Did Phumaphi quit the World Bank for the vice presidency?

30 September, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI Correspondent The name of former Minister of Health, Joy Phumaphi, keeps cropping up among the list of favourites for the position of Vice President after the general elections. According to sources in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), if she does not become the next Vice President, Phumaphi will become the next [...]

Zimbabwe: More farm violence and looting as soldiers ignore court orders

30 September, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa Gerry Jackson 29 September, 2009 The Swiss government have cleared Nestle of any wrong doing over the fact that the company trades with Grace Mugabe. The disingenuous argument being used is that the Swiss regulations that bar trade with the Mugabes, only apply to companies in Switzerland, and not subsidiaries in [...]

Palai confirms Lekaukau`s termination

30 September, 2009 in Botswana

source: The Botswana Gazette Written by EDITOR Tuesday, 29 September 2009 07:27 Questions as to why DIS was Asked to escort him out of his office The Acting Permanent Secretary to the President, Mr. Bruce Palai, has confirmed that government has terminated Mr. Moses Lekaukau’s contract. The Director General of the Government Implementation Coordination Office’s [...]

Zimbabwe: Swiss govt clears Nestle over trade with Grace Mugabe

30 September, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 29 September 2009 The Swiss national food giant Nestle has been criticised heavily for buying milk from Grace Mugabe, who controversially has ‘acquired’ six farms, most of them taken from white commercial farmers. It was exposed this week that Mrs Mugabe’s Gushungo Dairy Estate (formerly known as Foyle [...]

European Commission commits to greater cooperation

30 September, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi STAFF WRITER The European Commission (EC), the Government of Botswana and civil society yesterday witnessed the handing over of the first Grant Contracts/Projects in support of Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs) capacity building and service delivery to community members in vulnerable parts of Botswana. The event took place in Gaborone where 14 organisations will [...]

South Africa: Criminals `don`t do warning shots`

30 September, 2009 in South Africa

source: News24 2009-09-29 22:12 Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma threatened criminals with a shoot-to-kill policy on Tuesday, re-igniting the debate on the rights of criminals in a country where 50 people are murdered every day. “Criminals don’t take an oath to do warning shots,” Zuma told 1 000 police station commanders at the Voortrekker Monument [...]

ARV manufacturing company to set up in Phikwe

30 September, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi CALISTUS KOLANTSHO Correspondent SELEBI-PHIKWE: President Ian Khama Khama has said that a company manufacturing Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs will open in Selebi-Phikwe soon. He said the company will invest P210 million in the project and hire more than 1,000 workers. Khama made the announcement during a political rally in Selebi-Phikwe over the weekend. He [...]

Zimbabwe: Bennett says MDC have no power in government

30 September, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 29 September 2009 Roy Bennett, the MDC-T Deputy Minister of Agriculture nominee, has said the security situation in the country is now one of concern, eight months after the formation of the inclusive government. The MDC official, who is still waiting to be sworn into office by Robert [...]