Trans-Kalahari Coal Line Vital For Botswana

7 September, 2010 in Botswana, Business, Namibia

source: Mmegi Development of the proposed Trans-Kalahari railway line (TKR) is critical for Botswana’s ability to unlock the potential of its coal resources. That’s according to Gabaake Gabaake, permanent secretary for Botswana’s Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, who was interviewed by Miningmx at the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, Western Australia. But [...]

Botswana, Namibia to defend position on ivory sales

19 March, 2010 in Botswana, Namibia

source: The Botswana Gazette Written by VICTOR BAATWENG Wednesday, 17 March 2010 00:00 Botswana and Namibia will this week defend the Kenyan and Malian proposals to extend the sale of Ivory from nine years to 20 years at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference, which is ongoing in Doha. The Minister [...]

Namibia: Chinese Eye a Stake in Weatherly

17 September, 2009 in Namibia

source: allAfrica The Namibian (Windhoek) Jo-Maré Duddy 16 September 2009 A N$190 million deal, which will buy a Chinese parastatal the majority of the shares in Weatherly International Plc (WTI), will allow the copper producer to reopen its Otjihase and Matchless mines towards the middle of next year. “The chances are very good that the [...]

Namibia: Botswana No Longer Landlocked

16 September, 2009 in Botswana, Business, Namibia

source: allAfrica The Namibian (Windhoek) Adam Hartman 15 September 2009 “AS of today, Botswana is no longer landlocked,” the CEO of the Namibian Port Authority (Namport), Bisey Uirab, said after he and Botswana High Commissioner, Norman Molebege, signed a lease agreement for a Botswana dry port in Walvis Bay on Friday. The 36 000m’ land [...]

Botswana-Walvis Bay rail line to start soon

9 June, 2009 in Botswana, Namibia

source: Mmegi MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE Staff Writer Botswana and Namibia yesterday signed an agreement to start a railway line that will connect Botswana to the sea coast of Walvis Bay. Both countries represented by their Permanent Secretaries in the Ministry of Transport agreed to kick-start a feasibility study that will determine how the railway line would [...]

Namibian flood waters rising

15 April, 2009 in Namibia

source: News24 12/04/2009 21:55 – (SA) Windhoek – Deadly flooding in parts of Namibia has left thousands of people homeless and in need of food and shelter, aid workers and officials said on Sunday. In the northeast of the country, at the border with Zambia and Botswana, the situation was still disastrous, with water levels [...]

Namibian Floods Expected to Worsen

7 April, 2009 in Namibia

source: Voice of America By Joe De Capua Washington D.C 06 April 2009 Humanitarian officials are warning that flooding in parts of southern Africa will get worse in the coming weeks. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has issued the warning for Namibia’s northeastern Caprivi region. Matthew Cochrane is communications [...]

Southern Africa: The Zambezi Shows Its Might

28 March, 2009 in Botswana, Namibia

source: allAfrica UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 27 March 2009 Gaborone — Rain continues to lash countries along the course of the upper Zambezi River, aggravating already extensive flooding in Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, where crops and infrastructure have been destroyed. In Namibia at least 90 lives have been lost and 350,000 people affected. [...]

Namibia declares state of emergency

27 March, 2009 in Namibia

source: IOL March 26 2009 at 09:20AM By Frank Nyakairu Lusaka – Zambia and Namibia face their worst floods in at least 40 years as rains swell the Zambezi River to record levels, destroying crops and swamping whole villages, disaster officials and aid workers said on Wednesday. Zambia has put its air force on standby [...]

Planned telecommunications between Botswana, Namibia on course

15 March, 2009 in Business, Namibia

source: ASNS Written by ASNS in Botswana Sunday, 15 March 2009 Planned cooperation between Botswana and Namibia in telecommunications and postal services sub sectors are at advanced stage. The two are exploring possible areas of cooperation to advance services to the citizens of the two countries. Botswana’s Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications, [...]

Botswana, Namibia in ICT collaboration

14 March, 2009 in Botswana, Namibia, Telekoms & Providers

source: BOPA 13 March, 2009 GABORONE – Subsequent to the Botswana/Namibia bilateral cooperation agreement that covered Information Communication Technology (ICT), a ministerial meeting between the two countries was held on Wednesday at GICC. The meeting’s agenda was to discuss the telecommunications and postal services sub sectors with a view to exploring possible areas of cooperation [...]

Aliens with al Qaeda links nabbed

14 December, 2008 in Botswana, Namibia

source: The Zimbabwean Saturday, 13 December 2008 NAMIBIA and Botswana have arrested and deported several members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which has links with the al Qaeda movement, in a highly sensitive and secret operation. The Namibian is in possession of a highly confidential document forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the [...]

Namibia attacks Botswana`s position against Zimbabwe

8 December, 2008 in Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe

source: Standay Standard by SUNDAY STANDARD REPORTER 07.12.2008 7:51:43 P A Namibian state-owned daily newspaper, the New Era, Friday accused Botswana of declaring war against Zimbabwe after Botswana officials were quoted as saying that the region should shut its borders against Zimbabwe to force Robert Mugabe out of power. The newspaper, whose views are meant [...]

Ministers act to ease border post congestion

18 November, 2008 in Botswana, Namibia

source: BOPA 18 November, 2008 KASANE -. Assistant Minister of Finance, Mr Samson Guma, and his Namibian counterpart, Mr Tjekero Twenya, on Saturday toured Ngoma, Kanzungula and Ferry border posts to familiarise themselves with the nature of the traffic congestions persisting there. In an interview at Ngoma, Mr Guma said they are desirous of reducing [...]

Namibia bans Botswana beef

3 November, 2008 in Botswana, Business, Namibia

source: Mmegi CHAMWE KAIRA Namibia banned transportation through its territory of cattle and other live cloven-hoofed animals from Botswana because of the suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the Ministry of Agriculture said. Botswana has reported that five cattle in the Gantsi District showed foot and oral lesions normally associated with the disease, the ministry said [...]