The recent wave of graduation ceremonies across Botswana’s institutions of higher learning has been a source of considerable pride. Many young people have completed their studies, families have celebrated years of sacrifice, and our universities and colleges have sent another cohort of graduates into the world of work. Yet, behind the celebrations, I have found myself asking a sobering question: how many of these graduates will find meaningful employment in the months ahead, and how...

The acting chief of the Bakgatla Ba Ga Mmanaana, Kgosi Oscar Mosielele, has asked Justice and Correctional Services Minister Nelson Ramaotwana to press the Master of the High Court to investigate a multimillion-pula dispute involving trustees linked to former President Mokgweetsi Masisi. In a letter dated Sept. 24 and seen by this publication, Mosielele said he was escalating the matter after more than four months without a response or acknowledgment from the Master. He had...

Falcon Metal Resources Botswana (FMRB) has become the first 100% citizen-owned company to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). FMRB successfully listed on the ASX this Wednesday as part of a capital-raising exercise to expand exploration across its mining licences in Botswana’s various mineral belts. The company joined a group of international commercial heavyweights, with its initial public offering (IPO) taking place in the same timeframe as those of Israel’s Identifai Genetics and Australia’s...