Hopes are high that the new partnership will ensure easy, cheaper access to vaccines and medicine.
Botswana’s opposition party has thrown its weight behind law for officials to declare their interests.
Botswana’s tourism ministry has confirmed that it will update and rebrand the country as an international destinatio
The right-of-reply article by Dr Jeff Ramsay, deputy permanent secretary for Botswana’s government communications is full of spin, says Sam Ditshego.
The African Spring may not have materialised, but in Botswana the winds of change are buffeting a party that has ruled the country since independence.
With government help, a Namibian brewery is leaving its Botswana competitor thirsty.
In the past decade we have come to expect little from the M&G in its reporting on Botswana, which tends to be ill-informed, writes Jeff Ramsay.
The article "Khama Inc: All the president’s family, friends and close colleagues" reads like a breathless whodunnit, writes Tom Tweedy.
An M&G investigation has revealed President Ian Khama’s extensive use of the Botswana state to establish a far-reaching network built on patronage.
What is truly scary about the IMF’s income distribution figures, is that Botswana now has a more unequal distribution of income than South Africa.
Not a soul who goes to the supermarket will have failed to notice the rapid rate of price increases of almost all foods in the past 18 months.
The decision to deliver coal deposits to either the Indian or Atlantic ocean has international implications, writes Roman Grynberg.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that SA may not extradite foreign nationals suspected of crimes that may lead to them to face the death penalty.
Lowering taxes for new miners may not be enough to counter the lack of infrastructure, writes Roman Grynberg.
Declining subsidies and increasing restrictions are forcing the country to think the unthinkable, writes Roman Grynberg.
Botswana police say they are targeting poachers, not Bushmen, amid claims of intimidation from a Basarwa settlement in the Kgalagadi Game Reserve.
Southern African countries have agreed to launch a centre in Namibia to tie together climate change studies across the region.
Secret colonial-era files released this week show that Britain tried to test poison gas in Botswana in World War II after plans for SA were nixed.
In terms of mining, there are no easy options to make the most of local beneficiation.
The Africa Nations Cup minnows are putting up
a surprising fight and challenging the status quo.
Choosing the route of a new railway is a tough and imminent decision the government faces.
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/ 2 December 2011
If you read the history of the development of all the great powers, it was steam then electricity generated by coal that fuelled industry and navies.
Botswana has been awarded this year’s "Golden Padlock" award for the Southern African country with the most secretive public institutions.
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/ 8 November 2011
Botswana is looking to legalise prostitution in the conservative country in a bid to bring down one of the world’s highest HIV rates.
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/ 30 October 2011
The Africa Cup of Nations’ main contenders Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana avoided each other and the likes of Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia in a kind draw.
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/ 18 October 2011
A small plane carrying 12 people has crashed in Botswana, killing the British pilot and seven tourists from France, Sweden and Britain.
The struggle for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations places reaches a climax this weekend with 21 countries chasing 10 tickets to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
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/ 30 September 2011
The High Court in Johannesburg has slammed Botswana as a "pariah state not synchronised with the majority of African countries.
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/ 23 September 2011
Botswana’s unions have asked a court to force the government to reinstate nearly 2 600 state workers fired during the country’s first strike.
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/ 16 September 2011
Diamond producer De Beers says it has signed a new 10-year contract for sorting, vaulting and sales
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/ 5 September 2011
Botswana will lift a moratorium on new prospecting licences for coal in a bid to optimise benefits from its 212-billion tonnes of coal reserves.
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/ 2 September 2011
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party is in crisis following the recent resignation of its flamboyant secretary general, Kentse Rammidi.