BDP govt should free Btv, play fair

3 May, 2010 in Botswana

source: Mmegi GREG KELEBONYE Staff Writer What happened to Botswana Television’s news item about Gomolemo Motswaledi’s resignation from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)? The BTV news crew was very conspicuous with lights and cameras amidst the 200 or so people that sat and stood at a press conference called by the new Botswana Movement [...]

South Africa: Smooth Take-Off for Durban`s New Airport

3 May, 2010 in South Africa

source: allAfrica BuaNews (Tshwane) 1 May 2010 Pretoria — Operations at Durban’s new airport, King Shaka International, got off to a smooth start with the first flight taking off five minutes ahead of schedule this morning said Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). ACSA spokesperson, Colin Naidoo, said while the first day was busy, all was [...]

Govt pumps P454 million into BPC

3 May, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer The Botswana Power Corporation’s (BPC) precarious operational position will soon be fortified by a P454 million cash injection by its sole shareholder, the Government of Botswana, Business Week has learnt. The bailout is part of a rescue package for BPC which also includes the recently announced 30 percent electricity [...]

Commit yourself – Khama

3 May, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 03 May, 2010 SEROWE – Disciplinary action will continue to be taken against public officers who fail to perform their duties, says President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama. He said there is a causal relationship between failing to perform and alcohol abuse. Speaking at a series of kgotla meetings in Serowe South [...]

South Africa: Japan, SA to Start Nuclear Energy

3 May, 2010 in Africa

source: allAfrica Business Day (Johannesburg) Co-Operation Talks Hopewell Radebe 3 May 2010 Johannesburg — SA’s relations with Japan took a new turn last week when the two countries agreed to start negotiations on future co-operation on friendly nuclear energy that could be SA’s answer to alternative power generation and the reduction of carbon emissions. There [...]

Modernise local government system

2 May, 2010 in Botswana

source: BOPA 30 April, 2010 GABORONE – The local government system must be improved to meet current challenges and promote the efficient delivery of services, says local government permanent secretary, Mr Thatayaone Raphaka. Officiating at a three-day workshop on decentralisation practices in four African countries in Gaborone on Monday, Mr Raphaka said the workshop was [...]

Zimbabwe: Mugabe remains stumbling block in efforts to implement GPA

2 May, 2010 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 29 April 2010 South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team jetted into Harare Thursday in aother attempt to diffuse rising tension between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. South Africa was appointed by the SADC to facilitate the removal of obstacles which hinder the full implementation of the Global [...]

Dept fails to pay pensioners

2 May, 2010 in Botswana

source: BOPA 30 April, 2010 KANYE – More than 20 pensioners in Moshupa have not received their old-age allowance since this year, a customer service assistant at Moshupa Post Office, Mr Thabo Mmutle, has revealed. The pensioners have not been getting their benefits because the Department of Social Services in Gaborone has not given us [...]

Africom not setting base in Africa-US commander

1 May, 2010 in Africa

source: Mmegi FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE Staff Writer The United States has no plans to have a military base in Africa, it has been revealed. Addressing a press conference yesterday, US commander of the African Command, General William Ward said while there has been speculation that the US intends to set up a military base in Africa [...]

Govt must buy local products

1 May, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: BOPA 30 April, 2010 MOCHUDI – Government departments and councils would soon have to account for how much they have purchased from local manufacturers. Speaking in a kgotla meeting in Artesia on Tuesday, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Mrs Dorcas Makgato-Malesu said departments and councils would be required to explain why they had [...]

Africa: Entrepreneurship, Infrastructure Vital to Continent`s Development

1 May, 2010 in Africa

source: allAfrica America.gov (Washington, DC) Charles W. Corey 29 April 2010 Just minutes after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially closed the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, the fourth annual U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference opened nearby on April 27. Many of the 25 African entrepreneurs from 10 African countries who attended the entrepreneurship summit stayed [...]