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WATCH LIVE | President Cyril Ramaphosa in Botswana on state visit

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a state visit to Botswana which culminates in the sixth session of the Botswana and South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Gaborone.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a state visit to Botswana which culminates in the sixth session of the Botswana and South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Gaborone.

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TimesLIVE President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a state visit to Botswana which culminates in the sixth session of the Botswana and South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Gaborone.

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Claim 1: “which culminates in the sixth session of the Botswana and South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Gaborone”
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Multiple independent news sources (SAnews and another web result) confirm that the 6th Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) is scheduled to take place in Gaborone on May 21, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The pula is the currency of Botswana. It has the ISO 4217 code BWP and is subdivided into 100 thebe. Pula literally means "rain" in Setswana, because rain is very scarce in Botswana—home to much of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana_pula
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Botswana have expanded in the 21st century, although LGBTQ people continue to face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBTQ citizens. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Botswana
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rhinoceros poaching in southern Africa is the illegal act of killing or capturing rhinoceros in pursuit of their horns, in the southern African countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Afric…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_poaching_in_Souther…
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Claim 2: “President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a state visit to Botswana”
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The claim is confirmed by the official South African Government website, which explicitly mentions 'President Cyril Ramaphosa: State banquet toast remarks from State Visit to Botswana'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international presidential trips made by Cyril Ramaphosa while President. Ramaphosa assumed the office of president on 15 February 2018 and made his first international trip as the P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naledi_Pandor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Africa
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