The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) has aligned its strategic plan with that of the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC).
The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has said the return of Amantle Montsho, Isaac Makwala and Kabelo Kgosiemang to the Dakar High Performance Training Centre in Senegal is temporary.
The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) estimates that at least 2,000 mine workers lost their jobs this year due to the ravaging effects of the global recession on an industry known to be fragile in the face of external shocks.
Credit furniture stores Supreme Furnishers and Furnmart do not abide by a clause of Section 6 of the Control of Goods (Marking of Goods) Regulations of 1974 that requires the total amount to be paid as deposit and instalments to be disclosed in advertisements, Mmegi Business has established.
Following presentation of the Competition Bill in Parliament this week, Botswana will soon have a competition law that will span different sectors of the economy.
The mobile telephony market continues to grow albeit at a slower pace due to the global economic recession.
As confidence continues to creep back onto the market, Botswana diamond exports tripled in September, further cutting down the country's trade deficit.
The deadlock in trade negotiations between the EU and South Africa that threatened to break the world's oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is set to ease off, thanks to progress being made in ironing out differences between the two parties.
The police have reacted with anger at news that the suspects shot on Wednesday by security agents died from his wounds. In a strongly worded statement released yesterday, the police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner, Christopher Mbulawa dismissed the reports carried in yesterday's Mmegi.
The Council of Education Ministers has supported the Department of Education's decision to withdraw a workbook tender.
Traffic volumes are expected to increase on Friday on the main routes leading to Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga as migrant workers go home for the festive season.
Debt counselors have helped retailers and banks recoup just over R1.7bn, saving them money they would need to spend on debt collectors.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has appealed to road users to exercise extreme caution on the roads as traffic volumes increase during the festive season.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said he will deal firmly with ministers working with the opposition to cause confusion in the country at the time he is trying to ensure stability in the nation.
THE World Cup is a hugely lucrative event, which will attract business people from across the spectrum. These include people who make profits from the illicit drug industry.
SOWETO was mere fantasy to me.
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged continued support to Zambia's developmental programmes especially those that are aimed at reducing the country's poverty levels.
THE Government has expressed satisfaction at President Rupiah Banda's success story, especially in the mining industry.
THE Japanese government has given Zambia more than K15 billion as grant to be used for the purchase of medical equipment for the pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology departments at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka.
PLANNED Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) patron Chibesa Kankasa has charged that some midwives have contributed to maternal deaths and cases of stillborn babies in the country by the kind of treatment they subject the women in labour.
THE Government has assured farmers in Zambia that farming inputs will be delivered in various locations by this weekend.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has commended the three church mother bodies for being pro-active in the fight against social injustices and urged the church not to relent in the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV).
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has directed Minister of Local Government and Housing, Eustarckio Kazonga to issue title deeds to marketeers owning shops at Chisokone market.
DUNAMIS centre Senior Pastor Dan Pule yesterday said he was personally not swindled out of US$62,000 by fake gold sellers but a company in which he is a director lost of $42,000 in the deal.
THE Government has challenged UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema to prove that President Rupiah Banda carried K1 billion during his recent tour of Western Province.
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