Budding democrat or dictator? – The case of President Khama
When he entered politics, more than a decade ago, little was known about President Ian Khama except that he was the eldest son of Botswana’s founding president, Sir Seretse Khama, and also the commander of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF).
For Botswana, Coal is the New Gold: Rising coal prices bring hope to CIC Energy, Aviva
An average 40 percent increase in the price of thermal coal in 2010 and projections for even further growth this year have come as a godsend to the development of Botswana’s Mmamabula and Mmamantswe projects whose prospects were dented late last year.
Southern Africa In Bid To Unscramble Economic Jigsaw Puzzle
SOUTHERN African Development Community Heads of State and Government will carry the region’s elusive dream of financial integration when they convene in Windhoek, Namibia, in two weeks’ time.
PROFILE: Botswana, A Cut Above The Rest
PICKING diamonds in the dirt has become a pipedream for many African nations, but Botswana, a landlocked nation mainly made up of the Kalahari desert, has continued to pick diamonds in the fray of socio-economical and political chanllenges facing other African countries today.
Botswana fence rips families apart
The fence at Maitengwe is barely high enough to keep foraging livestock from crossing to either side of the border in the dry region, and villagers leisurely leap over the rusty fence to buy basics, mourn their relatives, marry and make merry just as the Tswana did before Zimbabwe’s independence in the 1980. The area has well pronounced footpaths that lead to numerous crossing points, and animals grazing in the area have trampled on the fence in search of water upstream in the heavily siltated Maitengwe river, which meanders across the border.