Botswana Bound

Maputo — Representatives of seven countries, namely Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, and Namibia, who share the Zambezi basin, have been meeting in Maputo since Tuesday, to discuss a project to coordinate actions to prevent ...  

One of the factors we link this to, is the experiment on partial lifting of (the ban on) international trade in ivory in 2007 to allow Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to sell 108 tons last year." Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe were ...  

LOBATSE: The re-opening of the Maun abattoir is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010, Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has announced. However, the commission said it is going to be expensive to operate the facility due to the Foot and Mouth Disease ...  

"Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana" is an unusual volume that will appeal to a wide variety of people with diverse interest. It is an historical study, but with strong ethnographic underpinnings and a grounding in public health issues ...  

The three shareholders of De Beers, one of whom is the government of Botswana, have reportedly agreed in principle to rescue the diamond giant from debt by injecting up to US$1 billion (P6.5 billion) into the company, through share placing, "The ...  

Selebi-Phikwe — The police have arrested a Zimbabwean man who was declared a prohibited immigrant at the beginning of this year. Selebi-Phikwe Police Station commander, superintendent Victor Nlebesi told Mmegi last week that the Zimbabwean had been ...  

Fears that Botswana will field a weakened team at the Under-20 COSAFA Castle Cup have been put to rest after the big clubs released key players for the regional tournament. Premier League leaders Township Rollers have given permission for its top ...  

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Northern Region of the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) over the weekend, the Managing Director of Debswana Diamond Company said Botswana needs to break constrains that hinder ...  

The Majune District in southern Mozambique is truly blessed with forests of pristine beauty. For decades the region bore the brunt of the country's two wars that lasted 25 years. The forests were the battlefield during the war of independence from ...  

It is World AIDS Day today. Our country has been lauded for its effective and visionary handling of the HIV/AIDS problem. We are now among world leaders in providing a national multi-faceted campaign against the pandemic. This is worth celebrating ...  

Tourists love to watch herds of elephants trekking across Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, but nearby farmers watch in dismay when the animals trample their crops, leaving them little to eat. Now those farmers have a new, safe weapon to keep ...  

Tourists take to the waters of the Okavango Delta in the local fishermen's preferred makoro canoes. Photograph: Stuart Westmorland/Corbis Music, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern ...  

As FIFA holds an extraordinary general meeting next Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa with the introduction of technology to assist referees in decision-making likely to be high on the agenda, two Botswana soccer figures have warned that the matter must be approached with caution. Staff Writer, FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE reports  

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/761e76/botswana_mining_re) has announced the addition of the "Botswana Mining Report Q4 2009" report to their offering. This Botswana Mining Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, mining associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Botswana's...  

It is exploring its properties in Mozambique and Ghana for gold and other metals and it is exploring its properties in Botswana and Namibia for diamonds. The Company's licenses in Botswana and Namibia comprise approximately 11,800 sq km of diamond ...