Stop! Venson-Moitoi!

Stop! Venson-Moitoi!

While the government of Botswana and indeed the world condemns undemocratic tendencies including limiting Freedom of Expression by the Robert Mugabe regime ...

Pinagare Great for Home Ownership

Pinagare Great for Home Ownership

The Botswana Building Society (BBS)'s recent launch of its housing loan product, otherwise known as Pinagare, is a major milestone in promoting home ...

Media Bill: A sustainable step towards the professionalisation of ...

Media Bill: A sustainable step towards the professionalisation of ...
Mmegi Online - Gaberones,Botswana
It will be a true professionalization of journalism in Botswana. The profession cannot continue to be populated by people who put the profession into ...

BTC Botswana to enhance operational and cost efficiencies with ...

BTC Botswana to enhance operational and cost efficiencies with ...

Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS), on July 17, 2008 announced that Botswana Telecommunications ...

China says it is committed to wildlife protection

China says it is committed to wildlife protection

China became the second country after Japan to be a licenced buyer of ivory auctioned by four southern African countries -- South Africa, Botswana, ...

Design Studio Honors USAID-Supported Botswana Furniture Maker

Design Studio Honors USAID-Supported Botswana Furniture Maker

For more information about USAID and its programs in Botswana, please visit www.usaid.gov. For more information about the Southern Africa Trade Hub, ...

Botswana plans to regulate herbal medicine

Botswana plans to regulate herbal medicine

Botswana is at an advanced stage to formulate a legislation, which will regulate traditional health practitioners. The move, according to an official from ...

Remember Tiananmen?

Remember Tiananmen?

The Ministry of Education has closed yet another institution. The Molepolole College of Education was declared out of bounds beginning Monday following a ...

UB Wins South African Debates

UB Wins South African Debates

The University of Botswana Debating Masters Association has made history by being the first Botswana debating team to win the South African championships. ...

BCP Palapye Elects 2009 Candidates

BCP Palapye Elects 2009 Candidates

Last Saturday Botswana Congress Party members in Palapye went to the polls to elect the men and women who will represent the party in the 2009 general ...

Prioritise agriculture - Debswana

Prioritise agriculture - Debswana

Challenges such as how farmers produce more in a semi-arid country like Botswana can be turned into opportunities, Kanaimba noted. "We know and acknowledge ...

Japanese preach 'cooperation'

Japanese preach 'cooperation'

The Embassy of Japan was officially opened on Monday evening and the Ambassador Ryoichi Matsuyama restated his government's commitment to help Botswana and ...

United Nations Permits Ivory Sale, Designates China as Buyer

United Nations Permits Ivory Sale, Designates China as Buyer

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana may market 108 metric tons from their stockpiles, Geneva-based Cites said on its Web site today. ...

Level the playing field, says Botswana's minister of trade and ...

Level the playing field, says Botswana's minister of trade and ...

By Cheryl S. Ntumy (AXcess News) Washington - Agricultural subsidies provided to farmers in developed countries create an unfair advantage, Botswana's ...

Firestone Diamonds raises £5m to fund Botswana development work

Firestone Diamonds raises £5m to fund Botswana development work

The new cash will be used to accelerate evaluation work at the company's BK11, BK16 and Tsabong projects in Botswana. The move saw Firestone place 5882353 ...

FIRESTONE DIAMONDS RAISES US$10 MILLION FOR BOTSWANA PROJECTS

FIRESTONE DIAMONDS RAISES US$10 MILLION FOR BOTSWANA PROJECTS

The Tsabong kimberlite field is located in south western Botswana , approximately 280 kilometers south west of the Jwaneng mine, and contains 85 known ...

Redknee Solutions wins multi-million dollar Botswana telecoms contract

Redknee Solutions wins multi-million dollar Botswana telecoms contract

Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

Redknee Solutions wins multi-million dollar Botswana telecoms contract

Redknee Solutions wins multi-million dollar Botswana telecoms contract

Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Signs Multi-Million Dollar ...

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Signs Multi-Million Dollar ...

Botswana is experiencing tremendous growth in both the wireless and Internet arenas. According to the Botswana Telecommunications Authority, ...

UN body lets China import African ivory

UN body lets China import African ivory

Last year, CITES authorized Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to make a second sale of 108 tons of government stocks. ...

SIM card registration to aid crime fighting in Botswana

Image via WikipediaSIM card registration to aid crime fighting in Botswana

In order to more easily track those who use their mobile phones to commit crimes, the Botswana ...

Why Botswana shines in Africa

Why Botswana shines in Africa

Seretse Khama built Botswana’s foundation by not engaging in the politics of tribalism and division. July 16, 2008: This was the thinking of the World Bank, ...

Botswana's Inflation Rate Jumps to 3 1/2-Year High (Update1)

Botswana's Inflation Rate Jumps to 3 1/2-Year High (Update1)

By Nasreen Seria July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Botswana's inflation accelerated to an annual 14.5 percent in June, the fastest pace in at least 3 1/2 years, ...

Congratulations to Draaihoek / Makopong residents

Congratulations to Draaihoek / Makopong residents

I would like to take this golden opportunity to congratulate the residents of Draaihoek/Makopong ward for voting Botswana National Front contender Comrade ...

Moroka Open To SA In SADC-EPA Deal

Moroka Open To SA In SADC-EPA Deal

Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland signed the interim EPA with the European Commission at the end of 2007 to allow smooth flow of trade, ...

Community Centres Must Be for Youth Development - Not ...

Community Centres Must Be for Youth Development - Not ...

What the nation of Botswana must appreciate is that the capitalist path of development has only helped to advance the entertainment interests of the upper ...

Ex-BCP Councillor's Dual Membership

Ex-BCP Councillor's Dual Membership

A former Botswana Congress Party (BCP) councillor who recently registered to contest the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections in Motlhabaneng ...

Chairman says UB poised to re-position Botswana

Chairman says UB poised to re-position Botswana

Mr Dada with Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Mr Kitso Mokaila at the University of Botswana Foundation annual fundraising dinner dance on ...