Latest CoronaVirus News & Updates from Botswana
Botswana: Ministry Resumes Services Interrupted By Covid-19
1d | AllAfrica.comMinistry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs has resumed offering key services such as travel and immigration sidelined by the outbreak of COVID-19, minister Ms Annah Mokgethi has said.
Read moreCOVID-19 exposes decay in the education system
1d | WEEKEND POSTBotswana Sectors of Teachers Union (BOSETU) says COVID-19 as a pandemic has negatively affected the education sector by ...
Read moreBotswana boosts domestic market to encourage local tourism
8d | Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkBotswana is fiercely considering the local tourism route as a protection to the coronavirus pandemic that has produced a lot ...
Read moreBotswana: Bamb Spurs Farmers to Invest in Maize Production
1d | AllAfrica.comBotswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) chief executive officer Mr Leonard Morakaladi says opportunity abounds in maize grain production in Botswana.
Read moreCovid-19 rattles Morupule Coal Mine
1d | WEEKEND POSTProduction at Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) has been significantly reduced following the outbreak of COVID-19 at the wholly ...
Read moreBotswana intensifies surveillance of respiratory infections
12d | China Internet Information CenterBotswana has intensified its surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections in line with a World Health Organization resolution on responding to COVID-19. Lemogang Kwape, Botswana's minister of ...
Read moreNumber of Botswana's newly registered motor vehicles drops in Q2
3d | China Internet Information CenterBotswana recorded a loss in the number of newly registered motor vehicles in the second quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's data authority reported on Friday. Statistics Botswana said ...
Read moreTransformation of African economies – The case of Botswana as a gateway to doing business in Africa
4d | EURACTIVWith growing infrastructure development and geographically in a central location, Botswana is seen by some as the gateway to ...
Read moreHow Senegal has set the standard on COVID-19
11d | DevexDespite its limited resources, Senegal has outperformed many wealthier countries in its pandemic response. Devex explores how ...
Read moreKovind welcomes Switzerland, Malta, Botswana envoys; thanks their governments for supporting India in UN Security Council
5d | YAHOO!President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from the ambassador of Switzerland, besides the high commissioners of Malta ...
Read moreBotswana: Locust Outbreak National Disaster
1d | AllAfrica.comAssistant Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Ms Beauty Manake, has urged government departments and stakeholders to work together to control locust outbreak.
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Botswana extends emergency measures to combat virus
20d | WSOC-TVGABORONE, Botswana — (AP) — Botswana has extended its state of emergency for a further six months to combat the spread of COVID-19. The southern African country will maintain several ...
Read moreBotswana: Mantshwabisi RADS Hostel Pupil Tests Positive for Covid-19
4d | AllAfrica.comA Standard Six Mantshwabisi RADS Hostel pupil has tested COVID-19 positive after coming into contact with a family member from Metsimotlhabe having the virus.
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China hands over anti-COVID-19 materials to Botswana
1mon | MSNSpeaking during the handing over ceremony, Zhao said fighting COVID-19 is a major battle that concerns the health and well-being of all human beings, including the peoples of China and Botswana.
Read moreTransformation of African economies – The case of Botswana as a gateway to doing business in Africa
4d | EURACTIVWith growing infrastructure development and geographically in a central location, Botswana is seen by some as the gateway to ...
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Botswana: Maun to Have Covid-19 Testing Lab
21d | AllAfrica.comMaun — Coordinator of presidential COVID-19 task force, Dr Kereng Masupu ... She also noted that they identified other areas such as Botswana Wildlife Training Institute (BWTI), which had ...
Read moreHow Senegal has set the standard on COVID-19
11d | DevexDespite its limited resources, Senegal has outperformed many wealthier countries in its pandemic response. Devex explores how ...
Read moreBotswana: Bank of Botswana Reduces Rate
9d | AllAfrica.comBank of Botswana has reduced interest rates by 50 basis points, from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent as inflation remains below the lower bound of the central bank's objective range at 1 per cent in ...
Read moreCOVID-19 exposes decay in the education system
1d | WEEKEND POSTBotswana Sectors of Teachers Union (BOSETU) says COVID-19 as a pandemic has negatively affected the education sector by ...
Read moreGov’t dared to increase investment in mental health
1d | WEEKEND POSTA mental health crisis is looming as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes people into isolation, poverty and anxiety. The demand for ...
Read moreBotswana intensifies surveillance of respiratory infections
12d | China Internet Information CenterBotswana has intensified its surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections in line with a World Health Organization resolution on responding to COVID-19. Lemogang Kwape, Botswana's minister of ...
Read moreBotswana: Govt Helps Farmers Survive Pandemic
2d | AllAfrica.comPresident Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi's initiative of supporting small stock farmers on Thursday October 15 led him to Semarule lands near Molepolole, where he donated a buck to 70-year-old, Mr May Babutsi.
Read moreBotswana: About P500 000 Needed for Locust Control
8d | AllAfrica.comThe Department of Agriculture will need P500 000 to control and contain the recent African Migratory locust invasion in some ...
Read moreBotswana to tap domestic market as alternative to grow tourism sector
8d | XinhuaBotswana is seriously exploring the domestic tourism route as a safeguard to the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused a lot of confusion to the economic performance of many countries across the globe.
Read moreKnowledgeable free-thinker, opinion-maker and PAC stalwart Sam Ditshego succumbs to Covid-19
2d | IOL News on MSN.comA free-thinker whose seminal writing was circulated widely on social media, newspapers and radio, Ditshego always shared his ...
Read moreBotswana: Bps Institutes Gender-Based Violence Fighting Measures
5d | AllAfrica.comBotswana Police Service (BPS) commissioner has outlined initiatives and interventions the organisation has instituted to address gender-based violence.
Read moreKovind welcomes Switzerland, Malta, Botswana envoys; thanks their governments for supporting India in UN Security Council
5d | YAHOO!President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from the ambassador of Switzerland, besides the high commissioners of Malta ...
Read moreBotswana: Implement Development Agendas - Sibisibi
9d | AllAfrica.comBotswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) president, Councillor Jeffrey Sibisibi has called on councils to ensure efficient implementation of key development agendas.
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