Botswana

De Beers reached an agreement in principle to keep selling rough diamonds from Botswana for another decade, securing the crucial partnership after years of tense negotiations just as the latest deadline for a deal expired. The arrangement…

Receive free Mining updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Miningnews every morning. De Beers has renewed a deal to market diamonds from Botswana after negotiations with President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s…

The two largest shareholders in JSE-listed Botswana supermarket chain Choppies Enterprises have obtained an important high court ruling in their R610 million claim against PricewaterhouseCoopers Botswana (PwC) and its audit partner Rudi…

Botswana is pushing for a higher allocation of rough diamonds mined in the country by De Beers as negotiations over one of the world’s most valuable diamond accords drag on into a fifth year, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said. The…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Association of Gaming Regulators is looking for speakers to share their ideas, work, research and expertise at the eagerly anticipated annual conference in Botswana. Speaker submissions…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Innovative live dealer and betting games studio BetGames has signed its latest deal in South Africa, by agreeing to supply newly launched operator LulaBet. As part of the latest collaboration,…

Afristrat, previously named Ecsponent Limited, reported on Friday that FirstCred has initiated civil and criminal action against former management and their associates who were found to have participated in the loss of P120 million (around…

South Africa and Botswana have agreed to fund the improvement and extension of rail links between the countries in a bid to boost trade and better connect Botswana to export markets, South African state-owned logistics firm Transnet said…

Botswana, Africa’s top diamond producer, sees a prolonged ban on Russian diamonds opening the way for synthetic gems to expand market share, the country’s minister told a mining conference on Monday. The United States, the world largest…

A six-year study of nearly 100,000 women in Botswana has provided new evidence that relatively inexpensive daily diet supplementation of iron, folic acid and vitamin supplementation in pregnancy can reduce complications at birth.…