Businessman Bakang Seretse, who is fighting a P42m judgement, has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Services Commission accusing Justice Edwin Cameron of prejudging him and compromising judicial impartiality.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Businessman Bakang Seretse, who is fighting a P42m judgement, has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Services Commission accusing Justice Edwin Cameron of prejudging him and compromising judicial impartiality.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Businessman Bakang Seretse has asked Attorney General Dick Bayford and Court of Appeal President Justice Tebogo Tau to recuse themselves from consideration of his official complaint against justice Edwin Cameron, citing an appearance of conflict of interest.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Following disclosure of the Botswana Development Corporation CEO's remuneration package to the Public Accounts Committee, social media and broader media coverage has sparked public outrage over executive pay levels, with other CEOs' packages also drawing scrutiny at a time when the economy remains under significant pressure.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana is confronting a massive development financing gap of about P82.5 billion, with financing needs reaching US$6.4 billion between 2021 and 2025 but average annual financing flows of only US$217.2 million over the same period, according to the African Development Bank Group's Country Focus Report 2026-Botswana.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana has emerged as one of Africa's strongest performers in attracting greenfield foreign direct investment, ranking 11th globally in the fDi Intelligence Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2026. Greenfield investment—when a foreign company establishes a new operation such as a factory, mine, office, data centre or renewable-energy facility—can bring new productive capacity, technology and supply-chain opportunities into an economy.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The African Development Bank has raised concerns about Botswana's ability to translate improvements in budget transparency into credible fiscal management, warning that gaps between approved budgets and actual outcomes are weakening public investment and increasing fiscal risks.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Jehovah's Witnesses in Botswana held the first of their annual global convention series under the theme "Eternal Happiness" this weekend in Gaborone and Francistown, with programmes in Setswana, Kalanga, Botswana Sign Language and English; two more conventions are scheduled for August 21–23 and August 28–30, 2026, and the public is invited to attend free of charge.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's population is expected to grow from 2.40 million in 2023 to 2.95 million by 2038, an increase of about 558,000 people at an average annual growth rate of 1.4%, with rapid urbanisation and an expanding working-age population expected to strain jobs, housing, and infrastructure.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's population is projected to reach 2,954,519 people by 2038, a substantial increase from the 2,359,609 recorded in the 2022 Population and Housing Census, according to Statistics Botswana. The country is expected to become more urban, older, and increasingly concentrated around major economic centres.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Township Rollers has announced two major sponsorships: Bet267 will pay P2 million over two seasons (P1 million per season) for shirt naming rights, while Hope Tee Energy will inject P6 million over three years (P2 million per season) as main sponsor. The deals signal a shift toward sustainability for the Gaborone-based club, which recently faced player departures and debt.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's Titans Softball Club will compete in the Women's Softball European Cup in Wittenbach, Switzerland, from August 19 to 22, facing teams from Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, and Poland. The club aims to give its players international experience and expose them to higher levels of competition.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
At a Kenya panel discussion on gambling, financial crime and regulation in Africa's gaming sector, experts highlighted the growing threat of money laundering and illicit financial flows, while cautioning against conflating gambling with money laundering and calling instead for stronger risk-based regulation and cooperation between regulators, banks, payment providers and gaming operators.
16 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →