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Botswana
Jwaneng MP angles for Debswana business

State-owned diamond producer Debswana's promise that more than $1.5bn in contracts this year will go to Botswana-owned companies is attracting interest even among opposition MPs. [...]

Published on 20/07/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Botswana's president hopes to be returned to office this week. In the run-up to the 30 October elections, he has ordered spending taps to be kept open despite budgetary red flags and falling revenues in the diamond sector.

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Mokgweetsi Masisi during the presidential debate in Gaborone on 24 October 2024.

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Debswana picks in-house engineer to run mining services subsidiary Naledi

Mining engineer Bokang Thitoyamore has been picked to head up Naledi Mining Services, a subsidiary of Debswana, the joint venture between the state and global diamond giant De Beers.

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Molefhi leads dissent in Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party

His allies emerged victorious from the BDP's national congress, but President Masisi is nevertheless facing an increasingly coherent opposition within the ruling party, embodied by Nonofo Molefhi.

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Former Botswana infrastructure minister Nonofo Molefhi.

Botswana
De Beers-Gaborone deal still stuck on state's share

On 29 June, the diamond giant De Beers and the Botswana government decided to add a third one-year extension to their contract for the sale of diamonds produced by their joint venture Debswana.

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Botswana
Masisi-Khama standoff casts shadow on Debswana vs Infotrac trial

The trial of a former private intelligence provider against the diamond giant Debswana is making ripples that can be felt as far as the presidential palace in Gaborone. President Masisi's side see the case as yet another front in its dispute with exiled former head of state Ian Khama.

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Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (right) and Ian Khama.

Botswana
Khama-Masisi rift casts shadow of political instability over miners

Botswana, used to being a top performer, has plummeted in the Fraser Institute's annual ranking of countries attracting mining investment. One reason for this is investors' fear of an uncertain period to come after the 2024 general election.

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Botswana's president Ian Khama and his vice president Mokgweetsi Masisi in 2018, before the latter succeeded him as president.

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Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state.

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Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Botswana
Jwaneng MP angles for Debswana business

Botswana
Mokgweetsi Masisi ignores IMF's advice and keeps splurging ahead of polls

Botswana
Debswana picks in-house engineer to run mining services subsidiary Naledi

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Business barons join forces to invest in mining

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Molefhi leads dissent in Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party

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