Emerging-market stocks rallied and an index of currencies erased its biggest drop since March as traders rode the ebb and flow of a US election.
Botswana’s main opposition party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change is challenging the outcome of the October election that was won by the ruling Botswana Democratic party.
The government issued its big plan to save Eskom, but the details were a disappointment for many hoping to see faster, firmer action.
Ram Ottapathu, founder of Botswana’s leading retailer Choppies, has been under heavy attack of late after a forensic and legal audit into the JSE-listed company accused him of malfeasance.
Botswana’s ruling party is in the midst of its worst crisis since taking power in 1966 as a leadership battle rages ahead of an elective congress next month.
MTN announced the disposal of its share in a Botswana joint venture as Africa’s biggest wireless carrier by revenue kicks off a drive to raise at least R15bn from asset sales and strengthen the balance sheet.
MTN is considering the sale of its stake in Botswana’s largest wireless carrier, according to people familiar with the matter, as Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter seeks to reduce the number of countries in which the company operates.
While culling elephants is a no-brainer conservation-wise with almost no experts siding with animal rights activists, the public relations fall-out could severely damage Botswana’s lucrative tourism industry.
RMB Ventures have just concluded a transaction with a company called Kamoso Distribution – the biggest private equity transaction yet in Botswana. Ewan Gray tells all.
One of the biggest diamonds in history has been discovered in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa.