TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zim tour operators accuse Botswana of unfair business practice

ZIMBABWE'S tour operators have alleged unfair business practices by their Botswana counterparts, whereby they bring their clients straight to the country instead of letting them do that on their behal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe, Botswana negotiate cattle repatriation

Government is negotiating with Botswana to have hundreds of livestock that stray into the neighbouring country repatriated instead of being put down.Villagers along the border in Matabeleland South ha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Botswana to resume flights to Zimbabwe

AIR Botswana has announced plans to resume flights between Gaborone and Harare next month, a move the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says will boost the tourism business between the two countries. T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Botswana targets increased trade with Zimbabwe

THE Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) says it hopes to increase trade with Zimbabwe from the current US$30 million to US$105 million buoyed by the export credit line scheme currently under d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Botswana ready to increase Zimbabwe trade ties

BOTSWANA is ready to strengthen economic ties with Zimbabwe so as to boost economic growth for both countries.  Botswana Investment and Trade Centre chief operations officer, Mr Reginald Selelo, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Botswana leader attacks Zimbabwe investment climate

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has dangled a carrot to Zimbabwean business tycoon, Strive Masiyiwa, saying his country was the safest destination for his telecommunications investments.Speaking ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FMHL to set up reinsurance holding firm in Botswana

ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed First Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL) will establish a reinsurance holding company in Botswana as it moves to restructure its business and maximise on initiatives to rais...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Botswana offers multi-million dollar market for Zim

BOTSWANA has a huge market for Zimbabwean products as long as they are priced competitively, a ZimTrade survey has indicated.The trade promotion body conducted a market survey in Botswana in February ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2018

POLITICS

Zim refugees in Botswana assured of safe return

GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to repatriate nearly 700 Zimbabweans, mainly victims of political violence, who escaped to Botswana 10 years ago after assuring them that their safety is guaranteed...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

POLITICS

Zim, Botswana in multi-million dollar rail talks

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Seretse Khama Ian Khama are keen to have work on the construction of a railway line linking the two countries to Mozambique starting soon.The coming in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 March 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zim revives fuel pipeline deal with Botswana

ZIMBABWE has revived plans to extend its Feruka fuel pipeline to Francistown in Botswana, businessdigest can reveal.Plans to stretch to Francistown the Feruka fuel pipeline, which links Zimbabwe and M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe to cut, polish diamonds in Botswana

President Mnangagwa says the Zimbabwe government is in talks with the Botswana government, which if successful, will see the country sending its diamonds to Botswana for cutting and polishing.Presiden...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim shelves Botswana pipeline sharing deal

ZIMBABWE has effectively shelved plans to extend its Feruka pipeline to Francistown, Botswana, citing viability concerns over the project, an official has said.The deal had been proposed in attempt to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 September 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Masiyiwa's Kwese TV launches in Botswana

Pan-African pay-television network Kwese TV has launched its satellite broadcasting service in Gaborone, reports Mmegi. Kwese Free Sport was first introduced to viewers in Botswana in March but now th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 September 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimre seeks Botswana listing

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed diversified concern, Zimre, is planning to list its subsidiary Emeritus International Reinsurance Company (Emeritus) in Botswana.The group's chief executive, Stan Kudeng...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Bond notes on Botswana black market

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) claims bond notes are now being sold in Botswana, bringing to four the number of Sadc countries where bond notes are reportedly on sale.Initially, the central bank h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Allied Timbers closes Botswana unit

Allied Timbers Holdings has closed its Botswana business due to the fall in demand of roofing timber material in that country and has instead set sights on the Zambian market, a senior official said y...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 February 2014

ZIMBABWE

Zim pursues SA, Botswana loans

Financially-squeezed Zimbabwe government is still pursuing over $200 million in loans, pledged by regional countries nearly 5 years ago, to revive its stuttering economy. In 2009, following the format...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Botswana's Choppies moves into Bulawayo

LOCAL mogul Raji Modi has sold off his entire stake in Sai Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, paving the way for the entry into the Zimbabwe retail sector of Botswana's biggest retail outlet, Choppies Enterprise ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 October 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Air Botswana buys faulty planes

Two brand new aircrafts acquired by Air Botswana in 2009 for close to P280 million have been singled out as unfit for purpose, a parliamentary committee has reported. The committee on statutory bodies...

By Business reporter | Published: 30 July 2013
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