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Botswana: Potential BPP Candidates Fail to Meet Party Deadline

Posted to the web 17 November 2008 Oarabile Mosikare Francistown The Secretary General of the Botswana People's Party (BPP) has expressed disappointment about his comrades' failure to beat the deadline for applications for...

Tough Times Ahead As Francistown Run Out of Mealie-Meal

Residents of Francistown are facing tough times as mealie-meal is quickly disappearing from shelves at supermarkets and stores. Supermarkets and wholesalers are doing roaring business as Zimbabweans scramble for mealie-meal to...

Botswana: DJ Roots Releases Exotic House Album

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Isaac Pheko Francistown Night Fall is the latest house album to hit the market from 22-year-old Alfred Mashona, who goes by the alias DJ Roots. Mashona prides himself in going for an exotic...

BCP Starts Early Francistown Campaigns

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Sylvester Wappitso Francistown The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has launched intensive campaigns in Francistown to boost its chances in the area in next year's general elections. The BCP...

Botswana: Primetime Posts Healthy Profit Despite Market Depression

Posted to the web 13 November 2008 PrimeTime Property Holdings has posted a healthy net profit of P81 million, according to the company's maiden audited results for its first financial year that ended 31 August 2008. While the...

Zimbos Deplete F/Town of Maize Meal - Masisi

Posted to the web 12 November 2008 Bame Piet Francistown has been hit by an acute shortage of maizemeal because of the influx of Zimbabweans in the city, says the Member of Parliament for Francistown West, Tshelang Masisi. He...

Botswana: 'Passion Killer' in Long Trek

Posted to the web 11 November 2008 Patricia Maganu Francistown A 31-year-old man is alleged to have walked for almost 150 kilometres after killing his long time girlfriend. Tatani Boikanyo Phinda is said to have stabbed his...

Botswana: Unitrans Employees Go Back to Work

Posted to the web 7 November 2008 Patricia Maganu Francistown Unitrans employees in Francistown and Palapye have returned to work after talks with managing director, Mike Steel. Unitrans drivers went on strike on Monday...

Botswana: Afro Jazz Tour Moves South

Posted to the web 6 November 2008 Lekopanye Mooketsi The Afro Jazz Tour 2008, which started in Francistown, moves south this weekend with the first show being staged at the Botswana Marketing Crafts courtyard on Friday. The...

Frustrated Unitrans Employees Down Tools

Posted to the web 6 November 2008 Patricia Maganu Francistown Unitrans employees in Francistown are on strike for ill-treatment and poor pay. Frustrated employees at the Unitrans site were seated at the tuckshop having their...

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