In Botswana, gender subordination is still defined in terms of the legal and policy frameworks. Thus women have no alternative but to rely on international law and policy frameworks to define the content and standards of their human rights. Many present laws in Botswana still incorporate discriminatory elements of customary law, particularly as regards marriage, [...]
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“In terms of section 50 of the Botswana Penal Code, sedition is defined as acts which are aimed at incite [sic] hatred, disrespect and unhappiness with a specific section of the population against the president of Botswana or Botswana’s legal administration,” FFPlus economic affairs spokesman Anton Alberts said in a statement on Thursday. “It therefore [...]
Mayor Nyeku and BPOPF management Botswana Public officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) has an asset base of P29.6 billion. The largest contributory pension fund in the country also boasts a membership base of 107 307, which accounts for over 80% of the total pension industry assets in Botswana, BPOPF CEO, Ephraim Letebele, has said. Speaking at [...]
Idris Ahmed 1 August 2011 Nigeria lags behind South Africa, Botswana and Kenya in terms of the percentage of the population that are financially served, a research conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation Access (EFInA), has said. EFInA is funded by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) and The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. It [...]
Articles ANC rebukes ANCYL on Botswana issue “I live within my means” – Malema Read more: http://www.businesslive.co.za/southafrica/2011/08/01/anc-rebukes-ancyl-on-botswana-issue1
A US government intelligence report commissioned by US-Africa Command (AFRICOM) says the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) could be toppled in 2014 at the earliest or 2019 at the latest. However, the Americans do not expect any drastic changes in the way the new party will run government after a “peaceful and smooth” takeover. Significantly – though [...]
Bafana Bafana were drawn against Botswana, Central African Republic and the winner of the Somalia/Ethopia clash in the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw. Botswana became the first nation to qualify for the 2012 Afcon and will be Bafana’s main test in the qualifiers. Somilia and Ethopia will be involved in a preliminary fixture to determine [...]
Botswana clubs have snapped three Zimbabwean players. Tafadzwa Maingire, Audience Rundofa and Beaven Chikaka have joined Tafic. The players’ manager Omega Sibanda said the trio had signed one-year contracts each. “The truth of the matter is that there are no monetary gains here. Its bigger and better with the BeMobile League as close to 20 [...]
The presentation follows a 2009 presidential directive, which directed the merging of the two into a single entity falling under the Ministry of Trade and Industry portfolio responsibility. The directive specified that the new entity would be called the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre. The directive itself follows recommendations made by Public Enterprises Evaluation and [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]