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… inField('log', 'Please complete all required fields!'); ihcCheckLoginField('pwd', 'Please complete all required fields!'); return FALSE; } }); } ); The post Auditor General Flags P1.6 Billion in Troubled State Loans first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Portia Nkani …
Auditor General Flags P1.6 Billion in Troubled State LoansBotswana Sunday Standard
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Govt formalises same-sex relationsThe Botswana Congress Party's Shadow Minister of Lands and Agriculture says government surveillance data shows disease-free zones remain under blanket movement restrictions despite no FMD detection, and questions why farmers in these areas cannot resume livestock trade.
5 October 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The Botswana Congress Party's Shadow Minister of Lands and Agriculture says government surveillance data shows disease-free zones remain under blanket movement restrictions despite no FMD detection, and questions why farmers in these areas cannot resume livestock trade.
5 October 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's government has blamed the first-past-the-post electoral system for the country's low representation of women in Parliament, according to a National Report on the Maputo Protocol. Women occupied only 8.7 percent of National Assembly seats after the 2024 elections, with three of six women elected and three specially appointed.
27 September 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's national cattle herd declined to 1,638,543 in 2025 from 1,744,166 in 2015, a 6.1 percent contraction of 105,623 animals, according to the 2025 Agricultural Census by Statistics Botswana. The decline comes as cattle deaths have surged and raises questions about the resilience of the livestock sector.
14 September 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 →
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 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 →
As cybercriminals increasingly target vulnerable members of society, Botswana's senior citizens are learning how to fight back. Mascom Wireless recently conducted a cybersecurity workshop for elderly residents of Pitsane Village to equip them with knowledge to identify and avoid online scams.
22 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
According to an African Development Bank report, Botswana's position in Africa's industrialisation rankings fell from ninth in 2010 to 15th in 2024, a decline linked to weaker manufacturing and a more specialised export base.
8 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe's budget is facing a second straight crisis of confidence, with international institutions again projecting economic growth well below treasury forecasts, prompting questions about whether government budgeting is based on optimism rather than economic reality.
8 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The government has introduced new, higher visa fee charges affecting foreign travellers, investors, and business people entering Botswana for work, business, study, and tourism, in regulations signed by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs.
1 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana's parastatals including the Botswana Meat Commission, Air Botswana, and Botswana Postal Services have failed to honour repayment obligations on government loans totalling more than P1.6 billion, with the Auditor General raising concerns over weak oversight and broken repayment agreements.
11 May 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The government has amended the Penal Code by deleting provisions historically used to criminalize consensual same-sex conduct. According to Statutory Instrument No. 41 of 2026, published in the Government Gazette on March 27, the Attorney General ordered the rectification of Section 164 of the Penal Code Act by deleting paragraphs (a) and (c).
27 April 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →