Botswana News

The scene from Alexander McCall Smith's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" begins with the words, "Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill." That hill rises on the outskirts of Gaborone, Botswana's diminutive capital, and the detective agency itself -- or, at least, its Hollywood reproduction -- still sits in a dusty ...

We identified a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, M. mungi sp. nov., as the causative agent among banded mongooses that live near humans in Chobe District, Botswana.

FRANCISTOWN, Botswana, Jul 30, 2010 - The vegetables Omphemetse Monyi sells at the Francistown bus rank come from 400 kilometres away in South Africa.

Believe it or not, Gareth Pennya TMs resignation as De Beers chief executive officer will not be the companya TMs most significant event in 2010.

Eight-year-old Aidan Nordin celebrated his first visit to AirVenture with his first 20 minutes toward becoming a pilot.

By Bethany Firnhaber Staff Reporter The photographer who captured the image of a southern right whale about to crash-land on a yacht in Table Bay last week said he hoped he would forget the incident soon.

BP is selling retail outlets, terminals and aviation fuel stations in Botswana, Tanzania, Namibia, Malawi and possibly also in Zambia, to cover costs related to the worst oil spill in US history, industry sources said.

A Botswana judge has prohibited the Basarwa people of the Kalahari from re-equipping a borehole or drilling a new one in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve - the latest incident in an ongoing dispute between the Basarwa and the government over land rights.

His childhood was spent in one of Africa's most marginalised communities, among the San Bushmen who were southern Africa's first inhabitants but have faced centuries of exclusion and discrimination.

According to a confidential 44-page report produced by investigators mandated by the Kimberley Process, an international scheme designed to prevent the sale of 'blood diamonds,' diamonds at Marange are being mined under the direct surveillance of the military, and alleged violations include forced labour, torture, beatings, and harassment.

Gaborone, Botswana - A court in Botswana on Wednesday ruled that indigenous dwellers in one of the driest parts of the world will not be allowed to drill wells for water.

Rights groups say the bushmen's lifestyle is being made "impossible" San bushmen in Botswana have lost a court case to allow them to re-open a vital waterhole in the centre of the Kalahari desert.

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti will lead a joint government and business delegation to neighbouring Botswana to discuss the modalities of a 500-million pula credit facility availed by Gaborone.

Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:08 pm Press Release: Survival International Judgment day for Bushmen in vital water case 16 July The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen's right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana.

The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen's right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana.

Hana Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce its most recent drilling results based on the completion of 37 new RC holes drilled in the Banana Zone at its Ghanzi Copper-Silver Project in Botswana.

Former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings is not the only retired African head of state having sleepless nights over housing woes.

The Southern African Development Community on Monday launched a conflict management centre at its headquarters in Botswana, Mozambican state media reported.

Hana Mining Ltd. announces that it has granted Incentive Stock Options to purchase up to an aggregate 175,000 common shares of the Company to two new technical employees of the Company.

A FRACTIOUS relationship is developing between an increasingly politicised union leadership and Botswana's government over union representation, with the largest public sector unions challenging the state in court over what they say is a disingenuous attempt to undermine them.