• P63m to quench Molepolole thirstJune 4, 2025
    P63 million budgeted for water infrastructure development Water Ministry PS upbeat on the project success BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw RelatedPosts P63m to quench Molepolole thirst Boko to chop ‘deadwood’ ‘Give us our land back’- Saleshando After decades of enduring dry… Read more: P63m to quench Molepolole thirst
  • Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billionJune 3, 2025
    2024 growth driven by Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia Interest Income grew to P3.9 billion, double digit growth Operating income up 26% to reach P2.88 billion   BAKANG TIRO RelatedPosts Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion Boko to chop ‘deadwood’ ‘Raise capital… Read more: Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion
  • Boko to chop ‘deadwood’June 3, 2025
    Singles out ailing BMC, BAMB, BR & Air Botswana Orders BMC, BAMB to pay farmers within five days MPs call for sacking of CEOs appointed by BDP govt BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw RelatedPosts P63m to quench Molepolole thirst Letshego deposits… Read more: Boko to chop ‘deadwood’
  • Mr President, direct appointment is not a panacea for corruptionJune 2, 2025
    Botswana is in the storm of procurement corruption that has been left unattended for the longest time. Yet it appears it is difficult if not impossible to craft long-lasting solutions to as far as possible, cure procurement corruption because… Read more: Mr President, direct appointment is not a panacea for corruption
  • ‘Raise capital through BSE’June 2, 2025
    • BSE CEO implores CEEP beneficiaries • BSE, Debswana, Stanbic partner to unlock growth BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Beneficiaries of Debswana Diamond Company Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP)have been encouraged to raise capital in the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). This… Read more: ‘Raise capital through BSE’
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders
  • Login
  • Register
Saturday, June 7, 2025
17 °c
Gaborone
21 ° Tue
22 ° Wed
24 ° Thu
26 ° Fri
The Patriot On Sunday
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders
No Result
View All Result
Cart / $0.00

No products in the cart.

  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders
No Result
View All Result
The Patriot On Sunday
No Result
View All Result
Home Business

Railway transport rakes in P58 million in Q1

patriot by patriot
November 9, 2020
in Business
250
0
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
ShareShareShare

Statistics Botswana’s (SB) just released Q1 2020 transport and infrastructure statistics shows that revenue of P58.8 million was posted depicting decrease of 1.9 percent compared to previous Q4 2019. 

The data, drawn up by Statistics Botswana, shows that compared to the same quarter of the previous year, revenue collected went down by 6.5 percent as Q1 faced Covid-19 devastation.

RelatedPosts

Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion

‘Raise capital through BSE’

Mining sector endures worst recession

Revenue generated during the month of January constituted whopping 28.5% to total revenue, with February and March accounting for 30.9 percent and 40.6 percent of income respectively. Compared to the same months of the previous year, revenue collected in January and February decreased by 29.1 and 8.0 percent respectively and revenue collected in March grew by 22.5 percent.

Statistician General Dr Burton Mguni said goods transported in Q1 through the railway grew up by 15 percent when equated to 2019 while rail passengers declined by 58.4 percent in Q1 2020 compared to 2019.

Botswana Total (an addition of total imports and goods originated from Botswana) contributed 81.1 percent to the total revenue whilst the transit traffic accounted for 18.2 percent of the total revenue.

“The Botswana Origin is comprised of Total Exports and Local Traffic goods while those goods referred to as Botswana Total is an addition of Total Import and Botswana Origin goods. Total Traffic is made up of total Imports, Local Traffic and Transit Traffic,” Statistics Botswana said.

Local traffic is goods transported within Botswana and Transit Traffic is goods transported over Botswana to other states. A total of 295,271 net tonnes of goods was transited using rail in Q1 2020; an increase of 15.9 percent compared to the previous quarter. The goods transported by rail decreased by 3.7 percent when compared to the same quarter last year.  

Total Imports increased by 12.5 percent while the total exports decreased by 6.0 percent when compared to the previous quarter when local traffic went down by 6.6 percent.

“Local traffic went down by 6.6 percent while goods that originated from Botswana declined by 6.1 percent. Botswana’s total increased by 0.8 percent. The month of January has accounted for 28.9 percent of total goods transported by rail in Q1 2020,” Statistics Botswana said.

Furthermore, months of February and March accounted for 31.0 and 40.1 percent respectively.

The goods that were transported by rail in the months of January and February declined when compared to previous year with January registering 27.4 percent while February posted 2.4 percent fall.

The statistics body further said total Imports increased by 12.5 percent while total exports decreased by 6.0 percent when compared to the previous quarter with local traffic going down by 6.6% as well.

Related

Tags: Railway

Get real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now.

Unsubscribe
Previous Post

Letshego sponsors Spotlight on Business Innovators with BIH

Next Post

BPL: Free agents left in limbo

Related Posts

Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion
Business

Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion

June 3, 2025
‘Raise capital through BSE’
Business

‘Raise capital through BSE’

June 2, 2025
Mining sector endures worst recession
Business

Mining sector endures worst recession

May 27, 2025
VP applauds the Northern Trade Fair
Business

VP applauds the Northern Trade Fair

May 26, 2025
ALC’s STRATEGIC investment
Business

ALC’s STRATEGIC investment

May 19, 2025
Stanbic boosts green economy
Business

Stanbic boosts green economy

May 12, 2025
Next Post
BPL: Free agents left in limbo

BPL: Free agents left in limbo

Please login to join discussion
  • P63m to quench Molepolole thirstJune 4, 2025
    P63 million budgeted for water infrastructure development Water Ministry PS upbeat on the project success BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw RelatedPosts P63m to quench Molepolole thirst Boko to chop ‘deadwood’ ‘Give us our land back’- Saleshando After decades of enduring dry… Read more: P63m to quench Molepolole thirst
  • Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billionJune 3, 2025
    2024 growth driven by Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia Interest Income grew to P3.9 billion, double digit growth Operating income up 26% to reach P2.88 billion   BAKANG TIRO RelatedPosts Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion Boko to chop ‘deadwood’ ‘Raise capital… Read more: Letshego deposits hit P2.1 billion
  • Boko to chop ‘deadwood’June 3, 2025
    Singles out ailing BMC, BAMB, BR & Air Botswana Orders BMC, BAMB to pay farmers within five days MPs call for sacking of CEOs appointed by BDP govt BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw RelatedPosts P63m to quench Molepolole thirst Letshego deposits… Read more: Boko to chop ‘deadwood’
  • Mr President, direct appointment is not a panacea for corruptionJune 2, 2025
    Botswana is in the storm of procurement corruption that has been left unattended for the longest time. Yet it appears it is difficult if not impossible to craft long-lasting solutions to as far as possible, cure procurement corruption because… Read more: Mr President, direct appointment is not a panacea for corruption
  • ‘Raise capital through BSE’June 2, 2025
    • BSE CEO implores CEEP beneficiaries • BSE, Debswana, Stanbic partner to unlock growth BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Beneficiaries of Debswana Diamond Company Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP)have been encouraged to raise capital in the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). This… Read more: ‘Raise capital through BSE’
The Patriot On Sunday

© 2024 Copyright The Patriot On Sunday - Inspired by Search Mart.

Navigate Site

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact Us

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders

© 2024 Copyright The Patriot On Sunday - Inspired by Search Mart.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?