Zimbabwe and Botswana have agreed to work towards scrapping passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries, in favour of using national identity documents under a phased inte...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 April 2026
Botswana Minerals has reported early-stage exploration results indicating a potentially extensive mineralised system in north-western Botswana, marking a decisive shift from licence accumulation towar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026
Zimbabwe and Botswana have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening socio-economic relations, with a focus on removing tariff and non-tariff barriers to boost trade and improve livelihoods in both...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026
Botswana President Duma Boko is expected in Zimbabwe on Tuesday for a three-day State visit that will see him co-chair a key bilateral meeting and officially open this year's Zimbabwe International Tr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 April 2026
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has urged the Zimbabwean youth delegation participating in this year's regional World Children's Day commemorations to take an active role in discussions and lea...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 November 2025
Zimbabwe has stepped in to help neighbouring Botswana with a consignment of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), sending a shipment that combines both a donation and a loan as Gaborone grapples with temporar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 November 2025
The United Kingdom has announced that, effective 14 October 2025, all nationals of Botswana will now require a visa to travel to the UK, including for short visits. The decision, announced by the Brit...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2025
Botswana has enforced a new rule requiring mining companies to sell a 24 percent stake in new concessions to local investors if the government chooses not to buy the stake, its mines ministry said on...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 October 2025
Zimbabwe is intensifying dialogue with Botswana to enhance the smooth movement of people between the two countries, including securing a special dispensation for Zimbabweans working in the neighbouri...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 October 2025
Botswana's President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency
on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving
hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stoc...
By Reuters | Published: 26 August 2025
Botswana President Duma Boko has condemned leaders who attempt to extend their presidential terms beyond the established limits, boldly stating that such leaders are failures. His remarks came during ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Chamisa denies dismissing anti-CAB3 coalition 
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Trump admin launches $166B tariff refund portal 
Gold-backed ETF set for VFEX debut 
Zimbabwe signals gradual interest rate cuts 
Zimbabwe govt defends Starlink rollout 
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