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The annual inflation rate remained unchanged in February 2022, maintaining the 13-year all-time high figure of 10.6 percent, the same rate as in January 2022, Statistics Botswana's Consumer Price Index has reported. The last time Botswana recorded such high inflation levels was during the 2008/9 financial crisis. 

BERA, represented by the Chief Executive Officer - Mrs. Rose Nunu Seretse, elected as the Vice Chair of RERA

Enumerators in Francistown threaten to quitUpset by withdrawal of overtime allowancePetition Statistics Botswana over poor conditions of service BAKANG TIRO

Ministry of Youth Empowerment Sports and Culture Development (MYSC) is grabbling with solutions to the unemployment conundrum, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Ministry, which is under the watch of Tumiso Rakgare and Billy Buti, is mostly worried by the escalating joblessness as it directly affects the young graduates.  At one point, this […]

Botswana posted P713.0 million trade surplus in December 2021, official data compiled by Statistics Botswana showed this past week, amid higher volumes and

The latest monthly International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) compiled by Statistics Botswana for the month of December 2021 shows that the country

The global price of oil has already been at elevated levels for a while and so, on a year on year comparison, the headline rate of inflation has already shown

The country’s manufacturing sector is said to have helped to reduce the import bill where imports of manufactured items totaled P41 billion in 2020 while

Consumer Inflation in Botswana which has been trending at nine-year highs since mid-2021 rose to 10.6 percent in January 2022, from 8.7 percent in December

A way has to be found to restore public trust and integrity in Botswana’s public statistics.