Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph

22/11/2024

22/11/2024

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA)

PUBLIC BUSINESS
*Ministers' Question
*Motion

21/11/2024

With nearly five years until 2030 — when the sustainable development goals
(SDGs) will be re-evaluated and updated — the Botswana Institute for
Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), which has been involved in research and
analysis on poverty in Botswana since 1997 is calling for targeted interventions
in order to address multi-dimensional poverty.
Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/bidpa-gives-insights-on-
alleviating-poverty-in-botswana/

21/11/2024

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA)

PUBLIC BUSINESS
*Questions
*Response to the President's Speech
*Leader of Opposition SONA Response

21/11/2024

Are you ready to make diamond history? With just 24 hours to go, follow Botswana for more information.

21/11/2024

Had the House of Lords adopted an amendment proposed by Sir Douglas Glover when it debated the Botswana Independence Bill on July 28, 1966, Attorney Duma Boko and Gordon Bennett, a British lawyer, would probably never have crossed paths at the turn of the century. The house didn’t and the two lawyers crossed paths when the government forcibly removed (‘relocated’) Khwe communities living in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve. The latter is an area of desert the size of Belgium. In response to this development, Survival International, a London-based pressure group, interceded on the Khwe engaged the services of Bennett. Needing the services of someone more familiar with Botswana law, Bennett teamed up with Boko (then a law lecturer at the University of Botswana) to challenge the government’s decision through the High Court.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/will-president-boko-deliver-what-attorney-boko-wanted-for-ckgr-residents-in-2002/

21/11/2024

Former President Mokgweetsi Masisi and the Director-General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS), Peter Magosi’s alleged decision to engage

a Dubai-based IT company to procure sheep worth P43 million has raised eyebrows.

Read more at; https://www.sundaystandard.info/masisi-magosi-p43-million-dubai-sheep-deal-raises-eye-brows/

20/11/2024

Botswana’s inflation rate inched higher in October, reaching 1.6 percent from the 1.5 percent recorded in September, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by Statistics Botswana on Friday. The rise, though modest, highlights notable pressures from key categories such as Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, which contributed 0.8 percentage points to the annual inflation rate.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/food-prices-fry-household-budgets-as-inflation-creeps-up/

20/11/2024

Lucara Diamond Corp reported an 8 percent revenue decline in the first nine months of 2024, as the global diamond market grapples with weaker demand. The Canadian miner, dual-listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Botswana Stock Exchange, recorded revenues of $125.1 million, down from $136.1 million in the same period last year, despite modest quarterly improvements.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/lucaras-revenue-dips-as-diamond-sector-weakens/

20/11/2024

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA)

PUBLIC BUSINESS
*Questions

20/11/2024

The previous cabinet was made up of men and women whose venality was only matched by their love of power and the good living that power brought them.

They loved luxury, enjoyed the finer things in life and enjoyed the trappings of power.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/ndaba-gaolathe-is-the-least-money-motivated-man-i-have-ever-met/

20/11/2024

One of President Duma Boko’s first official acts was to lift an effective travel ban that was imposed on 10 people, one a London-based lawyer that he worked with on the Roy Sesana and 149 Others case. This action means that for the first time since 2013, that lawyer and representatives of the organisation that engaged his services, will be able to visit Botswana without having to apply for a visa.

Read more at: https://www.sundaystandard.info/adv-boko-lifts-travel-ban-khama-imposed-on-professional-colleague-uk-clients/

19/11/2024

Minister Of Health with Zeus

19/11/2024

19/11/2024

Former President Ian Khama