World Travel & Tourism Council highlights Botswana`s tourism potential

27 September, 2007 in Botswana, Tourism

source: Hotel Travel News
Thursday, September 27 2007 @ 09:55 AM GMT
Botswana’s Travel & Tourism industry is expected to generate US$1,620 million of economic activity according to the latest Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) report produced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and commissioned by the Government of Botswana and the Botswana Tourism Board.

Over the next ten years Botswana’s Travel & Tourism industry is expected to achieve an annualized real growth of 5 per cent, exceeding the world average at 4.3 per cent and the Sub- Saharan African average at 4.5 per cent. According to the forecasts detailed in the report, Travel & Tourism already contributes over 10 per cent of total employment and some 16 per cent of non-mining GDP.

At the official launch delivered to the Botswana Cabinet, WTTC President Jean-Claude Baumgarten cautioned, “Although this growth is [continue reading]

African Index confirms SA is unsafe

27 September, 2007 in Africa

source: IOL
September 27 2007 at 12:42PM

South Africa being the third least safe place out of 48 countries on the African continent, indicates that SA is critically unsafe, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.

The party’s spokesperson on Safety and Security MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said that the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which ranked SA as third most dangerous after “war zone” countries Sudan and Burundi indicated that what citizens of this country had been crying out for years, was the truth.

“South Africa’s safety and security performance is utterly abysmal. The fact that we are just 30 points above the most dangerous country in Africa, and right now, probably the world, must act as a loud wake-up call to the Minister of Safety and Security.”

She added that countries including [continue reading]

Zimbabwe: Army general threatens coup if Mugabe loses election

27 September, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa
By Lance Guma
26 September 2007

As Zimbabweans digest the implications of current talks between Zanu PF and the MDC, army Brigadier General David Sigauke sparked a reality check after threatening a military coup if Mugabe loses the coming election. According to news site Zimonline Brigadier General Sigauke told soldiers at a graduation ceremony over the weekend that Zimbabweans should vote wisely to defend their ‘sovereignty’ failing which the army would intervene. Zimonline quotes him saying, ‘as soldiers, we have the privilege to be able to defend this task on two fronts, the first being through the ballot box and second being the use of the barrel of the gun should the worse comes to the worst.’

He went on to say, ‘I may therefore urge you as citizens of Zimbabwe to exercise your electoral right wisely in the forthcoming election in 2008, remembering that [continue reading]

Cape Town: Stadium workers pick up tools again

27 September, 2007 in South Africa

source: IOL
September 26 2007 at 11:33PM

Work on Cape Town’s 2010 soccer stadium in Green Point looks set to start again on Thursday, says project director Andrew Fanton.

“We are still dealing with the union… I believe we are in a position of agreement,” he told reporters on Wednesday afternoon.

All work stopped at the site last Wednesday when about 1 200 workers employed by contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO went on strike over a travel allowance.

The dispute centred on the contractors providing a [continue reading]