Cities and towns experience rising rates The latest figures from Statistics Botswana (SB) show that the annual inflation rate in April registered a slight increase. Inflation...
When Innocent Tlhabano set up Archgate Solutions in 2011, the business was primarily centered around landscaping and supplies. However, a change in direction last year, to...
Due to uncertainty in the business environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Turnstar Holdings Limited has decided not to pay dividends for the year ended January...
Botswana Insurance Company (BIC) Managing Director, Newton Jazire, says a proposition made by short-term industry players will put the country in a better position against similar...
Credit extension by commercial banks continued to rise this year, registering a growth of 10.2 percent for the 12-month period preceding February. The Monetary Policy Report,...
“Govt will come after non-complying businesses” warns Balopi The wage subsidy provided by government to cushion the private companies’ employees’ wages has caused a rift between...
“We have retooled them for the job”- Dr Mampane Government has this week made it compulsory for businesses and organisations with 50 or more employees to...
Companies anticipate tough first half of the year Local companies expect business conditions to deteriorate in the first two quarters of 2020, a recent survey has...
Rabbit breeder makes big bucks Six years ago, a feature in a local newsletter changed the course of Timothy Mauco’s life forever. Unsurprisingly it is a...
Authority step in to aid SMME’s Having conducted a survey to assess the impact of Covid-19 on Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs), Local Enterprise Authority...
Economists fear that the fiscal measures put in place by government to lessen the impact of Covid-19 on the economy are significantly less than what is...
Govt set to lose over P16 billion in diamond revenue In response to the impact of Covid-19, De Beers has drastically reduced its production guidance for...
While Africa has registered fewer confirmed cases of Covid-19 and the least number of deaths, the United Nations (UN) has warned that many lives could be...
Liquor industry want bars to operate as off-consumption outlets On Friday 27 March, a week before the country went into lockdown, government indefinitely suspended the sale...
Letshego Holdings Limited, the listed Pan-African financial services group, still has unresolved tax issues emanating from prior years that require audit attention – this, according to...
“In my view life itself has been disrupted forever – therefore, so has Mascom!” On 29 November 2019, Dzene Makhwade-Seboni ascended to one of the highest...
Big shopping complex landlords around Gaborone were on Thursday yet to meet with tenants to make a decision on April rental payment. Since the beginning of...
Bank of Botswana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has on Thursday slashed the bank rate by 50 basis points. The rate has been reduced from 4.75 percent...
The World Bank has projected that Sub-Saharan Africa could experience its first recession in 25 years due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The negative projection is expected...
Fuel prices decrease minimal despite collapsing global oil prices Motorists were left disappointed this week after the eagerly anticipated drop in fuel prices turned out to...
2020 Bank profit margins expected to squeeze Commercial banks margins are expected to squeeze in the next financial period due to the economic effects of Covid-19....