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Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Chenjalani Baraedi Francistown A Zimbabwean national on trial for fatally stabbing a friend during a scuffle that followed a heavy drinking spree, was last week denied bail by a Francistown Magistrate's Court. Gibson Shumba Saatane, a Shabeen attendant in the Monarch...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Chenjelani Baraedi Francistown The lives of an orphaned family whose house was gutted by fire a year ago, was changed forever when First National Bank (FNB) presented them with a house built through its staff volunteer programme. Twenty-one-year-old Brenda Aleck and...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Francistown A friend of mine was telling me how he is never able to get his complaints or queries resolved. One thing cropped into my mind, 'he is complaining to the wrong people'. Therefore, he can not see results. A few weeks ago, I went around to the shops and got...
In the current financial year, nearly P2 million will be spent on technical intervention assistance to enhance the export capacity of 15 local companies. This is according to Botswana Export Development & Investment Authority (BEDIA) chief executive officer, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu.
Recent increases in food prices in Botswana are a replication of higher commodity prices since 2006. According to the 2007/2008 United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation report, the prices rose from 9.0% to more than 37% in September 2007. Research carried out on the level of retail...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Nelson Direng Francistown Illegal immigrant Theophillus Nare did little to improve public suspicion of Zimbabweans when he was convicted of theft at Phase IV Customary Court in Francistown. Last Friday, he was sentenced to eight months in prison for unlawfully...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Charlotte Mathews Johannesburg MINING project group TWP Holdings will spend R139,4m in a mixture of cash and shares over three years to acquire the outstanding 50% of process plant specialists TWP Matomo, it said yesterday. The acquisition is based on two separate...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Nelson Direng Francistown A man accused of growing marijuana was found not guilty after the police case against him was dismissed. Acting on a tip-off last January, police discovered six suspicious plants growing in Molepi Banani's vegetable garden next to his home...
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Francinah Baaitse Francistown Dj NBA got flogged on his bare buttocks on Monday for stealing a pair of corduroy pants. After spending two nights in police cells, the Bulawayo-born Club Dj, whose full names are Richard Msitheli Nyoni, 27, was charged with common theft...
TreeHugger first met Peter Mabeo two years ago, when he and designer Patty Johnson introduced a line of furniture "that balances local traditions with a contemporary sensibility, building a local industry and a design identity for Botswana. " Our biggest concern at the time was the carbon...
