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Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Now in his 80s, the multimillionaire Abdul Satar Dada remains a pivotal figure of Botswana's political and business spheres and continues to support the Masisi clan in more ways than one. [...] (330 words)

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Business

Supermarkets tycoon Ram Ottapathu invests in mining services

Afriroc Mining is the latest investment by influential tycoon Ramachandran "Ram" Ottapathu, CEO and owner of Choppies Group, one of Southern Africa's leading retailers. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA BOTSWANA Diplomacy 10/12/2021

Masisi tries out agricultural protectionism at risk of irking Pretoria

In order to keep his election promises to help rural communities to develop the Botswanan agricultural sector, President Masisi is introducing a moratorium on vegetable imports. A measure that is likely to displease his South African neighbour, which supplies most of the country's agricultural needs. [...]

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi will introduce a moratorium on vegetable imports (photo August 2020). © Mokgweetsi Masisi/Facebook

BOTSWANA Mining 15/07/2021

Safari businessman and Masisi supporter Sean Sebele poised to invest in mining

Earlier this month, the owner and CEO of Botswana tour operator Inter-Tourism Group (ITG) Sean Sebele, who has a long-established career in the safari and guided tours business in Botswana, founded the company ITG Mining (on 4 July). [...]

BOTSWANA Politics 27/04/2021

The woman at the helm of powerful finance ministry, Peggy Serame

New minister Peggy Serame is the first woman to take over the reins of the almighty finance ministry, amidst growing tensions in Masisi's government. [...]

Peggy Serame est la première femme nommée à la tête du tout-puissant ministère des finances du pays. © [email protected] Serame

BOTSWANA Mining 18/02/2021

BCL buyer, Canada's Premium Nickel Resources leverages local expertise to settle into Gaborone

Chosen by Gaborone to take over the state's fallen copper and nickel star BCL, which went into liquidation in 2016, Canadian group Premium Nickel Resources has called on a local duo to structure what will be its first foray into the country. [...]

BOTSWANA Mining 15/01/2021

Cattle king and defender of Khama's rhinos, Bathusi Letlhare kicks off mining buiness

Bathusi Letlhare, the local cattle magnate and chairman of the country's largest rhinoceros reserve founded and financed by the former president Ian Khama's family, has embarked on a family venture into mining. [...]

BOTSWANA Mining 06/01/2021

Khama clan scion Kaedi Khama takes a shine to diamonds

Kaedi Khama, the young nephew of the former Botswana president Ian Khama and son of the MP and former minister Tshekedi Khama, founded a new diamond business on 15 December, Tau Diamonds. [...]

Kaedi Khama founded the Tau Diamonds company. © Kaedi Khama/LinkedIn

BOTSWANA Mining Politics 08/12/2020

Masisi and De Beers woo diamond dealers with safaris

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and De Beers CEO Bruce Cleaver on 2 December opened Diamond Impact week with a message to international dealers: "Come to Botswana, we have safaris!" [...]

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi. © Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

NAMIBIA BOTSWANA Diplomacy 25/11/2020

Geingob and Masisi's diplomatic manoeuvres to diffuse border tensions Free

Both Namibia's and Botswana's heads of state like to present themselves as a model for regional cooperation but a burgeoning bilateral crisis is undermining that reputation. So far SADC has kept quiet, even when the Botswana army fatally shot three Namibian civilians in an antipoaching operation. [...]

Zambezi-Chobe confluence border region. © Africa Intelligence - Indigo Publications - 2020

Inner circles

BOTSWANA Business 18/09/2020

Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state. [...]

BOTSWANA Politics 31/08/2020

Old hand returned to helm of anti-corruption body as Masisi strives to gloss over problems

In an effort to dampen criticism of DCEC's perceived lack of independence, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made the third change in three years at the top of the agency. The "new" boss is none other than Tymon Katlholo, who ran it for more than a decade at the turn of the millennium. [...]

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