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Motsamai, Motshwarakgole Face-Off
Former Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) President is threatening to take legal action against former National Amalgamated Central, Local and Parastatal Manual Workers' Union (NACLPMWU) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Johnson Motshwarakgole, over alleged defamatory statements. Through his attorneys, Otto...
Two Titans, One Throne: The Duel for Control of Botswana’s Public Sector
Those with intimate knowledge of trade unionism affairs can actually tell that bullets from the manual workers union were orchestrated by veteran unionist and former leader of the NACLPMWU – Johnson Motshwarakgole - who currently serves as its consultant and...
Debt, Direction and the Second Budget
Economists will be scanning less for grand statements than for clues, particularly on how government intends to fund the pillars it has so confidently outlined. Debt numbers on the strategy paper have caught the eyes of many. Treasury’s strategy paper...
AGOA returns, but structural constraints still loom
AGOA, which grants duty-free access to more than 1,800 product lines from eligible sub-Saharan African countries, expired in September 2025 after a ten-year extension from 2015. While the programme has underpinned billions of dollars in trade, Botswana’s participation, primarily through...
Rail revenue reaches P60.5 million
Volume of railed goods up 12.7% in Q3 2025 The volume and value of goods transported by rail increased in the third quarter of 2025, reaching 242,067 tonnes and generating P60.5 million in revenue, Statistics Botswana said in its latest...