TransUnion’s latest research reveals that in 2025, suspected digital fraud involving consumers in Botswana stood at 0.9% of transaction attempts. This figure is notably below the global average of 3.8% and marks the lowest rate across African nations included in the analysis. While there has been a year-over-year decline in suspected fraud both locally and worldwide, fraudsters are evolving, increasingly employing sophisticated, high-trust scams designed to bypass conventional defenses. These insights come from the TransUnion...

Onneetse Ramogapi, Minister of Human Settlements and Water Affairs, has made a dramatic and sweeping move by firing the entire board of the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC), a state-owned entity integral to the country’s housing development.  

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a stark warning: El Niño is developing in the Pacific Ocean, and the world needs to brace for its arrival. This is not just any El Niño. The latest updates reveal an unprecedented surge in Pacific Ocean temperatures, with subsurface waters registering more than 6°C above normal. The WMO’s forecast shows an 80 to 90 percent chance that this El Niño event will unfold between June and August...

The crisis gripping Botswana’s beef industry has shaken a cornerstone of the nation’s economy to its core, yet from the turmoil emerges a beacon of hope and transformation. In January 2025, the detection of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in a cattle herd in Botswana’s Zone 6b triggered ripples that reached far beyond farms and ranches. By early 2026, the European Union had suspended Botswana’s beef export authorizations across multiple zones, effectively shutting off access...

Botswana’s beef export industry, long a cornerstone of the nation’s economy and global reputation, now faces a dire test. Since the first detection of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in April 2026 at the Ramatlabama Artificial Insemination and Training Centre, the outbreak has spiraled rapidly, with 159 confirmed cases spreading across the Good Hope district to cattle handling facilities and feedlots near Lobatse. This viral incursion threatens to unravel decades of painstaking efforts to maintain...