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Updated Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:10:00 · 9 stories on the wire
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Botswana's HIV response has come under renewed strain after the Government revealed that salary delays have left 120 officers working under PEPFAR-supported programmes unpaid, with...
Sunday Standard Mozambique offers Botswana beef exporters route through Beira Mozambique has offered Botswana's beef exporters an alternative route to international markets through the Port of Beira, potentially giving the Botswana Meat Commission greater flexibility as it seeks to rebuild and expand exports. The proposal emerged during Mozambican President Daniel Chapo's visit to the Botswana Meat Commission in Lobatse, where officials discussed stronger cooperation in The post Mozambique offers Botswana beef exporters route through Beira first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Sunday Standard Reporter
Sunday Standard Botswana digs up more diamonds, but earns less Botswana dug up more diamonds in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2), but earned considerably less from selling them. Diamond mining value added almost doubled, rising 94.7 percent from a year earlier and providing much of the lift behind Botswana's 8.7 percent economic growth. Yet diamond export earnings moved sharply in the opposite direction, highlighting The post Botswana digs up more diamonds, but earns less first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Sunday Standard Reporter
Sunday Standard Botswana slips nine places in tourism index Botswana has slipped nine places to 84th out of 110 economies in the 2026 Travel Tourism Development Index (TTDI), raising questions about whether its infrastructure, connectivity and investment environment are keeping pace with competing destinations. The World Economic Forum (WEF) index places Botswana behind seven African economies Mauritius, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, The post Botswana slips nine places in tourism index first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Sunday Standard Reporter
Sunday Standard Mining powers GDP growth in Q2:2026 An 81.7 percent surge in mining lifted real economic growth to 8.7 percent in the second quarter, masking a contraction across the rest of the economy as manufacturing, agriculture and construction weakened. Non-mining GDP declined 0.2 percent from a year earlier, reversing growth of 2.8 percent in the corresponding quarter of 2025, according to Statistics The post Mining powers GDP growth in Q2:2026 first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Sunday Standard Reporter
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There is a brewing office-space row at the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, with junior staff officers raising concerns over alleged plans to carve out expansive executive suites...
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A high-quality salt resource being developed by the community of Zutshwa, a small village in Botswana's Kgalagadi District with an estimated population of about 680, could soon eme...