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As Botswana braces for an election year, it confronts a sobering reality: rising poverty levels, underscored by stark inequalities across various demographic

Botswana’s trade deficit surged from the revised P2.7 billion in January 2024 to P4.3 billion in February 2024, as indicated in the International Merchandise

GABORONE, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Botswana is stepping up its marketing efforts to attract more Chinese tourists, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said Saturday.

Dithapelo Keorapetse, the leader of the opposition in Parliament, has strongly criticized the 2024/25 national budget, denouncing it as "unkind" towards the

New data has shown that on average people who earn high wages in Botswana’s formal sector walk away with about P22 ,000 per month and these are mostly managers. Formal sector employment refers to work in an establishment that is registered as a company, keeps a set of formal accounts, have an office or a permanent structure of location and has employed five or more employees.

The country’s merchandise trade deficit sank deeper to P6.6 billion in November, from a revised shortfall of P4.7 billion in October, as the impact of falling diamond exports continued to worsen.

The recently released Statistics Botswana’s International Merchandise Trade statistics report for October shows that total exports fell by 31.6 percent to

The rate of increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy eased in December, as reflected by inflation slowing to 3.5% from 3.9% in November.

The continuing downturn in diamond exports widened the merchandise trade deficit in October to P5.6 billion, the worst since June 2020, as diamond exports fell by about 50%.

Botswana, a country known for its diamond production and other exports, has experienced a significant drop in export revenues. According to the latest figures released by Statistics Botswana, the country’s export revenues for the month of October 2023 declined by over P1 billion (around P1.25 billion). This decline can be attributed to a decrease in […]