BOTSWANA PLANS TO TURN LANDFILLS INTO GREEN HUBS

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Botswana is moving towards a formal partnership with a Zimbabwean waste management company to transform its landfills into recycling centres and sources of green energy and economic activity.

BOTSWANA DEBATES FUTURE OF DEATH PENALTY

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The protection of human rights is a topical issue in Botswana, with conversations currently ongoing around whether to maintain or abolish capital punishment.
 
Botswana remains the only SADC country that administers the death penalty.
  

TRANS-KALAHARI RAILWAY TO CREATE OVER 40 000 JOBS

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The planned 1,617-kilometre railway line that will connect the port of Walvis Bay and Gaborone has got the potential of creating 40,000 jobs.

Botswana's President Duma Boko made this revelation in an interview with journalists in Gaborone following the 46th SADC Summit in Durban.

FORMER BOTSWANA MINISTER FACES CORRUPTION CHARGES

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Former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Noah Salakae appeared in the Gaborone Regional Magistrates' Court on Friday, facing a litany of charges related to corruption and dishonesty.   

REMAINS REPATRIATION SPARKS SOUTH AFRICAN INITIATIVE

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Following a successful repatriation of remains of two Namibian liberation heroes, who died at the then notorious Robben Island Prison, has inspired South Africa to perform a similar programme.    

BOTSWANA MOVES TO TACKLE STATELESSNESS

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Botswana has started rolling out major changes to its citizenship and immigration framework in a move aimed at saving many from the jaws of statelessness.