The government plans to amend the Road Traffic Act to criminalise driving under the influence of illicit drugs, broadening impaired driving offences beyond alcohol to improve road safety.
21 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The government plans to amend the Road Traffic Act to criminalise driving under the influence of illicit drugs, broadening impaired driving offences beyond alcohol to improve road safety.
21 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Four opposition Members of Parliament have approached the High Court seeking condonation for failing to submit mandatory election expense returns, raising doubts about the legal status of legislators who may have continued sitting and voting in Parliament despite being disqualified under the Electoral Act.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The Public Accounts Committee questioned Permanent Secretary Thuso Ramodimoosi over the appointment of a D3 salary scale officer to act as Chief of Protocol, a position originally graded at E1 and since upgraded to F2.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Public sector trade unions have halted a planned government meeting on leadership transformation, citing a dispute over new controls on local per diem allowances and insisting the matter be subjected to formal collective bargaining negotiations.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The World Bank has warned that high poverty, deep income inequality, and a worsening jobs crisis are undermining Botswana's long-term growth prospects and threatening its ambitions to become a more inclusive upper-middle-income economy. The bank argues that persistent poverty and one of the world's highest levels of inequality have become structural barriers to sustainable development.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's government debt reached an estimated P90 billion, or 33 percent of GDP, as of December 2025, with domestic borrowing accounting for the largest share, as foreign reserves remain broadly stable despite weaker export earnings.
21 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education awarded a P654.4 million contract for an integrated STEAM e-learning, coding and robotics programme to Emeritus Training Academy Botswana through direct procurement, receiving the financial evaluation, adjudicating it, and approving the award all on 25 June 2026.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana Oil's Francistown fuel depot expansion is at 88 percent progress against a projected 97 percent by August 2026, running behind the original October 2026 completion target set when the P1.1 billion project began in October 2022. Phase one, comprising road loading and off-loading gantry, has been operational since 2024.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The World Bank reports that Botswana's diamond revenues, which once covered more than two years of government wages, now cover only four months, as declining revenues, widening budget deficits and delayed reforms constrain the government's fiscal position.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Government's reintroduction of Value Added Tax on private healthcare services has faced backlash from medical professionals and citizens who warn the policy could worsen Botswana's healthcare crisis by making treatment unaffordable and straining an already burdened public healthcare system.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana says it remains open to discussions with China on expanding travel arrangements for its citizens as both nations explore stronger trade, tourism and people-to-people relations.
21 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
An opinion piece argues that despite government spending millions of Pula to promote cooperatives, Botswana's history shows repeated failed attempts at developing the cooperative model, with efforts returning to where they started.
21 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →