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10th March 2021 The narrative that Botswana is a Toyota country continues to play itself out as the Japanese car-maker is still occupies the number one spot in the local vehicle market. Vehicle registrations data compiled by the national statistics agency – Statistics Botswana (SB) for the third quarter of 2020 (Q3:2020) shows that Toyota registered 37.5 percent of total first registrations, proving to be the most popular make in the country.  Honda and Mazda followed with 10.7 and 10.3 percent respectively while Yamaha proved to be the favourite motor cycle, accounting for 64.1 perce...

7th February 2021 Botswana’s rate of job creation during 2020 was as slow as its COVID 19 vaccine roll out plan, figures published by the national data agency – Statistics Botswana suggest.  According to the Statistics Botswana’s Labour Force Module of the Quarterly Multi Topic Survey (QMTS), formal sector employment in Botswana went down from 492,914 in quarter one of 2020 to 477,716 in the last quarter (Q4: 2020). This reflects a decrease of 3.1 percent. The survey further shows that there has been an increase in the number of people eligible to work, but the economy is addi...

28th January 2021 Times maybe uncertain in this Covid-19 era, but one thing not to be missed is the annual Mining Indaba, the African mining industry’s major conference that usually takes place in Cape Town, South Africa.  The organizers of this largely attended conference, Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, have planned to host this event through virtual platform, where Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi will give a presidential keynote address.  Masisi will be joining the already confirmed Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic ...

The heavy decline of the mining sector performance recorded in the third quarter of last year is likely to push the economy further into recession af...