Ministry allocates 30, 000 plots

26 November, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi EPHRAIM KEORENG Staff Writer In an effort to reduce the backlog of applications for plots, the Ministry of Lands and Housing has allocated 30, 155 plots across the country. A press statement from the ministry, says that the plots were allocated for various uses such as residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, civic and community. [...]

Over 555 000 voted in recent elections

26 November, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA 25 November, 2009 GABORONE – A total of 725 817 people registered for the general elections, which represents 69 per cent of the eligible voters. Responding to a question from Kweneng East MP, the Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi said of the registered voters, 76.5 per cent [...]

Zimbabwe: Another witness in Bennett trial exposes more inconsistencies

26 November, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 25 November 2009 The trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC senior official accused of trying to overthrow the Mugabe regime, continued on Wednesday with the cross examination of another state witness, Superintendent Arnold Zorodzai Dhliwayo. Journalists covering the terrorism case of the MDC’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate [...]

Modubule urges Khama to forget democracy

25 November, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi BAME PIET Staff Writer The MP for Lobatse, Nehemiah Modubule has appealed to President Ian Khama to strike out the ‘D’ for Democracy because he has shown no commitment towards it. Responding to the State of the Nation Address by Khama, Modubule said yesterday that the President has displayed disregard for democracy in [...]

Zimbabwe: US President Obama labels Mugabe a `dictator`

25 November, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Alex Bell 24 November 2009 US President Barack Obama on Monday night delivered his strongest rebuke yet to Robert Mugabe, labelling him a ‘dictator,’ while criticising his regime of ‘oppressors’ for their brutal treatment of human rights activists. Obama was presenting the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to [...]

SA gets `fastest` ADSL

25 November, 2009 in South Africa, Telekoms & Providers

source: Fin24 Nov 24 2009 18:27 Simon Dingle Johannesburg – Internet service provider company iBurst has launched SA’s fastest ADSL service at 20Mbps – but the service will only be available to multi-tenant communities, such as gated communities, shopping centres and office parks. iBurst CEO Jannie van Zyl said the service would offer impressive speed [...]

BONELA repeats calls for sex work

25 November, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi ONALENNA MODIKWA Staff Writer SELEBI-PHIKWE: Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has reiterated its call for commercial sex work to be legalised in the country. BONELA official Annah Chalmas said the move will help sex workers as human beings and give them dignity. Addressing a workshop in Selebi-Phikwe, she stated that [...]

SA education levels rise

25 November, 2009 in South Africa

source: Fin24 2009-11-24 22:16 Johannesburg – Education levels among South African adults have increased significantly in the past 10 years, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Tuesday. “Between 1997 and 2007 the number of adults who had completed Grade 8 increased from 14 093 000 to 19 026 000,” it said [...]

South Africa: Rural areas to suffer for 2010

25 November, 2009 in South Africa, World Cup 2010

source: News24 2009-11-24 20:03 Bloemfontein – Free State health authorities might have to withdraw ambulances from rural areas in 2010 to service Soccer World Cup matches in Bloemfontein, the province’s health oversight committee heard on Tuesday. This was revealed when committee member Susan Mnunzana asked the health department why it took an ambulance eight hours [...]

Police smash Zim cigarette smuggling ring

25 November, 2009 in Botswana

source: Mmegi KARABO SENAME Staff Writer TSHESEBE: The police have said they are still on the trail of smugglers suspected to have driven trucks loaded with high quality cigarettes into Botswana from Zimbabwe. This is contrary to reports that the culprits have been arrested and slapped with a P15,000 fine. The suspects escaped after the [...]

South Africa: Telkom moving into mobile space

25 November, 2009 in South Africa, Telekoms & Providers

source: Fin24 Nov 24 2009 17:31 Simon Dingle Johannesburg – Telecommunications group Telkom is planning to spend up to R6bn to launch mobile operations in SA, which include rolling out its own network and establishing a roaming agreement with either Vodacom or MTN. CEO Reuben September said on Tuesday the money will be spent over [...]

BPC Starts Installing Smart Meters

24 November, 2009 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi Thato Moseki Correspondent The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has begun installing smart meters in Gaborone in the latest initiative to steady the country’s energy supply-demand imbalance. The gadgets are capable of remotely switching off customers’ geysers and electricity supply. When fully rolled-out, the corporation experts believe the smart meters could save the national [...]

South Africa: Telkom profit drops almost 40%

24 November, 2009 in South Africa, Telekoms & Providers

source: Fin24 Nov 23 2009 15:40 Johannesburg – South African fixed-line phone company Telkom reported close to a 40% fall in first-half profit on Monday as both its domestic and Nigerian units struggled, sending its shares tumbling. Telkom, Africa’s biggest fixed-line operator, said on Monday headline earnings per share fell 37.9% to 242.2 cents in [...]

Property Markets Has Not Felt Any Recession

24 November, 2009 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi Lekopanye Mooketsi Correspondent The local property market has not been hit by the world economic recession. This is according to the newly elected president of the Real Estate Institute of Botswana (REIB), Outule Bale. Speaking in a wide ranging interview, Bale said when the market is in a recession, there would be a [...]

South Africa: Alstom wins €100m Eskom contract

24 November, 2009 in South Africa

source: SouthAfrica.info 24 November 2009 French engineering firm Alstom has won a contract worth over €100-million (about R1.1-billion) from state power company Eskom to provide the instrumentation and control system for the Medupi power plant currently under construction near Lephalale in the Limpopo province. The plant will be the largest dry-cooled coal fired power plant [...]