Renewables readiness assessment: Botswana
Botswana has considerable unexploited renewable energy potential, especially as solar, wind and bioenergy and aims to use these renewables to achieve economic energy security and independence. Botswana
Botswana
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Africa: Poaching-Terrorism Link That Contributed to Tribes' Persecution 'Largely Wrong'
A new report has debunked the argument that the illegal wildlife trade in East Africa significantly funds terrorism - an exaggeration used to justify the militarization of anti-poaching squads and the
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Botswana, Namibia to face extreme water stress
Botswana and Namibia are likely to be exposed to ‘extreme water stress’ by 2040, threatening national security, according to a report issued on Monday by the World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI scored
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Botswana: Birds Face Extinction
Hukuntsi — Of Botswana's over 600 species of birds, about 30 face extinction due to poisoning. The director of BirdLife Botswana, Dr Kabelo Senyatso made the revelation at an inception workshop for a project
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Southern Africa: SADC Countries Outline Strategies to Combat Poaching in Region
Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020.
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Botswana water crisis worsens
Botswana’s Water Utilities Corporation on Thursday conceded that the shortage of water in country has gone from bad to worse. In a statement released on Thursday, the corporation said some parts of the
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Botswana: Project to Save Forest
Maun — The three-year project for enhancing national forestry monitoring system for the promotion of natural resources management is said to be on track. The project is implemented by Japan International
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More people face food shortage in SADC countries
THE number of people facing food shortage in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) bloc has gone up by 13 per cent from 24.28 million in 2013/14 to 27.41 million this year. SADC Secretariat’s
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African utilities say end to power cuts a decade away
Power cuts in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries could become an "exception" rather than a norm in 10 years time, with private capital expected to play an increasingly bigger role, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Southern Africa: SADC Region Records Drop in HIV
SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) member states have recorded a decline in new HIV infections which now stands at 26 per cent on average. Directorate of Social and Human Development and
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Botswana: Lack of Laws Worsen Illegal Sand Mining
Molepolole — Rivers in and around Gaborone are under pressure as illegal sand mining increases. It was established during a stakeholder consultative meeting in Metsimotlhabe that lack of relevant laws