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Sunday Standard Govt seeks P3.1 billion in August debt auction  The government plans to raise P3.1 billion from the domestic market on 28 August, continuing its heavy reliance on monthly debt auctions to finance the budget deficit. The Bank of Botswana will conduct the auction on behalf of the Ministry of Finance under the existing P55 billion domestic note programme. The offering comprises P1.5 billion in three-month Treasury bills maturing on 2 December 2026, P1 billion in six-month bills maturing on 3 March 2027, and P600 million in reopened longer-term government bonds. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are...

Sunday Standard Is the US losing the world to China? The geostrategic tectonic plates are shifting. And that shift is happening at an unprecedented hypervelocity. The resultant has been reconfiguration, recalibration, rebalancing and reshaping of geostrategic postures. New political and security alliances are taking shape and form. Long-standing security policies and postures are quickly being abandoned. Japan being the utmost profound example of this development. Japan’s 2026 Defense White Paper, indicates a clear abandonment of its traditional passive-containment posture, to offensive one. In the White Paper, the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government characterise China as “the greatest strategic challenge,” and highlights China-Russia relations as causing strategic anxiety in East Asia. Furthermore, Japan has recently launched its centralised National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive...

Sunday Standard Dozens of children exposed to rodent-Infested food A considerable number of children are feared to have been exposed to a food safety risk after dead rodents were reportedly found inside packaged Tsabana products. Tsabana is a government-supplied food product manufactured by Sefalana Holding Company Limited’s subsidiary, Foods Botswana (Pty) Ltd. The discovery has triggered an urgent food safety alert and raised serious questions about food safety controls at the Serowe-based manufacturer. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are reserved for subscribers. You can subscribe for one week, a month or a full year – the choice is...

Sunday Standard San community seeks Commissioner’s intervention over “Police brutality” Botswana Khweedom Council, an organization that advocates for Basarwa rights in the country has engaged Botswana Police Commissioner Dinah Marathe on what it deems as perpetual victimization and brutality from police officers. This comes on the backdrop of a recent case where Baleki Kelentse, a middle aged man from the San community who lives in Dukwi village was allegedly beaten and injured by the police during investigations linking him to stock theft. According to a letter dated 17 August 2026 written to the Botswana Police Commissioner, Botswana Khweedom Council is demanding an independent, impartial and transparent investigation concerning the incident. The Council is also demanding the Police Commissioner to make findings on the circumstances that resulted in the injuries that were sustained by the victim. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism...

Sunday Standard Audit exposes how SADC Secretariat bleeds muliti-million dollars A report by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Board has detailed how millions of dollars are being lost at the regional bloc’s secretariat. The audit report has exposed deep financial management failures, weak controls, procurement irregularities and a persistent running into millions of dollars as well as inability by secretariat to implement the regional bloc’s decisions. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are reserved for subscribers. You can subscribe for one week, a month or a full year – the choice is yours. Save 77% on an annual...

Sunday Standard Chief Justice slams LSB over FMD legal fight Chief Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe has warned the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) against intervening in a high-profile legal dispute arising from the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) crisis. The warning came after Ketlogetswe dismissed an urgent application by the LSB seeking to rescind his decision allowing South African Senior Counsel Reginald Willis to appear in Botswana on an ad hoc basis. Willis had been admitted to represent JS Beef (Pty) Ltd and Primefast (Pty) Ltd in urgent litigation concerning the management and economic impact of the FMD outbreak by the government. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free,...

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Sunday Standard Botswana is running out of young people Botswana has spent decades worrying about how to create enough jobs for its young population. The country may soon have a different problem – not enough young people. The shift is easy to miss because it is happening slowly, one family at a time. But the numbers point to a potentially profound change. According to Statistics Botswana 2024 Vital Statistics Report, Botswana’s total fertility rate (TF) has fallen to 1.96 children per woman, below the widely used replacement-level benchmark of 2.1. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are reserved for subscribers....

Sunday Standard Citizenship-for-Sale plan hits the buffers Botswana’s attempt to enter the global citizenship-by-investment market has stalled with the much-hyped programme failing to open on schedule. The result is that would-be investors have been left in limbo. The Impact Citizenship Program which was promoted as a gateway to citizenship in exchange for a financial contribution is still not operational and is not accepting applications. This is according to the latest update from DirectCitizenship.com. The platform says the government is still scrambling to finalise the legal, institutional and administrative machinery needed to launch the scheme. What was marketed as a fast-track entry into Botswana citizenship has instead turned into a drawn-out delay. This has raised questions about whether the programme is ready for international investors at all. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy...