Govt saves 2, 831 textile jobs

21 October, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer Government’s P38 million rescue package for the troubled textile industry has thus far benefited 44 companies, employing 2, 831 citizens and disbursing P5.6 million in the process. On Monday, a Ministry of Trade and Industry statement announced that of the 44 companies, 11 were large scale, seven medium, 25 [...]

Zimbabwe: Elephant tramples man to death

21 October, 2010 in Zimbabwe

source: IOL October 21 2010 at 07:48am Zimbabwean conservation officials blamed poachers after an elephant trampled a South African man to death in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean conservation officials blamed poachers after an elephant trampled a South African man to death in Zimbabwe, Beeld reported on Thursday. Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwean Conservation Task Force, said [...]

Taxi rank out of bounds to miniskirts

21 October, 2010 in Africa

source: Mmegi ISAAC PINIELO Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: The Francistown bus and taxi rank is becoming a dangerous place for women in high hemlines, despite the police promising to keep an eye on the situation. In an undeclared war on the high hemline, taxi drivers here often gang up to attack any woman who, in their dim [...]

Botswana Ex-President in Plea Over Homosexuals

21 October, 2010 in Botswana

source: allAfrica The Nation (Nairobi) Elias Mbao 19 October 2010 Nairobi — Botswana’s former president Festus Mogae yesterday said African governments and leaders must not enact laws that criminalise homosexuality and sex work, warning that such legislation would inhibit the fight against HIV/Aids. Mr Mogae, who chairs a team dubbed ‘Champions of an HIV-Free Generation’ [...]

Edumela.com social network shuts down

21 October, 2010 in Botswana, Business

source: Mmegi MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE Staff Writer Beaten by newcomers such as Myspace, Facebook, Youtube at their own game, Botswana’s first and only social network website Edumela.com has quietly shut down. For the last decade the website has been trying to build itself into one of the world’s more popular and profitable social network sites. Edumela.com, [...]

SA court to probe Zim diamonds

21 October, 2010 in South Africa, Zimbabwe

source: News24 2010-10-20 19:04 Johannesburg – Rights groups said on Wednesday they have asked a South African court to force the company mining diamonds in Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange fields to reveal how it uses its earnings. Nicole Fritz, director of the Southern African Litigation Centre which helped prepare the petition, said the documents would show [...]