North East District (Botswana)

                   

Botswana: Gonora Repels Hunger With His Guitar

allafrica.com     Jun 12, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 12 June 2008 Gale Ngakane Gaborone Legend has it that a stranded man once mesmerised predators that wanted to turn him into their supper with his guitar skills until they backed off. At the eastern foot of the...                    

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Workers Agitated As Activox Collapses

allafrica.com     Jun 9, 2008   3 related          

A contingent of regular police supported by members of the Special Support Group (SSG) had to rush to the construction site of the Activox refinery near Francistown after a group of workers gathered there demanding to know what...                    

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High costs force mining firm to shelve plans

wordpress.com     Jun 7, 2008   1 related          

source: BOPA 06 June, 2008 FRANCISTOWN - Botswana and the worlds biggest nickel producer Norilsk Nickel have agreed to postpone plans to develop Botswana Metal Refinery Activox plant in Francistown. Information reaching BOPA is...                    

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Boccim Rates Recent Show a Success

allafrica.com     Jun 2, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 2 June 2008 BOCCIM says its 14th Northern Trade Fair that was held in Francistown recently was a success, especially in terms of increased numbers of exhibitors. According to Gaamangwe Mathame of BOCCIM's public...                    

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Botswana: Keeping F/Towners in Fashion

allafrica.com     Jun 2, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 2 June 2008 Uyapo Kgosi Francistown She exudes unfettered confidence when it comes to discussing issues of business, something that she acknowledges to being her most treasured realm. This is the youthful and...                    

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Botswana: The Teenage Lead Guitarist

allafrica.com     Jun 2, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 2 June 2008 Lekopanye Mooketsi Schoolboy Gomotsegang Rapoo has been setting the music scene ablaze with his guitar playing skills. The diminutive Rapoo is a Form V student at Gaborone's Livingstone private secondary...                    

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Belgian Delegation Arrives On Francistown Visit

allafrica.com     Jun 2, 2008          

Posted to the web 2 June 2008 Oarabile Mosikare A five-person delegation from the City of Genk in Belgium is in the country on a familiarisation tour of Francistown City and to foster links between the two twin cities. The two cities...                    

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Botswana: There is So Much Talent Out There - Keitumele

allafrica.com     May 29, 2008   3 related          

Posted to the web 29 May 2008 Chippa Legodimo Botswana Musicians Union publicist Joel Keitumele says he is astounded by the amount of talent discovered in the presidential music awards talent hunt. The newly introduced event, which started in Kang two weeks ago, reached Francistown last weekend....                    

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Botswana: Liquor Regulations Lift Boozers' Appetites

allafrica.com     May 28, 2008   1 related          

The new liquor laws that were intended to arrest alcohol intake among Batswana seem to be doing just the opposite. ... People in Francistown have started to binge on alcohol in order to beat the reduced hours. On Sundays, instead of people trying to take it easy at home,...                    

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New Kid On the Block Promises Hot Album

allafrica.com     May 28, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 28 May 2008 Oarabile Mosikare Francistown A new Francistown- based gospel artist is busy cooking a gospel album. The 37-year-old Tumisang Maretele, a businessman-cum-artist. will release a six-track album next month. The staunch Zion Christian Church (ZCC) follower and four...                    

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