OP grills journalists over new party?

30 April, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi BAME PIET Staff Writer At least three Radio Botswana journalists were summoned to the Office of the President yesterday for a grilling because they granted airtime to Sidney Pilane, the spokesman of the newly formed Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). Mmegi is reliably informed that Thuso Letlhoma, Ketirele Matlhape and Sakaeyo Jani were [...]

South Africa: Zuma Says SA Will Not Copy Zimbabwe`s Land Invasions

30 April, 2010 in South Africa

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Karima Brown 30 April 2010 Johannesburg — PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma said yesterday that SA would not emulate Zimbabwe’s land grab. Addressing a symposium on constitutionalism hosted by the Black Management Forum in Johannesburg, Zuma said land reform would be conducted “within the law”. “There will be no similar kinds of [...]

Govt support SMMEs

30 April, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 30 April, 2010 GABORONE – The governments decision to use its purchasing power to buy locally produced goods and services has given impetus to local businesses, says Vice President Lt Gen. Mompati Merafhe. He said the initiative will also reduce the countrys huge import bill. Officially opening the 2nd Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) [...]

Africa: Infrastructure Transformation in Continent an Urgent Priority

30 April, 2010 in Africa

source: allAfrica America.gov (Washington, DC) Charles W. Corey 29 April 2010 Now is the time for transformation of Africa’s infrastructure, and African leaders understand the importance of that task, a senior World Bank official told the fourth annual U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference April 28. Addressing a packed ballroom in Washington on the first day of the [...]