Nuclear support plan discussed

31 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi EPHRAIM KEORENG Staff Writer For the past two years Botswana has experienced a few radioactive incidents. Speaking at an event held to discuss Botswana`s nuclear security support plan Radiation Protection Inspectorate director Stephen Williams said in 2008 his department attended to two incidents in Palapye and Mmamabula Coal Mine. He said at the [...]

South Africa: Inflation Rises After Nine Months of Falls

31 January, 2010 in South Africa

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Miriam Isa 28 January 2010 Johannesburg — INFLATION rose more slowly than expected last month, but breached its official 3%-6% target range for the first time since September, official data showed yesterday. And the Treasury said it and the Reserve Bank were addressing “the adequacy and effectiveness” of inflation targeting, [...]

Predators on rampage around Serowe

31 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: BOPA 29 January, 2010 SEROWE – The Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Serowe region has recorded 635 livestock deaths caused by predators since the beginning of 2009 to date. In an interview, the Regional Wildlife Officer, Mr Amos Ramokate said of the number of domestic animals killed, the predators accounted for the [...]

Cobra kills three women

31 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi ISAAC PINIELO Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: Residents of Mokobaxane village between Orapa and Mopipi are reeling in shock following the death of three women who were bitten by a snake. According to village chief, Meshack Kaponene one woman survived the snakebites but is still fighting for her life at Maun Primary Hospital. He said the [...]

Zimbabwe: Pressure Mounts on Zuma to Act on Zimbabwe

31 January, 2010 in South Africa, Zimbabwe

source: allAfrica SW Radio Africa (London) Violet Gonda 27 January 2010 South African President Jacob Zuma is coming under increasing pressure to help break the political deadlock in Zimbabwe. Despite claims by the partners in the power sharing government that progress was being made, Finance Minister Tendai Biti told journalists in Washington DC on Tuesday [...]

No job losses in public service

30 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: BOPA 28 January, 2010 KANYE – Moshupa MP, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi says despite the trying economic conditions, the countrys leadership has decided to do all it can to avoid job losses in the public service. Mr Masisi, who was addressing kgotla meetings at Manyana and Tlanege said government decided to apply for loans from [...]

MP, residents cry for constitutional reforms

30 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi EDWARD BULE Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: The Francistown South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Wynter Mmolotsi and his constituents are clearly in one accord on some constitutional matters discussed in the last sitting of Parliament. This emerged recently at a well-attended consultative meeting the vocal legislator addressed at Block Seven in Francistown. Mmolotsi, a backbencher, [...]

South Africa: New CEOs for 5 Gauteng hospitals

30 January, 2010 in South Africa

source: News24 2010-01-28 22:57 Johannesburg – Five new chief executive officers have been appointed at Gauteng state hospitals to stabilise, improve and sustain the quality of services, Health and Social Development MEC Quedani Mahlangu said on Thursday. This was a part of Operation Kuyasheshwe-la, which was launched in June last year. “They know that they [...]

`Avatar is real`, say tribal people

30 January, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi Following the film ‘Avatar”s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today. A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, told Survival International, ‘The Penan people cannot live without the rainforest. The forest looks after us, and we [...]

Zimbabwe: ZANU PF says `No more GPA concessions` until sanctions lifted

30 January, 2010 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 28 January 2010 The inter-party negotiations were dealt another serious blow on Wednesday when ZANU PF’s supreme decision making body, the Politburo, said there will be no more Global Political Agreement concessions until the sanctions have been lifted. Ephraim Masawi, ZANU PF Deputy Secretary for Information and Publicity, [...]

Moroka lands at De Beers

30 January, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi GREG KELEBONYE Staff Writer Former Trade and Industry Minister, Neo Moroka has been appointed resident director and chief executive officer of De Beers Botswana. This is a new post in the organisations’ Botswana office. Moroka lost his Kgalagadi South parliamentary seat to John Toto in the last general election. He becomes the third [...]

South Africa: Airlines probed over World Cup fares

30 January, 2010 in South Africa, World Cup 2010

source: IOL January 28 2010 at 11:17PM The Competition Commission is investigating collusion among local airlines, it said on Thursday. “The Competition Commission has initiated an investigation against major airlines BA/Comair, South African Airways, 1Time, SA Airlink, Mango and SA Express for allegedly colluding on prices and pricing strategies to be adopted during the Fifa [...]

Economy in substantial growth

29 January, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 29 January, 2010 GABORONE – The local economy is poised to register substantial growth this year, but full recovery is not expected until 2012, Bifm chairman has said. Speaking at the launch of Bifm Economic Review for the last quarter of 2009, Dr Keith Jeffries said given improvements in the mining sector, the [...]

P164m training funds lying idle-BOTA

29 January, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi BRIAN BENZA Staff Writer The Botswana Training Authority (BOTA) is currently sitting on over P164 million in unclaimed Funds that are supposed to be reimbursed to employers who would have trained their workers. Speaking at a ceremony to handover a BOTA accreditation certificate to Events Venture, an events management and training company, the [...]

South Africa: Zuma – Each wife gets equal love

29 January, 2010 in South Africa

source: News24 2010-01-28 14:08 Davos – South African President Jacob Zuma defended his polygamy before a crowd of business and political elite in Davos and called for acceptance of Zulu culture. Zuma, 67, a Zulu traditionalist, married earlier this year, bringing his number of wives to three. Another wife died in 2000 and he divorced [...]