Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Inflation drops to 5%
The national year inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 5% in November, down by 1.9% from the 6.9% in October. Inflation has now reached a year low. Now, all eyes are glued to the central bank to see if they would reduce the bank rates from 11%. The inflation has been on a downward trajectory from 12.8% in January to 5% in November following reduced international fuel prices and stable food prices.
The towns and cities inflation went down by 1.3% from 5.8% in October to 4.5% and urban villages inflation rate fell by 1.8% from 6.9 to 5.1% between the two months. The rural villages inflation rate was 6% in November, down by 3.5% on the October rate of 9.5%. The November national CPI increased by 0.3% to 130.7 as all group indices showed stable movements between October and November with clothing and footwear recording a change of 0.8%, restaurants and hotels (0.8%), furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance (0.7%) and alcohol and tobacco (0.5%).
Meanwhile, all-tradeables inflation rate for November was 4.1%, down by 2% on the October rate of 6.1%.Non-tradeables inflation rate was 8.3% in November up by 0.1% on the October rate of 8.2%. The domestic tradeables inflation rate went down by 10.6% from 13.9 to 3.3% and the Imported tradeables inflation rate increased by 1.4% between October and November, from 1.9 to 3.3%.
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The towns and cities inflation went down by 1.3% from 5.8% in October to 4.5% and urban villages inflation rate fell by 1.8% from 6.9 to 5.1% between the two months. The rural villages inflation rate was 6% in November, down by 3.5% on the October rate of 9.5%. The November national CPI increased by 0.3% to 130.7 as all group indices showed stable movements between October and November with clothing and footwear recording a change of 0.8%, restaurants and hotels (0.8%), furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance (0.7%) and alcohol and tobacco (0.5%).
Meanwhile, all-tradeables inflation rate for November was 4.1%, down by 2% on the October rate of 6.1%.Non-tradeables inflation rate was 8.3% in November up by 0.1% on the October rate of 8.2%. The domestic tradeables inflation rate went down by 10.6% from 13.9 to 3.3% and the Imported tradeables inflation rate increased by 1.4% between October and November, from 1.9 to 3.3%.
US rolls back AIDS drug prevention trial in Botswana
"They will give up on a trial in Botswana that was trying to show whether it is possible to prevent HIV infections by taking a daily pill because too few people are being infected."
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Govt Reporters Told to Put Up Or Shut Up? (Page 1 of 1)
"'We were told that the code of ethics, introduced by the former Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, a few years ago, is irrelevant to us because we are guided by the General Orders,' said the employee. The department was recently relocated to the Presidential Affairs and Public Administration ministry, Office of the President (OP)."
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Kutlwano teams are champions - The Botswana Gazette
The just-ended Zone VI Volleyball Club Championships tournament Has brought happiness to volleyball supporters in Botswana because Kutlwano ladies and men’s teams - emerged victorious from the tournament. The teams did not only win the gold medals but individual players scooped awards as well which added the cherry to the celebrations. Kutlwano teams qualified for the tournament after winning the local BMW tournament in the ladies’ category and being runners-up in men’s category. In the finals Kutlwano ladies beat South African Sigma from Pretoria by three sets to one. Kutlwano captain Lekedzani Bayi was voted the Best-setter, while her team mates Tracy Chaba and Masego Hosea were chosen Best-server and Most Valuable player respectively. Kutlwano men beat Liberte 3-1 in the finals. Shadreck Kapeko was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Thabo Seitshiro was named the Best-server. Chiapo Madeluka went away with the Best-setter award and Thatayaone TT Serema was the Best Blocker of the tournament.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Botswana hunts for falling star in Bobirwa, Tswapong
The falling star was seen in the night of November 21 and also witnessed in parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as it shot across the sky producing a glowing light. However, it was in the Bobirwa and Tswapong in Botswana that the star's tremendous light turned the night into day for a moment before causing a deafening blast as it crashed. People in Ramotswa in the South East District also talk about this spectacular cosmic occurrence. Now the National Museum wants to locate the object from the heavens. The National Museum and Art Gallery says the fallen star should look like a piece of metal, a stone or metal-like stone that has fallen to earth from outer space. "The meteorite burns in the sky, producing a glowing light before reaching the ground and they (meteriotes) range from marble-ball size to soccer-ball size," the department said in a Friday statement. The department adds that the star can be identified by a burnt outer surface that is black in colour that does not flake or streak off when rubbed against other surfaces.
This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.
This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.
Botswana hunts for falling star in Bobirwa, Tswapong
The falling star was seen in the night of November 21 and also witnessed in parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as it shot across the sky producing a glowing light. However, it was in the Bobirwa and Tswapong in Botswana that the star's tremendous light turned the night into day for a moment before causing a deafening blast as it crashed. People in Ramotswa in the South East District also talk about this spectacular cosmic occurrence. Now the National Museum wants to locate the object from the heavens. The National Museum and Art Gallery says the fallen star should look like a piece of metal, a stone or metal-like stone that has fallen to earth from outer space. "The meteorite burns in the sky, producing a glowing light before reaching the ground and they (meteriotes) range from marble-ball size to soccer-ball size," the department said in a Friday statement. The department adds that the star can be identified by a burnt outer surface that is black in colour that does not flake or streak off when rubbed against other surfaces.
This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.
This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
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.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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."
Monday, November 16, 2009
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.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
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.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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