Kazungula Bridge Authority Formalised, Strengthening Botswana–Zambia Ties
Cross-border infrastructure in Southern Africa rarely fails for want of steel. It fails for want of a clear answer to a duller question: once the bridge is built, who runs it, who bills for it, and who carries the legal authority to keep it open. The Kazungula Bridge...
Mining explorers
Profiles - Founders & Operators · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Diversification is a word politicians use and geologists deliver. Behind Botswana's ambition to widen its mineral base beyond diamonds stands a less visible cast: the...
Energy dealmakers
Profiles - Women in Business & Rising Stars · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Energy diplomacy usually dies in the gap between a communique and a contract. This year, officials from Oman and Botswana closed that gap. They moved renewable...
Botswana entrepreneurs
Profiles - Leadership & Governance · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Most business plans assume the weather will hold. Botswana's entrepreneurs spent the year learning, again, that it does not. They navigated slow growth, fuel price...
Bank of Botswana policymakers
Profiles - Leaders & Changemakers · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 A small open economy cannot vote its way out of imported inflation, and it cannot print its way to growth. That is the standing tension the people who set monetary policy...
Keeping Kids Fed: Schools Navigate Food Supply Disruptions
The school feeding scheme is holding up but short on suppliers, the council reports – and that gap is an open contract for local farms and logistics firms.
Insourcing the State: Government Reclaims Services from Contractors
The minister says pulling outsourced services back into government will improve job security and accountability – at the cost of a heavier payroll. It is a deliberate trade, not a free one.
Data-Driven Relief: Councils Register Farmers Hurt by FMD Ban
Councils have begun registering FMD-hit farmers for a compensation database – and are assembling the structured data that start-ups and insurers have long wanted to build on.
Public Works Tackle FMD: Ikageng Labour Mobilised for Biosecurity
Government has put over 1,000 Ikageng workers to clearing bush and building fences against foot-and-mouth disease – an emergency wage scheme with a quiet second life as durable biosecurity.
Inclusive Afro Tech: DJs Break Barriers in Botswana’s Nightlife
Nightlife is rarely designed with access in mind. A GIMC Afro Tech show puts a wheelchair-using DJ and women DJs on the decks, and asks venues to keep up.
Karate Championship Kicks Off to Build a Combat-Sport Community
Botswana’s combat-sport scene has lacked a regular national stage. The Botswana Defence Force has launched a national karate championship and is courting sponsors to build one.
From Mine to Orchard: Selebi Phikwe Turns to Citrus to Revive Jobs
When BCL’s mine closed, Selebi Phikwe lost its economic spine. A citrus farm now employing over 300 workers is one attempt to put a different engine in its place.
Crowning Culture: Miss World Botswana Spotlights Nama Traditions
National pageantry usually keeps to the capital. Miss World Botswana Ruth Thomas took her platform to the Nama community, wearing traditional attire to spotlight a smaller culture.
Neuro Inclusion Becomes Botswana’s Next Productivity Frontier
Botswana’s labour market debates skills shortages while a large pool of capable workers stays unhired. An HR conference reframes neurodiversity as a productivity question.
Track and Field Faces Integrity and Inclusivity Challenges
The Botswana Athletics Association AGM in June 2026 reported a positive doping test and a fall in female participation, pledging remedial programmes on both fronts.
Botswana Taxes Streaming and SaaS: Digital VAT Goes Live
From 1 June 2026, BURS requires non-resident digital providers to register for VAT, a move it expects to raise about P450 million in additional revenue.
Neurodiversity as Innovation Driver: Businesses Urged to Adapt
Lyra Botswana’s MD told HR leaders in June 2026 that 15 to 20 percent of people are neurodivergent and that inclusive workplaces are two to three times more productive.
Community Farms Sprout as Drought and Imports Bite
Councils rolled out cooperative farming schemes and community gardens in June 2026 to soften drought and import dependence as food insecurity rose.
Military Hosts Karate Open to Groom Future Champions
The Botswana Defence Force organised a nationwide karate open in June 2026 to nurture talent and open sponsorship pathways for the discipline.
Multilateral Loans Plug Budget Gaps in Hard Times
Botswana turned to World Bank and AfDB loans to finance health, water and energy projects, cushioning the budget through the downturn under reform conditions.
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