Bridgetown project expected to boost Botswana`s tourism sector

26 April, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Sunday Standard by Gowenius Toka 22-04-2010 The Bridgetown project in Kazungula which is valued at P164 million has been hailed as a significant project that will complement Botswana’s employment creation and economic diversification efforts. Vice President Mompati Merafhe said at the project’s ground breaking ceremony that Bridgetown has great potential to help turn Botswana’s [...]

Govt acts to regulate home brews

26 April, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 26 April, 2010 MAHALAPYE – Home brewed alcohol has, for a longtime, been left unregulated and many people continue to partake of it without having to be subjected to any regulations. The Vice President, Lt Gen. Mompati Merafhe said government was working to enact some regulations that will control home brewed alcohol. Speaking [...]

South Africa: Zuma guilty of violating ethics code – report

26 April, 2010 in South Africa

source: IOL April 25 2010 at 10:38AM A report by Public Protector Thulisile Madonsela has found President Jacob Zuma guilty of violating the executive code of ethics, the City Press reported on Sunday. Madonsela branded Zuma “tardy” in the report handed to the presidency and the Democratic Alliance on Wednesday. By law, Zuma had to [...]

Banned church takes Kgafela to court

26 April, 2010 in Botswana

source: Sunday Standard by Oliver Modise 25-04-2010 Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana and its affiliate, Family of God, have dragged Bakgatla Paramount Chief Kgafela Kgafela II and his younger brother, Mmusi Kgafela, to court demanding that the church be reinstated in Kgatleng urgently. The case is set for hearing tomorrow (Monday) afternoon before High Court judge [...]

South Africa: Zuma discloses HIV status

26 April, 2010 in South Africa

source: SouthAfrica.info Gabi Khumalo 26 April 2010 South African President Jacob Zuma, launching the country’s HIV Counselling and Testing campaign at Natalspruit Hospital in Ekurhuleni on Sunday, announced that he was HIV-negative – while stressing that people’s results always remained private and confidential. Zuma, who took his own HIV test on 8 April to promote [...]

Botswana gets loan to finance Kasane airport

26 April, 2010 in Africa

source: BOPA 26 April, 2010 GABORONE – Botswana has received a P55 million loan from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to finance the development of Kasane airport. The airport development is estimated to cost P180 million and financing will come from BADEA, government of Botswana and the OPEC Fund for International [...]

Ghanzi District Council frustrates suppliers

26 April, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 26 April, 2010 GHANZI – Some small business operators who have been engaged by the Ghanzi District Council to provide needy people with monthly food baskets have criticised the council for failing to inform them about the commencement of the smart switch system (coupon system) that effected on April 1. Speaking in an [...]

BDP splinter party adopts new symbol, colour but split over name

26 April, 2010 in Botswana

source: Sunday Standard by Oliver Modise 25-04-2010 Despite forging ahead with an interim constitution, party colour and symbol, the Barata-Phathi faction of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is still to reach an agreement on the name for the new party. The splinter party leadership will convene a meeting in Gaborone today (Sunday) at which [...]

South Africa: Eskom report shows payment woes

26 April, 2010 in South Africa

source: Fin24 Apr 25 2010 14:15 Jan de Lange Johannesburg – Evidence of slow decline is evident from the confidential Eskom report the DA’s spokesperson for public enterprises, Pieter van Dalen, disclosed in parliament last week. The report indicates that 35% of the power that Eskom delivers to households is stolen electricity. On Tuesday Van [...]