Desai Law Group,Leading Botswana law firm joins ALN alliance
Desai Law Group (DLG), one of Botswana’s largest law firms, has today joined ALN Africa’s foremost legal alliance, as its member firm in Botswana. DLG was established by prominent Botswana corporate lawyer Rizwan Desai who wanted to create a firm that would be defined by its modern approach and characterised by placing clients’ needs first […]
Why Opposition Parties in Southern Africa Struggle to Win Power
Over the last three decades there’s been some progress towards institutionalising multiparty democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this elections in the region rarely result in changes of government. A recent survey by Afrobarometer – a non-partisan African research network – sheds some light on why this is the case. The survey, which involved 9 500 […]
Botswana Country Profile
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. Also Formerly known by its British protectorate name Bechuanaland. It adopted its new name Botswana after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since its independence botswana has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections. […]
ALN, the leading alliance of independent top tier African law firms, confirms new member in Mozambique
Leading Mozambican firm, ABCC (formerly SCAN Advogados) has joined ALN as of 1 February 2017. ALN Chairman, Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, welcomed the new addition stating: “ALN will continue to expand across Africa. ALN’s strategy is to build a strong integrated pan-African network uniting like-minded individuals and working towards a common goal of connecting Africa […]
Non-executive directors in Africa expected to become specialised professionals in the foreseeable future
Africa’s boards remain under significant pressure to continually transform and to ensure that they have the right expertise, experience and diversity to be an effective board in today’s rapidly-changing business environment. Gerald Seegers, Head of People and Organisation for PwC Africa, says: “Within the foreseeable future the makeup of the board will change to reflect […]
Precious Ramotswe, owner of Botswana’s only ladies Problems agency:Don’t forget that even if this year has been good, then next year might be even better
Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Botswana’s only detective agency for the problems of ladies (and others) – was thinking of what her father had said to her. The late Obed Ramotswe had been such a good man, and such a fine judge of cattle, that many people remembered him. […]
Rick Ross To Peform in Botswana
Rick Ross, the “Big boss” will be performing in Botswana on New Year’s Eve.While many Hip-hop pundits on social media question the legitimacy of the event, one of the show organisers, Alice Naygilit told Showbiz that the event is authentic since they have engaged big companies like MTN Business, Trace Urban, Trace Africa and Kopanong […]
DHL Express recognized as Top Employer in Africa for the third consecutive year
DHL Express (www.DPDHL.com), the world’s leading international express services provider, has been certified as a Top Employer in Africa by the Top Employers Institute at the prestigious Top Employer 2017 ceremony on Thursday 13 October at the Sandton Convention Centre. The company was certified as a Top Employer in twelve markets, including Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, […]
Stigma ‘Killing’ South Africans Living With HIV: They don’t feel welcome in government clinics
In South Africa, sex workers speak of nurses that laughed at them, dismissed or shamed them for coming to a health clinic Tania has to shout to be heard over music blasting out of a brothel in downtown Durban, South Africa, where dozens of sex workers slouch in chairs under the red glow of the […]
Botswana ‘Abusing’ Zimbabwe’s Illegal Immigrants
Botswana police and chiefs are allegedly brutalising Zimbabweans who enter that country illegally before deporting them. Presenting a report of the thematic committee on Peace and Security on the State of the Country’s Borders in the Senate recently, the committee’s chairperson, Senator Damian Mumvuri said Botswana officials harass illegal immigrants and assault foreigners before forcing […]
