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Zimbabwe Has Banned The Hunting Of Lions And Elephants

Zimbabwe Has Banned The Hunting Of Lions And Elephants

WILDLIFE authorities have announced an immediate ban on the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants outside Hwange National Park in the wake of the widely condemned killing of iconic lion, Cecil early last month. Police have since arrested one Headman Sibanda, a safari operator in the Gwayi Conservancy, in a push to plug all the […]

Zimbabwe authorities on a man-hunt for second lion killer

Zimbabwe authorities on a man-hunt for second lion killer

Cecil was a major tourist attraction in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues. The National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said a doctor from Pennsylvania, named as Jan Casimir Seski, killed […]

US To Build $200 Million Embassy Compound In Zimbabwe

US To Build $200 Million Embassy Compound In Zimbabwe

THE US government will this year begin the construction of a new Embassy compound in Harare valued at $199 million. This comes after the Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) awarded a tender to B.L. Harbert, International of Birmingham, Alabama for the construction work. The new Embassy will be located on a […]

Zimbabwe Beat New Zealand By 7 Wickets In A One-Day International

Zimbabwe Beat New Zealand By 7 Wickets In A One-Day International

Zimbabwe 304 for 3 (Ervine 130*, Masakadza 84) beat New Zealand 303 for 4 (Taylor 112*, Williamson 97, Panyangara 2-50) by seven wickets ZIMBABWE beat New Zealand by seven wickets in Harare to claim their first one-day international win over a Test-playing team in almost a year. The hosts chased down New Zealand’s 303 for […]

Robert Mugabe revives Muammar Gaddafi’s United States of Africa dream

Robert Mugabe revives Muammar Gaddafi’s United States of Africa dream

Zimbabwean president claims a continental bloc united under one figurehead is needed to move Africa into global superleague. The muscular display of power and pageantry at the inauguration in Washington may be watched by envious eyes around the world. Not least among those who yearn to build another USA – the United States of Africa […]

Strides Made to Keep Botswana Safe And Secure

Strides Made to Keep Botswana Safe And Secure

Botswana has made strides towards becoming a safe and secure nation, although there are still challenges that need to be addressed, Botswana Police Service’s Assistant Commissioner Chris Mbulawa has said. Speaking during the Vision 2016 stakeholders conference in Gaborone on Wednesday, Mr Mbulawa said efforts to make the country safe and secure had been lauded […]

Prince Maele Warns Residents of Mc Cathy’s Rust Against Squatting

Prince Maele Warns Residents of Mc Cathy’s Rust Against Squatting

The Minister of Lands and Housing, Mr Prince Maele has cautioned residents of Mc Cathy’s Rust against squatting. Addressing a kgotla meeting at the village on Monday July 27, Minister Maele said it has come to his ministry’s attention that some people were illegally occupying land in the village, and warned that those who were […]

Students With Special Needs to Study in Botswana

Students With Special Needs to Study in Botswana

A GROUP of 15 students living with disabilities will leave for Botswana in September this year to further their studies. Their conditions range from being visually challenged to being wheelchair-bound as well as limping, among others. The students are part of a special initiative by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) to identify students […]

Botswana: Criteria Used to Identify Poverty Benefeciaries

Botswana: Criteria Used to Identify Poverty Benefeciaries

Parliament has been informed that poverty is currently defined as a phenomenon in which a household or a person’s consumption expenditure is not sufficient to afford the fundamental necessities of life, while abject poverty is a state in which one lives on $1.25 or less per day. Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, […]

Botswana Citizens Should Participate in Policy Formulation – Moremi

Botswana Citizens Should Participate in Policy Formulation – Moremi

Maun West MP, Mr Tawana Moremi has told Parliament that citizens should be engineers of policies that Parliament adopts. The legislator said this during the debate of the National Policy on Gender and Development of 2015 which was tabled before Parliament for adoption by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Mr Edwin Batshu. Mr […]

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