Residents say no to unaudited report

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business, Palapye

source: BOPA 16 February, 2010 PALAPYE – Tempers almost flared last Tuesday during a kgotla meeting which was called to enable the Palapye Development Trust (PDT) officials to present their report to the residents in fulfillment of an earlier agreement with the community. The residents had then refused to accept the report in October last [...]

Stray livestock worries Roads Dept chief

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO Staff Writer The Roads Department has expressed concern about negligent cattle farmers, who allow their animals to roam the streets. Roads Department director, Kabo Kote said yesterday that since one-year contracts for more than 20 companies who were responsible for animal control on roads expired last November, the department has been [...]

BOTA attains BOBS certification

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business, Education

source: BOPA 16 February, 2010 GABORONE – The Botswana Training Authority has attained certification from the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) for its quality management system. The authority is now ISO 9001:2008 certified which is an upgrade from the ISO 9001: 2000 the organisation was awarded in 2006. Speaking at the award ceremony recently, BOBS [...]

SAfrican opposition parties walk out of parliament

17 February, 2010 in South Africa

source: Guardian JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition parties walked out of a parliament session Tuesday, accusing the governing African National Congress of trying to silence critics. Mbhazima Shilowa, who left the ANC last year to form the Congress of the People party, said his party and the main opposition Democratic Alliance walked out after [...]

De Graaff holds talks with Zambian minister

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business, Zimbabwe

source: BOPA 16 February, 2010 GABORONE – The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Christian De Graaff held a bilateral meeting with the Zambian Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development, Mr Kenneth Chipungu on Thursday, with the aim to familiarize themselves more on youth projects on agriculture. Addressing the delegation from Zambia, Minister De Graaff said [...]

South Africa: Education not essential – Naptosa

17 February, 2010 in South Africa

source: News24 2010-02-17 07:35 Pretoria – Declaring education an essential service will not improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools, the National Professional Teacher’s Organisation of SA (Naptosa) said on Tuesday. “There is a crisis in education, but it is the root problems that need to be corrected and solved,” Naptosa’s president Esrah [...]

Experts probe CFL bulb disposal

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer A team of experts from the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) will today assess whether Gaborone’s waste handling facilities are capable of disposing of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), which contain a toxic, mercury. The assessment will be held at the multi-million Pula Gamodubu regional landfill, which serves Greater Gaborone [...]

Economic crunch no excuse for laxity

17 February, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 16 February, 2010 GABORONE – The Mayor of Gaborone, Ms Veronica Lesole says the council is charged with the responsibility of timely and satisfactory service provision even in the midst of the global economic downturn. Making welcome remarks at the first ever Gaborone City Council peoples day commemoration, whose theme was Kgetsi ya [...]

Zimbabwe: Mugabe not worried by sanctions

17 February, 2010 in Zimbabwe

source: News24 2010-02-16 23:43 Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party brushed off the extension Tuesday of most EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, accusing their partner in a unity government of backing the measures. Spokesman for Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party Rugare Gumbo said: “We’re not worried by their extension. It’s a continuation of the struggle, just like [...]