Botswana Currency

Information on travel conditions, visa requirements, currency and customs regulations, legal holidays, and other items of interest to travelers also may be obtained before your departure from a country's embassy and/or consulates in the U.S. (for this country, see "Principal Government Officials" listing in this publication). ...

The U.S. Department of State's Consular Information Program provides Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements. Consular Information Sheets exist for all countries and include information on entry requirements, currency regulations, health conditions, areas of instability, crime and security, political disturbances, and the addresses of the U.S. posts in the country. Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Public Announcements are issued as a means to disseminate information quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions overseas that pose significant risks to the security of American travelers. Free copies of this information are available by calling the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 202-647-5225 or via the fax-on-demand system: 202-647-3000. Consular Information Sheets and Travel Warnings also are available on the Consular Affairs Int ... [Read More]

U.S. Embassy Warns of “Black Money” Scam - "Gaborone Botswana"

The U.S. Embassy has learned that several unscrupulous individuals in Gaborone are defrauding people of their money by committing what is known as the “black money,” “wash-wash” or “hard currency conversion” scam. Though it has several different names, the scam is the same. ...

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ILEA Gaborone

ILEA Gaborone.  Student Training Room,  Translation Cubicles.   ILEA Gaborone Typical Schedule Core Courses LEED VI Botswana Zambia Namibia LEED VII Kenya Tanza ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Importation of currency is not restricted, and diplomatic personnel may export currency freely. Non-diplomatic personnel must apply to the exchange control authorities through a commercial bank when exporting amounts in excess of Pula 500. There are no currency restrictions for those personnel, diplomatic and staff, who are departing permanently. PassageLast Updated:  10/1/2003 10:47 AM Motor vehicle drivers in South Africa or Botswana must have third-party-liability insurance, current vehicle registration and valid license plates. The registration sticker must be affixed to the windshield of the vehicle where it can be inspected by the authorities. Motor vehicles imported into Botswana are required to undergo a safety inspection and any deficiencies must be corrected before registr ... [Read More]

USIS, Economic Perspectives, August 1999 - Promoting Trade and Investment in Africa, African Organizations

The CFA franc zone comprises 12 West and Central African countries that formerly were French overseas territories, one former Portuguese territory, and one former Spanish possession, all of which share the CFA franc as their common currency. Established in 1948, the CFA franc is linked to the French Treasury, an arrangement that has offered monetary stability and a convertible currency linked to the French franc. CFA stands for Communaute financiere africaine -- African Financial Community. ... [Read More]

Remarks by President Bush and President Mogae of Botswana in a Photo Opportunity

As you know, we are the country in southern Africa that is most seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, and we are receiving generous assistance from the United States government, who are helping us with the testing and counseling centers and in which we are spending about $8 million U.S. a year, which is about 40 million pula in our own currency. ... [Read More]

United States Libraries in South Africa: Topics--Economic Affairs

GAO notes that Treasury has not found currency manipulation under the terms of the 1988 Trade Act since it last cited China in 1994. Treasury officials make a positive finding of currency manipulation only when all the conditions in the Trade Act are satisfied -- when an economy has a material global current account surplus and a significant bilateral trade surplus with the United States, and is manipulating its currency with the intent to gain an unfair trade advantage. Treasury said that in its 2003 and 2004 assessments, China did not meet the criteria for manipulation, in part because it did not have a material global current account surplus and had maintained a fixed exchange rate regime through different economic conditions. Japan did not meet the criteria in 2003 and 2004 in part because its exchange rate interventions were considered to be part of a macroeconomic policy to combat deflation. ... [Read More]

Lesotho (06/05)

Lesotho has nearly 6,000 kilometers of unpaved and modern all-weather roads. There is a short rail line (freight) linking Lesotho with South Africa that is totally owned and operated by South Africa. Lesotho is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods between other member countries, which also include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, and South Africa also form a common currency and exchange control area known as the Common Monetary Area (CMA). The South African rand can be used interchangeably with the loti, the Lesotho currency (plural: maloti). One hundred lisente equal one loti. The loti is at par with the rand. ... [Read More]

M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

Since 1997, the Superintendency of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (SBIF) has implemented controls to prevent and investigate money laundering including stricter customer identification requirements and the reporting of currency transactions and suspicious activity. These controls apply to all banks (commercial, investment, mortgage, private), savings and loan institutions, financial rental agencies, currency exchange houses, money remitters, money market funds, capitalization companies, and frontier foreign currency dealers. The institutions are also required to report currency transactions of more than U.S. $10,000 (or local currency equivalent), and suspicious transactions to a National Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) created in 1998 under the SBIF. The UNIF analyzes the suspicious activity reports and refers those deemed proper for further investigation to the appropriate enforcement authority, which could be the National Guard, Technical Judicial Police, or the Office of ... [Read More]

The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria: POTUS Visit to Nigeria - Transcript: Bush Pledges Continued Aid to Africa in Fight Against HIV/AIDS

As you know, we are the country in southern Africa that is mostseriously affected by HIV/AIDS, and we are receiving generousassistance from the United States government, who are helping us withthe testing and counseling centers and in which we are spending about$8 million U.S. a year, which is about 40 million pula in our owncurrency. ... [Read More]