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South Africa has joined the rest of the world in marking this year's World AIDS Day, with an emphasis on the need for access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for all.
The Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Act, dedicated to managing coastlines in an integrated manner and ensuring the sustainable use of the coast's natural resources, will come into effect today.
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday welcomed five new ambassadors to South Africa and has expressed his confidence that their stay in the country will strengthen existing relations.
Versatile artist Joel Keitumele, best known for his talent search programme Mokaragana on Botswana Television (Btv), has released a comedy DVD namely Joelafik TV.
Lately local musicians have been trying their hand at acting and perhaps as the festive season kicks in, Batswana should invest in local talent and one of the products to look out for during this silly season is Kulenyane Studio's E ke ntolo Volume 2.
Pacesetters, Township Rollers maintained their five point lead at the top after a battling 2-1 win over BDF XI on Sunday as the be MOBILE Premier League entered its 10th week.
Township Rollers' direct football and a high fitness level has yielded positive results for the be MOBILE Premier League leaders.
Unlike many of her Cabinet colleagues, the new Minister of Education and Skills Development (MOE), Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi met with school heads and had an almost spiritual interaction. What has become the norm is that ministers visit their employees, simply to instill fear in them and threaten their job security.
The Majune District in southern Mozambique is truly blessed with forests of pristine beauty.
Member of Parliament for Gaborone South East North, Olebile Gaborone, and his family hosted a successful Botswana Retired Nurses Society (BORNUS) annual fund-raising dinner for the Community Relief Day Care Centre (CRDCC) in Tlokweng last Saturday.
Tatitown police have said they are trying to come up with effective ways to overcome the problems posed by the fact their beat is too huge to be served effectively.
The police have arrested a Zimbabwean man who was declared a prohibited immigrant at the beginning of this year.
Botswana has a long stride forward in the creation of opportunities that could attract foreign investors.
The MP for Mogoditshane, Patrick Masimolole has branded some parliamentarians bootlickers and accused them of failing to interrogate some decisions made by the executive.
The wrangle between Mmokolodi villagers and a quarrying company over the use of a road that passes through the village is scheduled for hearing before the Lobatse High Court on December 18. The case has been postponed several times due to the unavailability of either attorneys for the litigants or the judge himself.
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.
MEMBERS of President Jacob Zuma 's cabinet are learning fast. After opposition MPs roasted some of them for staying in luxury hotels while their official homes were being renovated, and for extravagant expenditure on imbizos, they are now simply avoiding questions on subjects such as these.
PAN-African microfinancier Blue Financial Services has had a tough time of late, plunging into a R162,3m loss for the six months to August.
WHAT do by-elections tell you about the public mood? Probably not much. They are too small and too isolated to suggest defining moments in anything other than rare times of political transition. Yet there has been at least one by-election that did in fact change South African history.
Former Angola captain, Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco "Akwa" has expressed optimism in his country's ability to host a successful tournament next year. Akwa, undoubtedly the most famous Angolan footballer of his generation talks exclusively to www.cafonline.com, about the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Angola 2010, his career and life after football.
Under new road safety rules, taking effect next week, all vehicles on Mozambican roads must carry a fluorescent jacket, for the driver to use in the event of an emergency.
The Japanese government on Tuesday offered a grant of 92,980 US dollars to the Mozambican non-governmental organisation "Ukula" to drill eight boreholes for water supply in Boane district, about 30 kilometres west of Maputo.
Maternal and neonatal mortality remain "a serious public health problem" in Mozambique, according to the Ministry of Health in a study unveiled in Maputo on Monday.
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday urged staff of the Ministry of Fisheries, and all stakeholders in the sector, to commit themselves to achieving the goals and targets set by the government for fisheries, by using their knowledge and experience for the growth of the sector.
An estimated 70 per cent of the Karas Region's 54 168 registered voters cast their votes, the Election Commission of Namibia (ECN) chief at Keetmanshoop said.
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