R19 Billion in Remittances Now Sits Inside a Political Risk Event
South Africa spent the better part of a decade celebrating financial inclusion: mobile wallets for the unbanked, cheaper cross-border transfers, a formal remittance channel that pulled billions out of shoeboxes and taxi-rank couriers and into regulated rails. That...
De Beers Ownership Watch
Content - Magazine Editions · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Botswana owns the ground its economy stands on, yet it does not fully own the company that has sold its stones to the world. That gap is the reason for this desk. De Beers...
Oman-Botswana Dealbook
Content - Reports & Special Editions · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 A signing ceremony makes a good photograph and a poor explanation. When two governments sign exploration deals, the headline records the handshake but says nothing...
The Botswana Consumer Pulse
Content - Books & Guides · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 A business plans on what its customers can afford, yet most operators read consumer conditions only through their own till - and the till reports the past, not the future. By the...
Regional Corridors Podcast
Content - Voices & Podcasts · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Trade policy is written by officials, but trade is done by drivers, clearing agents and warehouse managers - and they are almost never asked. The reports that shape how a...
The Tobacco Dependency Trap: Zimbabwe and Malawi’s Golden Leaf
Zimbabwe and Malawi lead Africa in tobacco exports but lean on one crop. The Borderless Harvest reads the dependency trap against SA’s diversification.
New FMD Outbreak Tests Botswana’s Biosecurity Systems
Veterinary officers confirmed foot-and-mouth disease on four farms in Zone 13 in May 2026 and launched mass vaccination, putting Botswana’s beef exports at risk.
Remembering Mogae: Architect of Stability and Health Gains
Botswana observed three days of mourning in May 2026 for former president Festus Mogae, reopening debate about leadership legacies and policy continuity.
Public Works Dominate Local Budgets as Councils Tackle Unemployment
Mabutsane Council put P25.9 million of its P34.6 million May 2026 budget into the Ikageng programme and P5 million into community projects, a public-works tilt against unemployment.
Botswana’s World Relays Leave Fans and Sponsors Spellbound
The Debswana World Athletics Relays drew over 102 million viewers in May 2026, pairing diamond-encrusted medals with organisation that athletes and fans praised.
Tobacco’s Bittersweet Economics
SA’s tiny taxed tobacco sector raises ~R11bn; Zimbabwe and Malawi stake whole economies on the leaf. The Borderless Harvest weighs the trade.
Nation Pays Tribute to Festus Mogae, Champion of Good Governance
Botswana declared three days of national mourning for former president Festus Mogae, who died at 86 in May 2026, remembered for good governance and his HIV/AIDS response.
Botswana’s Skateboard Pioneer Rolls onto the World Stage
National skateboarder Theo Setsetse will carry Botswana into world qualifier events in Rome and later Russia, putting a niche discipline on an international stage.
Botswana Music Scene Booms as BOMU Awards Draw 2,000 Entries
Nearly 2,000 entries to the Botswana Musicians Union awards – and six nominations for hip-hop artist Han C – point to a music scene with more depth than its visibility suggests.
The Smallholder Tea Model: Kenya’s KTDA as Africa’s Template
Kenya’s KTDA smallholder-tea cooperative made the country the world’s top black-tea exporter — the African template South Africa’s estate model should study.
Rural Budgets Prioritise Public Works Over Services
Mabutsane District Council put 75% of its P34.6 million budget into the Ikageng public-works programme, with P5 million to a constituency community programme.
Black Tea’s Uphill Battle Against the Giants
South Africa’s small black-tea sector battles low world prices and dollar trade, while Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Rwanda show the power of scale.
Honeybush: Rooibos’s Lesser-Known Cousin Goes Global
Honeybush is moving from wild-harvested curiosity to cultivated export crop — a working South African template for domesticating any African botanical.
The Biopiracy Battle: Who Owns Rooibos and Honeybush?
The rooibos and honeybush biopiracy fight produced a Khoisan benefit-sharing settlement — a continental template for protecting Africa’s indigenous crops.
Rooibos: The Tea That Only South Africa Can Grow
Rooibos is endemic to South Africa’s Cederberg and impossible to relocate — a case study in turning a geographic monopoly into defended, GI-protected value.
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