You Can`t Have Your Cake And Eat It – Khama

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi Oliver Modise Correspondent 30 March 2009 Members of cabinet will no longer be allowed to contest for positions in the Central Committee of the Botswana Democratic Party, according to a national council resolution passed on Saturday at the Maharaj conference centre in Gaborone. Neither will Central Committee members be permitted to sit in [...]

South Africa: Zuma charges `must be dropped`

31 March, 2009 in South Africa

source: News24 31/03/2009 09:50 – (SA) Johannesburg – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has reaffirmed the league’s belief that the corruption charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma were the result of a political conspiracy and should be dropped. Speaking on SAFM, he said the league had made its own submissions on why the charges [...]

Kasane Under Threat Of Floods

31 March, 2009 in Botswana, Tourism

source: Mmegi Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe Staff Writer 30 March 2009 The tourist resort of Kasane remains under threat and could be submerged by the violent Zambezi and Chobe floods. Authorities warned on Friday that the flooded river is already encroaching on homes in the tourists resort while five more villages in the Chobe remain under serious [...]

Decisions made in Cabinet – a new weekly feature

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA 31 March, 2009 Beginning this week as part of our mandate to educate and inform, the Dailynews is starting a new feature that will regularly inform the public about decisions made in Cabinet. As the executive committee of government, Cabinet is both the central and highest decision making body in the country. Its [...]

Tourism Numbers Down By 19%

31 March, 2009 in Botswana, Tourism

source: Mmegi Wanetsha Mosinyi Staff Writer 30 March 2009 Tourism recorded an estimated 19 percent drop in bookings in comparison to the same time last year as tourists tighten their purse strings becuase of the deepening global economic and financial crisis. “Nobody is going to be left unscathed,” the CEO of the Botswana Tourism Board [...]

South Africa: State right to ban Dalai Lama – Zuma

31 March, 2009 in South Africa

source: IOL March 31 2009 at 11:13AM Johannesburg – ANC president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday backed the government’s stance on denying the Dalai Lama a visa to visit South Africa in March. Government “must have considered a number of issues” in taking its decision, Zuma told a business breakfast hosted by the South African Institute [...]

South Africa: `If We Drop Zuma Charges, NPA May Reveal Why`

31 March, 2009 in South Africa

source: allAfrica Christelle Terreblanche, Angela Quintal and Karyn Maughan 27 March 2009 The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will “probably” furnish the public with its reasons once it had made a decision on whether to charge Jacob Zuma or not. Amid heated speculation that a de facto decision to let Zuma, the ANC president, off the [...]

Zimbabwe: SADC to Help Raise $8,5 Billion for Zimbabwe Bail-Out

31 March, 2009 in SADC, Zimbabwe

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Dumisani Muleya 31 March 2009 Johannesburg — SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) leaders promised yesterday to help Zimbabwe raise $8,5bn over the next two to three years to help revitalise its ruined economy. Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti presented a short-term recovery plan to the summit meeting at a venue [...]

Kario defends his ministry

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA 31 March, 2009 GABORONE – Members of Parliament verbally attacked each other last Thursday while the acting Deputy Speaker, Mr Maitlhoko Mooka battled to control the boiling tempers. The personal attacks started on Wednesday when Gaborone Central MP, Mr Dumelang Saleshando labelled Mr Jacob Nkate and his assistant minister “incompetent.” Debating a motion [...]

`Good riddance` says BDP as another councilor resigns

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: Standay Standard by Bashi Letsididi 29.03.2009 A second sitting Botswana Democratic Party councillor in a Mahalapye constituency has resigned from the party and will be standing as an independent candidate in the coming general election. Interestingly, her MP is glad to see the back of her because “she was ineffectual and did little to [...]

Khama Derides UB Rioters, Delays NDP10

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi Oliver Modise Correspondent 30 March 2009 President Ian Khama has stated that students who go on strike and threaten his government’s desire to bring about quality education will be expelled from school and denied employment in the public service. Khama said this addressing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members on discipline at the party’s [...]

Khama explains NDP 10 delay

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA 30 March, 2009 GABORONE – The President, Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has explained why he directed that the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP 10) be delayed for at least 12 months. The President made the revelation at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) National Council in Gaborone on Saturday. “I [...]

Pick N` Pay employees jobs safe – Milne

31 March, 2009 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 31 March, 2009 FRANCISTOWN – Pick N’ Pay has dismissed persistent speculation that Pick N’ Pay in Francistown is changing its management, which could result in retrenchments. Mr Bruce Milne, the company’s director they have only changed ownership and not management and that the staff will remain in their positions. He said their [...]

Firestone: High-grade diamonds recovered from Botswana site

31 March, 2009 in Botswana, Mining

source: Reuters 30 March 2009 Diamond mining and exploration company Firestone Diamonds Plc (FDI.L) said it expects annual revenue of up to $30 million from the high grade and diamond values recovered from a kimberlite site in Botswana. The company said selective mining in the western side of BK11, which is estimated to contain about [...]

Financial management requires confidence

31 March, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA 30 March, 2009 GABORONE – Managing in turbulent times like being a captain on a stormy sea requires the ability to demonstrate confidence and a sense of cautious optimism. Officially opening a two-day third Supervisors’ Forum organised by the Botswana Confederation of Commerce and Manpower (BOCCIM) on Thursday, Standard Chartered Bank Chief Executive [...]