2024 in Botswana
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Events in the year 2024 in Botswana.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Mokgweetsi Masisi
- Vice President: Slumber Tsogwane
- Speaker of the National Assembly: Phandu Skelemani
- Chief Justice of Botswana: Terence Rannowane
Events
[edit]- 3 April – President Mokgweetsi Masisi threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany, after the nation considered raising stricter limits on elephant hunting trophies. President Mokgweetsi Masisi stated that hunting was important to contain the elephant population, needed because Botswana was dealing with overpopulation of elephants.[1]
- 12 June – MMG Limited, a Chinese mining company, announced that they will invest 700 million USD into the Khoemacau copper mine to double production in copper.[2]
- Before October — 2024 Botswana general election[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany". Al Jazeera. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "MMG to invest $700 million to double copper output at Botswana mine". Mining.com. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "DailyNews". dailynews.gov.bw. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "FAQs". www.parliament.gov.bw. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
