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The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA) wishes to alert its stakeholders and the public regarding a recent recall notice issued by The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria for a specific batch of Benylin® Paediatric Syrup (batch #329304) and (batch #329303), manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (Pty) Ltd. South Africa....Read
Farmers and stakeholders are informed of the following developments; (1) the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has reinstated foot and mouth disease (FMD) free status of zone 6b containment zone (Jakalas 1, Ramokgwebana, Sinyawe, Butale, Tsesebe, Tsamaya, Mabudazane, Jakalas 2). (2) Intensified disease surveillance indicates that Goodhope district extension areas along the border have not been affected by FMD. ...Read
Farmers and stakeholders are informed of the following changes in the movement protocol for live cloven-hoofed animals and fresh products thereof in disease control zones 3b (Gweta, Zoroga, Tsokatshaa, Nata, Ngwasha, Maposa, Manxotai, Sepako, etc), 3с (Maitengwe, Dagwi, Senete, Nkange, Changate, Mbalambi, Zwenshambe, Napkhwane, Moroka, Mapoka, Masunga, Mosojane, Sowa, Tshaathoka etc) and Zone 6b-Bisoli South villages (Matshelagabdi, Matsiloje, Matopi) excluding ZONE 6B Containment zone...Read
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Trade measures introduced by G20 economies have become more restrictive in recent months, according to the 30th WTO Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures issued on 18 December. The report shows that between mid-May and mid-October 2023, G20 economies introduced more trade-restrictive than trade-facilitating measures on goods, although the value of traded merchandise covered by facilitating measures continued to exceed that covered by restrictions. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on the G20 to show leadership and contribute to economic stability and growth by unwinding recent and longstanding restrictions on trade....Read
Botswana has received unsolicited bids from investors to build a rail line to a Namibian port that will help avoid South Africa and its disintegrating logistics network. The 1 500 km Trans-Kalahari Railway project is gathering momentum as Transnet, the State rail and ports monopoly in Botswana’s southern neighbour, struggles to ship goods, according to Transport and Public Works Minister Eric Molale....Read
All major trading economies saw imports and exports rise above pre-pandemic levels in the fourth quarter of 2021, with trade in goods increasing more strongly in the developing world than in developed countries....Read