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Botswana has recorded its first trade surplus for 2021 since the only one for the year in January.

Botswana – a tiny nation in southern African as some western media would label, will once again have to look to diamonds – its all-time gold boy to keep a

Domestic economy remains subdued by Covid-19 Most Botswana imports come from SACU region Economist urges Govt to support local production

* ‘P1.4 billion spent on PEP but poverty is on the rise!’ maintains Saleshando Although they did not have the numbers to prove it, government are adamant poverty levels in the country have gone done since the Poverty Eradication Programme was launched ten years ago. Defending the programme in parliament on Wednesday, Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, revealed govt’ have pumped P1.4 billion into the initiative, established to empower those living in abject poverty. Mthimkhulu was responding to questions raised by Maun ...

2021-07-16 01:56:04 GMT2021-07-16 09:56:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English GABORONE, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's annual inflation rate remains above the central bank's short to medium term target of 3 to 6 percent, parastatal statistical organization Statistics Botswana said on Thursday. The annual inflation rate rose to 8.2 percent in June 2021, an increase of 2.0 percentage points on the May rate of 6.2 percent, it said. "The main drivers to the June 2021 annual inflation rate were transport, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, food and non-alcoholic beverages and misce...