The current crop of SADC leadership has been urged to go beyond time and space to fulfil the vision of the founders of the regional bloc.
Botswana's minister of International Relations, Phenyo Butale, made this rallying call recently when delivering a speech to mark the SADC Liberation Day.
Botswana is expediting the leasing of coastal storage facilities in Namibia and Mozambique to diversify supply routes for petroleum products.
The move aims to mitigate supply disruptions in the neighbouring country.
Representatives responsible for trade, technical regulations, legal matters, and standardisation, among others, from the 16 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting in Johannesburg.
There are important lessons that Botswana can draw from Namibia and Morocco, as the country seeks to create a tax system that is not only technically sound but also fair, efficient and aligned with the aspirations of its people.
For some in neighbouring Botswana, March 21st might just be an ordinary day on the calendar.
But for Botswana nationals of Namibian descent, it is time to remember Namibia's independence from the yoke of colonialism.
Some Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are grappling with severe humanitarian crises following devastating floods and torrential rains, as the harsh impacts of climate change exacerbate the La Niña weather phenomenon.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) members should emulate Namibia and Botswana in allowing free movement of people in the region.
Botswana faces a greater risk of inflation being higher than currently projected due to the proposed increase in electricity tariffs and transport fares.
The development is likely to negatively impact Namibian cross-border traders.
A 31-year-old Namibian truck driver, suspected of carrying dagga, is remanded in custody following a second brief appearance in the Gantsi Magistrates' Court in Botswana.
Mbaunguraije Kaitjirokere is yet to be asked to plead to a single count of cross-border drug trafficking crime.
In the past, cross-border trade in Francistown, Botswana's second-largest city, was largely dominated by women from Eswatini, Lesotho, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
