems well on the way, KEABETSWE NEWEL reports. Only 17 months into the job,...
View ArticleBusiness Botswana takes over the PSDP
The Private Sector Development Program (PSDP) was recently transferred to Business Botswana (formerly BOCCIM) from the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE). The PSDP is a partnership between...
View ArticleSDDS urged to investigate harassment in Botswana
Botswana Diamond Workers Union has urged Signet Direct Diamond Sourcing Limited (SDDS) top management to institute a thorough investigation into employee’s harassment by local managers. The union says...
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