Botswana Aug credit growth quickens, business leads

29 September, 2007 in Botswana, Business

source: Reuters Africa Fri 28 Sep 2007, 14:52 GMT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Botswana credit demand growth accelerated to 22.9 percent year-on-year in August from 20.1 percent in July, still above the target range for 2007, the central bank said on Friday. The Bank of Botswana said the overall increase was driven by year-on-year growth in [...]

Zimbabwe: Intelligence Services Draw Up Blacklist of Journalists to Be Watched And Arrested First

29 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: allAfrica Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) PRESS RELEASE 28 September 2007 Posted to the web 28 September 2007 Reporters Without Borders today strongly condemned the action of the Zimbabwean intelligence services in compiling a blacklist of at least 15 journalists working for independent news media who are to be subjected to “strict surveillance” and other [...]

SA: First Lotto is a whopper!

29 September, 2007 in South Africa

source: News24 28/09/2007 14:50 – (SA) Johannesburg – After an absence of six months the National Lottery would make its comeback with a jackpot prize of R15m, newly appointed lotto operator Gidani announced on Friday. Tickets for the first draw which would take place on October 13, would go on sale at 7 000 retailers [...]

Zimbabwe law hits foreign groups

29 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: ZimNews author/source:Financial Times (UK) published:Wed 26-Sep-2007 posted on this site:Thu 27-Sep-2007 By Alec Russell in Johannesburg Zimbabwe’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday giving the state controlling stakes in foreign-owned businesses, including banks and mines. It happened in the face of warnings from the opposition and businesses that the law would have catastrophic consequences [...]

Mogae addresses round-table on democracy,human rights

28 September, 2007 in Botswana

source: Mmegi NEW YORK: President Festus Mogae gave the keynote opening remarks at a Round-table Discussion on Democracy and Human Right, which was held at the United Nation’s Headquarters. The Round-table was convened and chaired by the US President, George W. Bush. It was attended by an additional 25 Heads of State and Government from [...]

Africa: World Bank Asks for More Time on Economic Partnership Agreements

28 September, 2007 in Africa, Business

source: allAfrica Inter Press Service (Johannesburg) 27 September 2007 Posted to the web 27 September 2007 David Cronin Brussels Senior World Bank staff have asked the European Union to consider extending the end-of-year deadline it has set for a series of free trade agreements with Africa. Peter Mandelson, the European commissioner for trade, has repeatedly [...]

Mugabe avoids crisis at home to lash out at the West

28 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: SW radio Africa By Lance Guma 27 September 2007 Robert Mugabe avoided tackling issues to do with his own country and instead launched a long tirade against western countries when he addressed the United Nations summit in New York on Wednesday. He sought to deflect attention from his poor human rights record by accusing [...]

National Broadcasting Board revamps licensing system

28 September, 2007 in Business

source: Mmegi TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA STAFF WRITER The National Broadcasting Board (NBB) is embarking on a new licensing system that will give it greater powers to adjust to the new media environment. The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (NBA), the body under which NBB falls, recently kicked off the process by opening a tender for the initial stages [...]

Africa: `Everybody’s Welcome to EU-Africa Summit`

28 September, 2007 in Africa

source: allAfrica The Times of Zambia (Ndola) 27 September 2007 Posted to the web 27 September 2007 Emmerson Muchangwe New York Portugal says it will not discriminate on delegates to the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon at the end of the year. And President Mwanawasa yesterday held closed-door talks with Portuguese Prime Minister, Louis Amado at [...]

SA: Illegal profit being made out of 2010 logo

28 September, 2007 in South Africa, World Cup 2010

source: IOL Andisiwe Makinana September 27 2007 at 03:26PM With three years to go before the 2010 World Cup people are already making an illegal profit out of the event. Head of the communications for the 2010 Local Organising Committee Tim Modise said people who are not licensed to sell 2010 merchandise were abusing the [...]

Zimbabwe Teachers Association joins teachers strike as it enters third week

28 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Henry Makiwa 27 September 2007 Zimbabwe’s two teachers unions on Wednesday finally found common ground when the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) called for its membership to join in the national strike. Most teachers in Zimbabwe went on a go-slow early September in protest at poor salaries, while some went on [...]

World Travel & Tourism Council highlights Botswana`s tourism potential

27 September, 2007 in Botswana, Tourism

source: Hotel Travel News Thursday, September 27 2007 @ 09:55 AM GMT Botswana’s Travel & Tourism industry is expected to generate US$1,620 million of economic activity according to the latest Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) report produced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and commissioned by the Government of Botswana and the Botswana Tourism [...]

African Index confirms SA is unsafe

27 September, 2007 in Africa

source: IOL September 27 2007 at 12:42PM South Africa being the third least safe place out of 48 countries on the African continent, indicates that SA is critically unsafe, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. The party’s spokesperson on Safety and Security MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said that the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, [...]

Zimbabwe: Army general threatens coup if Mugabe loses election

27 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 26 September 2007 As Zimbabweans digest the implications of current talks between Zanu PF and the MDC, army Brigadier General David Sigauke sparked a reality check after threatening a military coup if Mugabe loses the coming election. According to news site Zimonline Brigadier General Sigauke told soldiers at [...]

Cape Town: Stadium workers pick up tools again

27 September, 2007 in South Africa

source: IOL September 26 2007 at 11:33PM Work on Cape Town’s 2010 soccer stadium in Green Point looks set to start again on Thursday, says project director Andrew Fanton. “We are still dealing with the union… I believe we are in a position of agreement,” he told reporters on Wednesday afternoon. All work stopped at [...]