Tawana secures control of Orapa diamond prospect

31 May, 2009 in Botswana, Business, Mining

source: Mmegi STAFF WRITER Australian based Tawana Resources (ASX: TAW) has moved to 100 per cent ownership of the Orapa Project in the north-east. In a statement on Wednesday, Tawana said it will pursue new initiatives for the rapid development and bulk sampling of several kimberlites in this highly prospective area. The Orapa Kimberlite field [...]

Zimbabwe: Witch flies naked 120km in a basket to kill?

31 May, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: ZimNews author/source:Afrik.com (France) published:Fri 29-May-2009 Woman to be kept in custody “just in case she flies back to Murehwa” She is remanded in court as expert confirms claims By Alice Chimora A 21 year old woman stunned a court when she claimed she flew 75 miles in a winnowing basket with two witches on [...]

South Africa: Zuma to focus on safety, black ownership

31 May, 2009 in South Africa

source: allAfrica 30/05/2009 22:17 – (SA) Johannesburg – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday he plans to focus on enforcing safety measures to curb mining deaths which have hurt output and to review black ownership in the mining industry. In a speech delivered to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the new president [...]

KFC opens outlet at Game City

30 May, 2009 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi TUMELO SETSHOGO Correspondent Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) opened its fourth shop in Botswana at Game City last Friday, giving it a presence of three outlets in Gaborone and one in Francistown. Other fast-food chains in Botswana include Chicken Licken, Wimpy and Nando’s. The KFC brand is managed by Boitumelo Dijo in Botswana. With [...]

Zambia: Media Bodies Commend Banda

30 May, 2009 in Zambia

source: allAfrica The Times of Zambia (Ndola) 29 May 2009 MEDIA bodies have saluted President Rupiah Banda for condemning the harassment of journalists. The Press Association of Zambia (Paza), Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) and Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) said it was encouraging that Mr Banda had condemned the harassment of journalists. Paza [...]

SA Presidency accused of hiding Zim violence report

30 May, 2009 in South Africa, Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Alex Bell 29 May 2009 The South African Presidency has been accused of deliberately hiding a suspected controversial report on the Zimbabwe security forces role in last year’s deadly post-election violence. President Jacob Zuma’s office has rejected numerous requests for the report, which was compiled last year by retired army [...]

We want more quality than quantity-TEC

29 May, 2009 in Botswana, Education

source: Mmegi CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI Staff Writer The number of students to be sponsored in private tertiary institutions has been reduced to focus more on quality of the programmes the executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) Patrick Molutsi, said yesterday. Last year the institutions admitted more students than they had budgeted for. Molutsi said [...]

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai and Mutambara have officially asked SADC to intervene

29 May, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 28 May 2009 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara have finally sent a letter to SADC, officially asking them to break the talks deadlock over the appointment of the central bank chief and the attorney general. On Wednesday we had spoken to two senior [...]

Africa: `Invest in Job Creation to Buffer Global Crisis`

29 May, 2009 in Africa

source: allAfrica Francis Kokutse 28 May 2009 Accra — African governments should invest in creating jobs, providing social services and building food security to shield people against the effects of the global economic and financial crisis. They should also develop micro-credit facilities to make money available to small businesspeople and boost economies. These proposals were [...]

UB boss draws the line on partisan politics

29 May, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi OARABILE MOSIKARE Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: Partisan politics at the University of Botswana (UB) will be a thing of the past after November 1 when the new policy on partisan politics on UB campuses will be implemented. The UB vice chancellor, Professor Bojosi Otlhogile, revealed this at the full council meeting yesterday. He said the [...]

South Africa: Zuma `lying` about Zim report

29 May, 2009 in South Africa

source: News24 28/05/2009 20:17 – (SA) Cape Town – NGOs on Thursday accused President Jacob Zuma’s office of covering up the existence of a damning report by retired generals about the role of the military in post-election violence in Zimbabwe last year. Zuma’s office has rejected requests to release the document, saying it did not [...]

South Africa: Analysts Expect Big Rate Cut in Spite of Inflation Concern – Tito Mboweni

29 May, 2009 in South Africa

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Mariam Isa 28 May 2009 Johannesburg — INFLATION subsided more slowly than expected last month, but the odds are still very much in favour of the Reserve Bank cutting interest rates aggressively today. Confirmation that the economy slipped into its first recession in 17 years will take precedence over the [...]

Govt gives P2 billion concessions for Mmamabula

28 May, 2009 in Botswana, Mining

source: Mmegi GABORONE: Botswana government has approved over P2 billion in tax concessions for the Mmamabula Energy Project and extended coal prospecting licences in the country. Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, told the press on Monday that consultations with South Africa on the project are going on well. South Africa, through [...]

Eight Bullets killed Kalafatis – Post mortem

28 May, 2009 in Botswana

source: The Botswana Gazette Written by JFG Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:39 Anti terrorism bullets were used, one from a 15 cm distance It was murder – Bayford A post mortem conducted on Monday has revealed that eight bullets went through John Kalafatis’ body on the fateful Wednesday night, May 13, 2009. The Gazette can [...]

South Africa: `All the president`s wives are equal`

28 May, 2009 in South Africa

source: IOL May 27 2009 at 09:33AM By Wendy Da Costa and Simphiwe Ndwandwe Each of President Jacob Zuma’s three wives should be considered a first lady, the spousal support office in the Presidency has said. Director Ntsiki Sisulu-Singaphi dismissed any notion that Nompumelelo Ntuli – also known as MaNtuli – was the official first [...]