ZIMBABWEAN athletes failed to make the qualifying times for the Africa Championships during the Gaborone International Meet held at Botswana National Stadium last week. The athletes, who were seeking to punch their tickets for the continental championships to be held in Mauritius in June, failed to live up to their billing with top ranked Zimbabwean […]
The Republics of South Africa and Botswana are currently engaged in talks aimed at strengthening and deepening the existing historical and bilateral relations between them. International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr. Naledi Pandor and her Botswana counterpart, Minister Lemogang Kwape, were on Thursday co-chairing the Ministerial Session of the 5th session of the Bi-National Commission […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s publicly owned electricity company, EDM, will provide 100 megawatts of non-firm power to Botswana, under a contract, valid for a year, signed on Thursday between EDM and the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The capacity agreed under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) seeks to help meet the growing demand for electricity in Botswana. […]
Researchers from Zimbabwe and Botswana are investigating the potential for the production of metallurgical coke used in most smelting operations to reduce the percentage of expensive imported coking coals in blends used by mining companies in the two countries. Prof Edison Muzenda, a co-principal investigator with another researcher from Botswana are working on a coal […]
NAMIBIA has approved the co-hosting bid of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament with Botswana, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology Peya Mushelenga announced late Friday. “Namibia approved in principle the joint bid to co-host the 36th Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament with the Republic of Botswana on a 60:40 formula […]
Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana will allow unvaccinated travelers into the country, provided they produce a negative COVID-19 test result. That’s a reversal from last month, when the nation started denying entry to travelers who were partially vaccinated or unvaccinated and not willing to get a free shot. Botswana Ministry of Health spokesperson Christopher Nyanga said […]
ZIMBABWE’S hopes of qualifying for the finals of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations suffered a major blow after the Mighty Warriors succumbed to a disappointing 3-1 defeat to Botswana in the first leg of their second-round clash at the National Sports Stadium on Friday. Botswana took a giant step towards qualifying for the […]
THE Mighty Warriors opponents in the Africa Women Cup of Nations last qualifying round, Botswana, were scheduled to arrive in the country last night ahead of their crunch first leg tie at the National Sports Stadium on Friday. The neighbours are without their United States-based forward Thuto Ramafifi and injured Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Sedilame Boseja. […]
MIGHTY Warriors foreign-based players are expected to arrive tomorrow for the Africa Women Cup of Nations first leg encounter against Botswana on Friday. Zimbabwe host the female Zebras at the National Sports Stadium on Friday. The Mighty Warriors travel to Francistown for the return leg on February 23. Zimbabwe senior national women’s football team skipper […]
Gaborone — In a bid to boost agro-tourism, the Botswana government is offering wildlife start-up stock to farmers to keep in their ploughing fields. The government says the move will give locals an improved stake in the lucrative tourism sector. Botswana’s National Parks and Wildlife director, Kabelo Senyatso, said the government will run a pilot […]
Botswana health authorities say, starting Monday, fully vaccinated travelers entering the country will no longer need a negative COVID-19 PCR test result. Unvaccinated visitors can also get inoculated free at Botswana’s entry points. From Gaborone. In a televised address on Friday, Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti said all people age 12 and older will be […]
The coalition of Southern African journalism organisations in Gaborone this week, led by the Botswana Editors’ Forum (BEF), to investigate the country’s controversial new Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill, has welcomed the Botswana government’s amendments to the Bill. The government released amendments which reinstated judicial oversight over surveillance, interceptions and seizures. It also criminalized the […]
Players in Zimbabwe’s buoyant rabbit industry are in talks with their Botswana counterparts to assist the latter in setting up their first rabbit abattoir, top industry officials have confirmed. This comes hot on the heels of the recent opening of Zimbabwe’s first rabbit abattoir, one of the biggest in Africa, in an investment worth over […]
THE Namibian Lives Matter (NLM) movement says it will approach the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) in a bid to have an impartial inquest into the killing of four men along the Chobe River by the Botswana army in 2020. This comes as both the movement and the Namibian government […]
A ZIMBABWEAN woman living illegally in Botswana has been arrested for growing cannabis in that country. Melody Nkomo (37), was arrested after local police received a tip-off while patrolling the streets in Area 9 Monarch, Francistown on March 9, 2021. During the trial last Friday, Constable Gomolemo Kinnear, who is a member of the Special […]
The President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has been replaced by the vice president and is in isolation after testing positive for Covid. The country, which first identified the Omicron variant, has been able to vaccinate nearly half of its population against the virus. Masisi has no symptoms and tested positive in routine monitoring, according to […]
Gaborone — The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has suspended its Chief Executive Officer, Goabaone Taylor, for undisclosed reasons. The suspension of the country’s most powerful woman in the sport is with immediate effect, pending an internal administrative investigation, according to BFA. “The Botswana Football Association wishes to inform the media and public that there will […]
The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year’s Eve, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant. The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, […]