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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
source: Mmegi ISAAC PHEKO Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) is scheduled to build 575 houses in Francistown in the next financial year. Deputy BHC chief executive officer, Milidzani Majingo told a Francistown city full council meeting yesterday that the development is meant to alleviate housing problems in the city. “We will build 30 houses in Selepa and 545 [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
source: The Financial Gazette Godfrey Ganetsang BOTSWANA — Francistown retailers, wholesalers and shopkeepers have welcomed the announcements that the Zimbabwean government has extended the waiver on import duty to December. BOTSWANA — Francistown retailers, wholesalers and shopkeepers have welcomed the announcements that the Zimbabwean government has extended the waiver on import duty to December....
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
source: Mmegi The President of Botswana Lt General Seretse Khama Ian Khama is expected to conduct the opening of 10th National Business Conference (NBC) in Francistown on Monday. According to a BOCCIM statement released yesterday, the conference will be held under the theme “Setting the Agenda For Sustainable Economic Growth”. The National Business conference is a high level [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
source: Cellular News Botswana’s Mascom Wireless has launched a 3G and HSDPA network - although coverage is initially limited to the greater Gaborone area only. Mascom Chief Marketing Officer, Ms Dzene Makhwade-Seboni said that the company has spent P50 million (US$7.7 million) on the network upgrade. The download speed is limited to 1.8Mbps on the network, and [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
source: Mmegi RYDER GABATHUSE Staff Writer FRANCISTOWN: In an interesting twist in the Mahalapye West constituency ‘Bulela Ditswe’ race, one of the parliamentary challengers, Modise Malaakgosi yesterday withdrew his candidature to join forces with youthful Bernard Bolele. The move is reportedly geared at building a formidable challenge against Vice President and incumbent area MP, Mompati Merafhe,...
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
source: Mmegi FRASER MPOFU HARARE - The influx of Zimbabwean shoppers into Botswana is set to continue after the government there extended the waiver on import duty for basic commodities from August 10 to December 31. Originally, the Zimbabwe government suspended duty on food and other critical goods in May this year but the suspension expired on August [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
source: Standay Standard by REUBEN PITSE 17.08.2008 4:13:06 P The Botswana bus and combi industry has been invaded by gangsters who are hiring hit men to take out their competitors – Sunday Standard investigations have revealed. The Botswana Police Service is understood to be poring over a hit list of local public transport operators that has been passed to [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
source: Mmegi STAFF WRITER Canadian gold-miner Iamgold increased net earnings in the second quarter to P219 million, compared with a loss of P535 million a year earlier when it took a P616-million impairment charge related to its Mupane Mine near Francistown. The BSE-listed company said in a statement that stripping out the effects of the impairment, profit rose [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
source: BOPA 30 July, 2008 GABORONE - The growth of mining around Francistown and the proposed Mmamabula energy project are set to cause considerable demand for water, says minerals, energy and water resources minister, Mr Ponatshego Kedikilwe. Speaking at the National Water Resources Management Conference yesterday, he said the Botswana Millennium Development Goal report of 2004 identified water [...]...
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The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
The police would be advised to thoroughly investigate a report of "threat to kill" before arresting a suspect, so said a member of the audience...
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
FRANCISTOWN - The President of MELS movement of Botswana Mr Themba Joina says the political situation in Zimbabwe has left the SADC region an economically and politically unstable block. Speaking at a MELS congress in Francistown, Mr Joina also said food prices have gone up while salaries are stagnant. Mr Joina said since the government is not self sufficient in food there was no way it could control...
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
source: BOPA 18 July, 2008 FRANCISTOWN - The prices of sunflower seeds, which have more than doubled, have driven a resident of Mosojane in North East district out of business. Ms Grace Gaba of Pinda Enterprises traded in cooking oil produced from sunflower. In September last year, a 30-kilogramme bag of sunflower was P65 and now the price [...]
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
source: BOPA 18 July, 2008 FRANCISTOWN - Area District Commissioner, Mr Richard Oaitse says about 215 Zimbabwean political asylum seekers are awaiting assessment at the centre for illegal immigrants in Francistown. He said the number covers those Zimbabweans who arrived after the June 27 Zimbabwe presidential run-offs. He said the assessment would be done next week Thursday and [...]
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The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
It was announced last May that the Activox Refinery project being built near Francistown by Tati Nickel, a subsidiary of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, was...
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Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
source: BOPA 15 July, 2008 FRANCISTOWN - If Botswana had all what it takes to become a world super power it would have long been voted as one of the permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council with veto power. Information reaching BOPA suggests that many countries have been clamouring for Botswana to take up a [...]
