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HARVARD University President Prof Drew Faust and University of Johannesburg (UJ) vice-chancellor Prof Ihron Rensburg yesterday announced their universities were collaborating in establishing an institute that would train South African school principals.
THE election of the current EU trade commissioner, Baroness Catherine Ashton, to EU head of foreign policy last Thursday will not change talks and the eventual signing of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with developing countries, including Namibia, a local diplomat has said.
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week gave Namibia's Church Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) a huge budgetary boost with a N$9,1 million donation.
A news report on Thursday quoted Welshman Ncube saying that the talks which began on Monday focused on "western sanctions against Zimbabwe, pirate radio stations and government appointments including those of the attorney general and reserve bank governor". While another report said ZANU PF wants 'the MDC to rein in its supporters in western capitals running "pirate" radio stations'.
ZANU PF Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his MDC Deputy, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, left Harare for Rwanda on Thursday. Mahlangu, who was a guest on our Behind the Headlines programme, told us they were going to the Rwandan capital Kigali on a 'study trip" to learn from that country's experiences and how they dealt with the 1994 genocide and subsequent national healing and reconciliation efforts.
Negotiators of the three main political parties in the inclusive government have been meeting to try to break the stalemate that is threatening to completely collapse the already shaky Global Political Agreement.
Four farms in Chegutu are under siege this week by land invaders, as the campaign against the country's remaining commercial farmers keeps escalating.
IT is getting clearer that the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, did not know why it hired Coach Shuaibu Amodu who surprisingly qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
SADC Member States are slowly turning to wind power to boost production and meet the ever-growing demand for electricity in the region, as the need for cleaner and alternative energy sources gains momentum.
The Road Less Travelled - the American poet Robert Frost's iconic metaphor - has been much on my mind these past days; this, and the idea of fashion -- political fashion.
THE economic crisis took its toll on Dubai earlier than its steely rulers might like us to believe. The economy of the emirate was built on expatriate labour -- just 10% of the city- state's population are Emirati.
PRESIDENT Zuma's decision to appoint Menzi Simelane as the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is an inexcusable blunder. Simelane lacks both actual and perceived credibility, independence and integrity. This is particularly disappointing after a raft of admirable judicial appointments including, most notably, of course, Justice Sandile Ngcobo as the new head of the Constitutional ...
HUMANKIND is part of nature. This is what we tend to forget when we engage in acts of destruction such as the devastation of rain forests, the choking of our atmosphere with carbon dioxide and the annihilation of animal and plant species.
WHY would anyone in their right mind try to kill a bull with their bare hands? I am not Zulu enough to know the answer. I am certainly not brave enough to have a go either. But this ritual appears to be a part of the fresh fruits festival called Ukweshwana, which takes place in early December in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
A 23-year-old pastor has released an R & B album titled I Need You.
It is obvious that everybody who cuts an album wants to be seen as the best thing that ever happened to the music industry and the genre he or she is doing. It is thus not surprising that one of the new comers Godfrey Maake calls himself Poo ya ga Maake.
One of the facilitators at the ongoing Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop for visual artistes at Motse Lodge in Kanye has applauded Botswana government's policy to buy most of its art decorations from local artistes.
The recent award that the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) bestowed on veteran muso Malombo Mmereki was in recognition of his immense contribution to local music.
The high profile case involving ex-president Festus Mogae, top serving and former government officials and prominent businessmen will resume before Justice David Newman of the High Court on December 7.
A number of Chinese were arrested yesterday for working without permits, the police have said.
Nata-Gweta MP Raynor has buckled the trend in Parliament by opposing rising calls by legislators for sweeping constitutional reforms.
Former Bangwato deputy chief, Kgosi Tholego Seretse has received an honorary doctorate from the International University Dunamis New World Mission.
Government has started looking for a replacement for outgoing Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joshua Galeforolwe.
Botswana's biggest mobile phone operator, Mascom Wireless, has selected Russian firm Bercut to supply its Ring Back Tone solution.
Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) is likely to cut down its development programme next year due to lack of playing facilities. Botswana has only two cricket fields.
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