Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - EU Parliamentarians to visit Botswana

A delegation of five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will visit Botswana from the 05th – 08th December 2009 to strengthen relations between the Government of Botswana and the European Union.

SSKB club pass Botswana Judo National Grading, despite lack of a coach - Sports - Sunday Standard

Grading Masters who were appointed by the Federation to officiate at this event include Sensei Willie Paulsen, Sensei Gilberto Portuondo Feil and Sensei Estony Hattingh, all of whom are qualified in their field as grading masters and have high expectations of the members being graded. Hattingh further revealed that it is the first time in the history of Botswana Judo that so many members have been graded for brown belts at the same time.

Simply Botswana CD-ROM hits shelves

The CD-ROM is intended to harness all institutions. ICT has revolutionised the way we share and distribute information, for example for small countries such as Botswana, which do not have enough resources and huge budgets, we had to come up with innovative ways of getting the message across in an efficient and cost effective manner.

No more free Phane harvesting

"For centuries the Mophane worm has been a reliable source of livelihood especially for the Batswapong, Babirwa and some Bakalanga, not so much as relish, but as a commercial item, gathered and sold mostly to Boers. The worm is sold in major towns."

Abandoned accounts amount to P9.4m - BoB

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party also abandoned funds in over six accounts belonging to the Lobatse, Gantsi, Gantsi Youth, Serowe, Palapye and Kanye branches, to name a few. Other notable accounts belong to the Kgatleng District Council, the Serowe-Palapye Sub-District and Serowe Development Fund.In a written response, Bank of Botswana PRO, Chepete Chepete says the publication of abandoned funds was done because the funds have been transferred to the Bank of Botswana by the different commercial banks in accordance with the requirements of Section 39(1) of the Banking Act (CAP. 46:04): ''Where a customer's deposit, or money lodged with a bank for any purpose, has been left untouched and not reclaimed for 10 years or more, and the customer has not responded within six months to a letter from the bank concerning the dormant deposit or money, and sent to the customer's last known address by registered post, the deposit or money, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been abandoned and shall, without further formality, be transferred forthwith by the bank concerned to the Central Bank (Bank of Botswana),'' Chepete quotes.

State of the Nation Address - Ian Khama

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Mmegi Online :: Cost of doing business in Botswana is dreadful - BOCCIM tells Khama

Mmegi Online :: Cost of doing business in Botswana is dreadful - BOCCIM tells Khama

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Sumaiyah Marope says ....

“No matter what the world throws at you, just take it and keep on smilin"

African Energy Discovers Uranium Mineralization At Gojwane Prospect, Botswana - Energy Business Review

African Energy Discovers Uranium Mineralization At Gojwane Prospect, Botswana - Energy Business Review

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Water Galore For The Bushmen In The CKGR?

"Now it is feared the Bushmen are ready to take advantage of the latest developments inside the CKGR, with the new facilities most likely to attract hundreds of Bushmen into the wildlife area, thus defeating the Botswana government's effort to keep the CKGR clear from human habitation. Lack of water has always been the key factor that prevented the Bushmen from settling in the CKGR permanently."

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Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies
Posted By Circle of Blue On November 7, 2009 (11:50 pm) In Arts, Books, Water + Climate, World

By James G. Workman
Special to Circle of Blue
Copyright 2009 Walker & Company, Excerpt from Heart of Dryness

Circle of Blue's "Water + Climate: Words" highlights literary investigations of water and climate intersections. As politicians debate the line-by-line contents of a global climate change treaty, the human and environmental drama is playing out around the world, from the deserts of Africa to the shores of Greenland. In Heart of Dryness journalist and author James Workman shares the lives of Botswana's Bushmen, an indigenous hunter-gatherer population that has been forced to relocate by the national government since the 1990s. As he follows this population’s struggle for land, he comes face-first with the multi-layered reality of a world increasingly struggling for water while battling the effects of a warming planet.

"The main thing was to have a story that would illustrate to the lay person so that they understand these water issues," Workman tells Circle of Blue. "If your bring these issues down to the people who laugh, dance and have babies like you, you care about them and see the parallels and connections between their life in the Kalahari and yours – you see their humanity.

"When we hear the statistic that 2.2 billion people live without sanitation, it's shocking, but at the same time it's meaningless."

For two years Workman lived and traveled with the Bushmen as they battled the national government in court over access to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). At the end of 2006, the Bushmen won the right to return to the CKGR while Workman was blacklisted from the country for his stories.

Now he shares these intimate stories with Circle of Blue, weaving each installment into the themes of our Water+Climate series. The first excerpt examines their struggle for food in the face of political and environmental obstacles.

Chapter 8. Forage or Farm?
Since the dawn of Homo sapiens in arid Africa, nine tenths of our evolution has unfolded as foragers. Only relatively recently did our species embark on agriculture, and recent events suggest certain limits to that extraordinary experiment. Exponential population growth has combined with unprecedented climate change until half the planet's land surface can now be classified as drylands—arid landscapes inhabited by a third of humankind.

The Maneater – Tyra Banks trivializes race

The Maneater – Tyra Banks trivializes race

NMR 'on track' despite Dairy Farmers bad debt

Agrimoney.com | NMR 'on track' despite Dairy Farmers bad debt

Mmegi Online :: Zebras receive rave reviews despite exit

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Botswana Celebrates Pink Hijab Day

"Local representative of the Pink Hijab movement, Fatima Fakier Deria said the day has been observed in North America, Europe and the Middle East. South Africa celebrated the day for the first time last year. 'Botswana will participate for the first time this year and we have already started preparing for it by going to schools like Westwood International and Al Nur. We gave presentations to sensitise the students about breast cancer,' she said.The website, www.pinkhijabday.net says that Pink Hijab Day is intended to shatter stereotypes about Muslim women, as well as to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

'All over the world, Muslims participated by wearing pink hijabs, pink ribbons, and donating to breast cancer foundations,' the website says."

Botswana elects first female Speaker

The Botswana parliament made history of Wednesday when it elected Dr Margaret Nnananyana Nasha as its first female Speaker. The former cabinet minister was elected unopposed.s, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Botswana elects first female Speaker.

Her deputy, Mr Pono Moathlodi, the Tonota South BDP MP is a fast-talking and hilarious politician famous for his open fealty to the Barataphathi faction of the BDP that is at odds with President Ian Khama and his allies in the A-Team faction for the control of the party.

Prince Harry flies friends to Africa for £6,000 belated birthday booze cruise | Mail Online

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BOPA | Ozone unit urges Botswana to act as depletion agents

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Botswana Sept inflation quickens to 7.0 pct yr/yr | Reuters

"JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Botswana's consumer inflation quickened to 7.0 percent year-on-year in September from 6.1 percent in August, the Central Statistics Office said on Thursday."

Mmegi Online :: Political parties in Botswana - 'the weakest link in democracy'

"This year's general elections are unique in one respect - they have demonstrated clearly that despite the country's much vaunted democracy political parties , particularly the main ones, the BDP and the BNF are by far 'the weakest link' in the country's democracy."

allAfrica.com: Botswana: Bobby Aspires to Be the New Kwaito Boss (Page 1 of 1)

"Having said so, one can only hope that Bobby David would go back to the drawing board and come back with something catchier next time."

Botswana in Africa's success story

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Poverty still high in Botswana despite better management - LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE

"I only benefited from the diamonds through my studies which were sponsored by the government, but that is of no use now as I am jobless,' the 26-year-old political science graduate told AFP."

"There is no doubt that Botswana is a rich country, but that does not translate to everyone in Botswana being rich," said Imogen Mogotsi, head of the Economics Department at the University of Botswana.

Mmegi Online :: HIV/AIDS stabilises in Botswana

"This is further confirmed by the reduction in the younger age groups 15-24 years from 13% in 2004 to 8% in 2008 and stabilisation of the adult prevalence from 25.3% in 2004 to 25.0% in 2008,' she said.She said the uptake of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) has increased from 49% in 2002 to 89% in 2008."

Botswana, Bangladesh exporters sign accord

"The MoU seeks to promote collaboration in capacity building, exchange of economic and commercial information, export development, image building and investment on small medium and micro enterprises (SMME). The signing, graced by Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Hon. Kavis Kario, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Botswana, Md. Shahidul Islam and other dignitaries, is bound to strengthen trade and investment opportunities between the two countries."

Botswana Police Service and BP Botswana sign aviation fuel contract - The Botswana Gazette

"The Botswana Police Service and BP Botswana have signed a P5.1 million contract for the supply of aviation fuel for the three police helicopters. The three-year partnership is meant to ensure sufficient and consistent supply of aviation fuel to the helicopters. Commissioner of Police Thebeyame Tsimako said it was imperative to undertake such an initiative because the helicopters play an important role in the provision of public safety to the nation."

BOPA | Seabe is University of Botswana finest

"Seabe, who was born in the sleepy village of Mosu in the Boteti sub-district on June 14, pursued his Bachelor of Arts degree doing a single major in economics and graduated with a cumulative grade average point of 4.9."