Seretse wins P1.1 million tenders from Defence Ministry

25 March, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi STAFF WRITER In the past two years, tenders worth P1.1million have been awarded to RFT Botswana (Pty) Ltd, a company owned by the spouse of the Minister of Justice, Defence and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse. These revelations came to light yesterday in Parliament as Seretse responded to Dumelang Saleshando, MP for Gaborone Central who [...]

Property bill passes second reading with reservations

25 March, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 25 March, 2010 GABORONE – Industrial Property Bill passed its second reading in Parliament Tuesday, although some MPs expressed reservations on international treaties Botswana was a party to. Kgatleng East MP, Mr Isaac Mabiletsa, said he found it difficult to support a bill which incorporated a number of international treaties he was not [...]

BDP declares war on Barata-Phathi

25 March, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA Staff Writer The central committee has now released a statement, after a marathon meeting which was said to have lasted both the weekend and the whole day yesterday. In the strongest sign yet of the no-nonsense attitude of the A-Team leader and party President Ian Khama, the statement has declared the [...]

Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Survives Car Crash

25 March, 2010 in Zimbabwe

source: allAfrica The Nation (Nairobi) Kitsepile Nyathi 25 March 2010 Harare — Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti last night survived a horrific accident when his official vehicle collided with a haulage truck about 120 kilometres outside Harare. Although details of the accident were still sketchy, officials said Mr Biti who is also the secretary general [...]

Road Traffic Act revision underway

25 March, 2010 in Africa

source: BOPA 25 March, 2010 Plans are underway to review the current Road Traffic Act to consider including issues such first aid for combi drivers and bus conductors, Parliament heard Tuesday. Transport and communications minister, Mr Frank Ramsden, underscored the importance of a national training programme for drivers and combi/bus conductors on first aid. However, [...]

The day Khama told them `Voetsek!`

25 March, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi GREG KELEBONYE Staff Writer No word could be a better fit for the response that President Ian Khama and the BDP central committee gave to the party’s faction of Barata-Phathi, following their decision to bolt from the ruling party than the Afrikaans word ‘voetsek!’ Literally “tie your feet up!”, and “stop following me!” [...]

Companies not registered for tax rebates

25 March, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 25 March, 2010 PARLIAMENT – Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) does not register companies for tax rebates, Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr Charles Tibone has said. However, Mr Tibone said Section 51 (2) of the Income Tax, Cap 52.01 of the Laws of Botswana provides that where a person makes [...]

Botswana plans a 50m-litre per year bio diesel plant

25 March, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE Staff Writer Coal-rich Botswana has announced its ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions by setting up a 50 million-litre per year bio-diesel processing plant to be fed from jatropha (oil seed) plantations by 2012. The project will be funded from the National Petroleum Fund as Botswana joins the fight against climate [...]

South Africa: State Plans Strict New Curbs On Land Rights

25 March, 2010 in South Africa

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Wyndham Hartley 25 March 2010 Johannesburg — Rural Development and Land Affairs Minister Gugile Nkwinti yesterday failed to put out the fires raging over suggestions that productive farmland could be nationalised, instead raising new fears with a proposal that appears to curb property rights. Recently, the department’s director-general, Tozi Gwanya, [...]