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• Poverty on the rise : SB’s SWIFT model reveals troubling trends

  6 mai, par Cedric Swanka
  Sunday Standard Poverty on the rise: SB’s SWIFT model reveals troubling trends As Botswana braces for an election year, it confronts a sobering reality: rising poverty levels, underscored by stark inequalities across various demographic segments, as revealed by recent data from Statistics (...)

• Botswana’s trade deficit widens as diamond exports plummet

  6 mai, par Cedric Swanka
  Sunday Standard Botswana’s trade deficit widens as diamond exports plummet Botswana’s trade deficit surged from the revised P2.7 billion in January 2024 to P4.3 billion in February 2024, as indicated in the International Merchandise Trade statistics report for February. According to the (...)

• Food service providers struggle with soaring prices and scarce supplies

  6 mai, par Laone Molelo
  Sunday Standard Food service providers struggle with soaring prices and scarce supplies The persistent surge in food prices and the scarcity of essential commodities, particularly vegetables, continue to pose significant challenges for food local caterers. Street vendors attribute the (...)

• Firms find Pula exchange rate unfavorable

  6 mai, par Cedric Swanka
  Sunday Standard Firms find Pula exchange rate unfavorable In the first quarter of 2024, a majority of firms across various sectors, including Mining and Quarrying, Retail, Accommodation, Transport and Communications, Manufacturing, Construction and Real Estate, and Finance, Professional, and (...)

• HATAB greenlights Masisi’s economic development board proposal

  6 mai, par Laone Molelo
  Sunday Standard HATAB greenlights Masisi’s economic development board proposal The Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) has endorsed President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s proposal to establish an economic development board, stating that it is long overdue. Masisi unveiled the (...)