The 2015 connoisseur’s choice of wheels
Our resident petrol head DESMOND LESETEDI has witnessed an Aston Martin Vantage barrelling down the streets of the capital in a baritone that would have left even the great Barry White embarrassed. A...
View Article2015: Taking stock
We’re in the twilight of 2015. Motivational experts suggest that at this point we should work even harder so as to finish the year strong. Truth be told, most of us have given up on whatever targets we...
View ArticleBotswana smiles as the Rand plummets
• Locals will now procure SA goods for a song With the South African Rand having crumbled to record lows, analysts are excited that Botswana will now procure goods cheaply from Africa’s second...
View ArticleAnanth’s epic journey
Ananth Ram is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education & Quality for Botho University. He has overall responsibility for all activities related to education, research, technology, quality assurance and...
View ArticleESP must target the poor and underprivileged
It is clear that the name ‘ Economic Stimulus Package’ is a misnomer because the projects targeted by the ESP are very general. Therefore the most vulnerable members of our country have a right to...
View ArticleTati Nickel totters on brink of collapse
● Contractor Moolmans downs tools at Tati Nickel ● Mine owes Moolmans over P100 million ● BCL blamed for Tati Nickel woes ● 400 jobs hang in the balance It is tools down at Tati Nickel Mine after...
View ArticleSit back and rev up 2016 in style
We are expecting new and exciting metal this year, so we have compiled a few niceties for car lovers and followers of this page as a way of wishing you the best driven year of your lives. Let us buckle...
View ArticleBatswana keen to buy BTCL shares
• But crazy season has emptied many pockets It appears more Batswana are interested in buying the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) shares, but are still broke from the festive...
View ArticleExtra P2.1bn for the fighter jet
● It looks like Khama has got what he wanted The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) expects a windfall in the coming two weeks when Minister of Finance and Development Planning Kenneth Matambo announces...
View ArticleThe slaves and masters of our times
Limited prospects for employment have cornered young Batswana into becoming easy pickings for restaurant owners looking for cheap labour. An investigation by The Business Weekly & Review finds a...
View ArticleLooking for the elusive ESP in a haystack
• No clue in the draft estimates that it exists • Or is it in the hefty BDF budget increase? • Not surprising because it’s Khama’s brainchild not Matambo’s Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo does...
View ArticleSADC flexes muscle and Lesotho somersaults
• Agrees to accept the Phumaphi Report • Others believe Lesotho is just buying time? Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) wayward child Lesotho is at it again. This time around the...
View ArticleTrade Portal to enhance Botswana’s cross-border trade
• Country’s ranking and competitiveness will go up A web-based platform, the Botswana Trade Portal, which will be a repository of all cross-border trade information was recently launched by the...
View ArticleShrinking gem exports cost Botswana P4bn
• Diamond exports to decline further • Copper/Nickel exports also under pressure • Diversification of exports may ease strain The value of Botswana’s total exports fell 62 percent year-on-year...
View ArticlePit holes caused by falling Rand will swalow up local retailers
The mere fact that there is so much jubilation emanating from the continued decline of the South African Rand (ZAR) should serve as a clear indication that we are nothing but a consumer nation. No one...
View ArticleThe Attorney General: Court of appeal addiction
Tell me. Why would the Attorney General fail to draw a distinction, both conceptually and practically, between the right of freedom of association and the actual overt engagement in a homosexual act...
View ArticleInvest wisely and enjoy the twilight of your life
Where is your secret stash of money? Do you have it? If you have it, is it enough and accumulating? If you do not have it why don’t you? The famous investor and billionaire, Sir John Templeton, is...
View ArticleThe eagle in a storm
The new year opened with turmoil in the Chinese stock markets as prices fell dramatically, leading to a global selloff. In just one week, global stock markets lost over $2 trillion US dollars! Other...
View ArticleBotash looks to expand in bid to garner P300m in earnings
Botash, the sole soda ash miner in southern Africa and one of the largest on the continent, is now looking to make inroads into the market by producing in smaller packages for household consumption,...
View ArticleBotched
Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA unravels the story of how one of the biggest corporate law firms muddled up the case of one of its most prestigious clients. If the scriptwriting team of the...
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