Vol 64 No 4 | BOTSWANAZAMBIAZIMBABWE A bridge 100 metres too far 16th February 2023 Zimbabwe failed to invest in a key trade link over the Zambezi and now that truckers are using it to avoid the country altogether, Harare wants back in Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi is happy to call himself one of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa few friends abroad. Masisi has been outspoken in calling for western ...
Vol 64 No 4 | BOTSWANA Court deals poll blow to Khama 16th February 2023 President Mokgweetsi Masisi's supporters in his bitter struggle with former mentor and predecessor Ian Khama are congratulating themselves following a court ruling that has neutere...
Vol 63 No 22 | BOTSWANA Judiciary in the dock 3rd November 2022 The independence of Botswana's judiciary is in the spotlight following accusations by a tribal chief that President Mokgweetsi Masisi told her he would direct judges on how to rule...
Vol 63 No 21 | BOTSWANA New King Coal 20th October 2022 The global energy crisis has gifted Botswana a window to diversify its narrow export base – 75% of its export earnings coming from diamonds – as the country rakes in ri...
Vol 63 No 9 | BOTSWANASOUTH AFRICA Gunning for Khama 28th April 2022 The diplomatic rift between Botswana and South Africa is set to deepen after Gaborone charged its former President Ian Khama with illegally possessing arms with a messy extradition...
Vol 63 No 8 | BOTSWANA As Russia faces sanctions, Gaborone bids to become global diamond hub 5th April 2022 President Masisi is driving a harder bargain with De Beers on revenue and local content after surging demand pushes prices to record levels With just three months left for Botswana and De Beers to agree on a new long-term deal for billions of dollars in diamond mining, cutting and sales, President Mokgweetsi Masisi see...
Vol 63 No 4 | BOTSWANA Spy powers in question 17th February 2022 A 'spy bill' giving investigators the right to intercept phone calls has been diluted following a public outcry, but the government remains intent on stepping up surveillance on su...
Vol 62 No 22 | BOTSWANA Masisi and Khama step up the feud 4th November 2021 Security agents raided the homes of former President Ian Khama on 23-25 October in search of unlicensed weapons and arrested his ally, former spy chief Isaac Kgosi, as President Mo...
Vol 62 No 20 | BOTSWANANAMIBIA Probe into shootings of 'poachers' 7th October 2021 Botswana has formally registered an inquest through the courts to investigate the shootings of three Namibians and a Zambian by its army along a river border with Namibia last Nove...
Vol 62 No 18 | BOTSWANA Presidents trade more blows 9th September 2021 The row between the present and former president shows no sign of abating as they clash over Covid-19 vaccines A charitable foundation linked to ex-President Ian Khama claimed on 9 August it had secured 4 million doses of the Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccines and was offering them t...