Executive Director of JETRO South Africa, Mr. Yoshiaki Ishihara, the Ambassador of Japan to Botswana H. E. HOSHIYAMA Takashi, the Chief Executive of BITC, Keletsositse Olebile and the Chief Executive Officer of Business Botswana, Norman Moleele discussed new growth opportunities for the private sector during the Japan-Botswana Business Seminar on June 1, 2022 in Gaborone. (Pic. The Pan Afrikanist)
Japan and Botswana joins hands to unlock opportunities for new growth in the private sector
Gaborone, June 1 – The Embassy of Japan, in cooperation with the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), organized a Botswana – Japan Business Seminar. The Business Seminar was aimed at promoting private sector exchanges…
2 June 2022
Land surveyor Gilbert Sesinyi demands best service for Batswana in terms of Tribal Land Act
Land Surveyor calls for national debate of new Tribal Land Act
Cynthia Thanda A land surveyor also a land activist Gilbert Sesinyi has challenged the Ministry of Lands to address the nation about the new Tribal Land Act so that Batswana can interrogate and understand it.…
26 May 2022
Lance Corporal (Rt) Jacobus Jan Matthys (middle) is the proud recipient of a house donated by the BDF, whose Commander, Lt. Gen Placid Segokgo stands tall and proud next to him as he cuts the ribbon to mark the official handover
Botswana Defence Force raises P325 000 and rescues Lance Corporal Jacobus Jan Matthys from misery
Cynthia Thanda TPA Features Writer Botswana Defence Force is not only concerned with protecting citizens from aggressors, but it also occasionally shows compassion for the less privileged in society. This display of generosity and charity…
24 May 2022
Detained US Human Rights delegation
US Human Rights Delegation Detained in Western Sahara
WASHINGTON, D.C./Boujdour, Western Sahara, May 23, 2022 A US delegation of women with the JustVisitWestern Sahara initiative is being detained in Western Sahara today by the Moroccan authorities at Laayoune Airport. The US delegation was…
24 May 2022
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Revolutionary friendship between China & Africa hailed
The Pan Afrianist Watchman On the 17th of May, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li attended the Symposium Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Tanzania’s Founding President Julius Nyerere via video link. Deng Li…
23 May 2022
Prosper Lorato has made history as the first-ever independent candidate to be elected UB SRC President
New University of Botswana SRC President Prosper Lorato commits to doing the will of the students
Cynthia Thanda History was made on the 17th of May 2022 when Prosper Lorato, an independent candidate, emerged victorious in the University of Botswana Student Representative Council (SRC) Presidential elections. This means that the next…
21 May 2022
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North Carolina Partnership Programme Expands Cooperation and Partnership in Botswana
Press Release The U.S. Embassy in Botswana was honoured to host Major General M. Todd Hunt, the Adjutant General, North Carolina National Guard, April 26-28 in Gaborone. The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and the North…
19 May 2022
Shireen Abu-Akleh’s murder is a reflection of Palestine’s ongoing Nakba
On 15 May, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. Israel’s creation entailed the forced expulsion of…
17 May 2022
UB SRC elections dogged by allegations of vote rigging
University of Botswana Student Representative Council elections get off to a controversial start
Cynthia Thanda Does the 13-0-0 work for student governance at UB, that is the question. This year’s University of Botswana Student Representative Council (SRC) elections are laced with some drama for the UDC Moono-Wa-Baithuti (the…
16 May 2022
Western Sahara, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar Take Centre Stage, as Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Continues
Extract: CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, 12 May — The long-standing question of decolonizing Western Sahara, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)*, and Gibraltar took centre stage today, as the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization entered its second day. Held…
14 May 2022
