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Pursuant to the SADC goal of more integration, Botswana and Namibia signed an agreement in February 2023 allowing citizens to travel between the two countries using only identity cards, with passports no longer being needed. [30] Botswana has held talks with Zimbabwe to achieve a similar deal, and expects to open talks with Zambia. [31]
Botswana boasts a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. [1] Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa .
In December 2023, Congo said SADC troops were mandated "to support the Congolese army in fighting and eradicating the M23 and other armed groups that continue to disrupt peace and security." [ 9 ] Troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi started deploying in Sake and surrounding areas near Goma in December 2023.
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa.It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.
By Innocent Tshukudu for The Voice Botswana. Covid-19 has brought death and misery to the world, claiming over 6.5 million lives around the globe and 2,790 souls in Botswana; now CoP 19 appears to ...
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The members of SAPP have created a common power grid between their countries and a common market for electricity in the SADC region. [1]
The government has also introduced a points-based system to allow skilled expatriates to work in Botswana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Diversification is also one of the priorities of the Eleventh National Development Plan for the period 2017–2023, along with developing human capital, promoting social development and the sustainable use of natural resources ...
The economy of Botswana is currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, [19] averaging about 5% per annum over the past decade. [19] Growth in private sector employment averaged about 10% per annum during the first 30 years of the country's independence.