Botswana In Headlines – allAfrica News

• Botswana Issues 400 Elephant Hunting Licenses, Drawing Fresh Opposition
  [VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an elephant.
• Botswana's New Administration Lifts Ban On SA Vegetable Imports
  [SAnews.gov.za] International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola, has welcomed Botswana's commitment to strengthening ties and promoting trade with South Africa.
• 'BDP Is Gone for Good' - Kgafela II
  [The Patriot] Bakgatla Kgosikgolo Kgafela II has applauded his tribe and Batswana in general for voting Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) out of power, noting that the party will never to government. The jubilant Kgafela II addressed Bakgatla virtually on Thursday where he applauded them for effectively partaking in regime change by ensuring that BDP does […]
• Botswana's Trade Deficit Conundrum
  [The Patriot] Botswana has consistently recorded a trade deficit from September 2023 to September 2024, Statistics Botswana (SB) revealed in its International Merchandise and Trade Statistics Monthly (IMTS) September 2024 report. It is a monthly digest that provides a summary of trade statistics on Botswana's total imports and exports of goods for September 2024. The […]
• Botswana Leader Praises President
  [The Herald] Botswana President Duma Boko and the SADC Secretariat expressed their trust in President Mnangagwa's leadership as Chairman of the regional bloc and believe the trajectory he is leading the region to will bring prosperity, growth and unity of purpose.
• Botswana President Rubbishes 'Baseless Claims' He Was Given 10 Ankole Cattle By Mnangagwa - Opposition Calls It a 'Dirty Gift'
  [New Zimbabwe] Botswana President Duma Boko has rubbished claims that he was given 10 cattle of the elite Ankole breed by his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, during a recent SADC meeting in Harare.
• Southern African Countries Build $45m Military Depot in Botswana
  [VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is building a military logistics hub in Botswana to ensure rapid deployment of troops. The construction follows the regional bloc's 2021 failure to quickly send forces to quell an insurgence in northern Mozambique.
• Women in Botswana Make Up 54% of Voters, but Less Than 10% of Parliament - Political Parties Can Change That
  [The Conversation Africa] There's a question that has consistently gripped Botswana's politics: bomme ba kae? (where are the women?). It became even more urgent with the country's 2024 general elections.
• Govt to Recover 'Stolen' Money
  [The Patriot] If it were by Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, the Government would go after those proven to have benefited corruptly from the Government contracts and recover the loot.
• More Power to Councils
  [The Patriot] Government has developed a Draft National Decentralisation Policy, which is yet to be presented before the relevant structures for consideration, The Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa has revealed.