The Institute of Development Management (IDM) Botswana will host its 20th Joint Graduation Ceremony on Friday, 30 October 2026, at the Royal Aria Convention Centre in Tlokweng, bringing together graduands, families, government representatives, industry leaders and stakeholders from Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini. Held under the theme “Thriving as a Continuous Learner in an Ever-Changing Environment,” the ceremony will celebrate the academic and professional achievements of the Class of 2026 while highlighting the importance of lifelong...

A deadlocked result in Israel’s election would be the outcome most likely to unsettle investors worldwide, says Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory firms. Israelis vote on Tuesday in the country’s first election since the October 7 attacks and the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran. Polls suggest neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot is on course to win the 61...

Across Botswana, the skeletons of unfinished promises are easy to find. A school expansion that was supposed to open its doors years ago. A hospital that cannot yet admit the sick. A pipeline meant to carry water to households still waiting at dry taps. Each was financed with public money. Each, in its own way, has become a monument not to progress but to the widening gap between what the state pays for and what...

It began, as these things often do, with a sealed door and a letter marked confidential. What has unfurled since is a tangled contest in which the machinery of Botswana’s state – its spies, its tax collectors and its police – stands accused of being pressed into service in a bruising commercial quarrel over tobacco. At the heart of the affair is a single document, a letter dated 7 July 2026 and bearing the signature...