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Spain's King Juan Carlos faced fire Monday for a hunting trip in Botswana during which the monarch, patron of a wildlife charity, broke his hip and ended up in hospital. A petition on the online forum Actuable listed 40,000 signatures urging the king to give up his presidency of the Spanish branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), while an
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After winning a long court battle with Botswana's government, the Bushmen of the Kalahari can drill new water wells and return to their ancestral lands. But with many trying to adapt to more modern ways, their legendary desert civilisation may be a thing of the past. Controlling water was one of the government's strongest tactics in its 15-year drive to
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Botswana's ruling party celebrated its 50th anniversary Saturday with praise for turning the world's biggest diamond producer into a model of African democracy and good resource management. The colourful celebrations also marked the Botswana Democratic Party's 45th year in power since independence from Britain. "BDP is a moral political party with a glorious history and great achievements which we are
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Local fans in Botswana may not be able to watch their national team in action on television during next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. The Zebras will be making their debut at the continental event but huge demands of the right holders, Sportfive (a French company) has almost scuppered the chances of local fans of watching their team on terrestrial
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Botswana's President Ian Khama Monday hit out at African leaders who refuse to cooperate with the International Criminal Court saying it put the continent "on the wrong side of history." Khama, giving a keynote speech to the ICC's annual meeting, particularly hit out at a decision by an African Union summit this year to oppose arrest warrants issued for late
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For 15 years Thato Serite has made her living as a prostitute along Botswana's busiest highway, hired by truckers plying the main route to South Africa. The 35-year-old is an expert at dodging police patrols, but Botswana's former president Festus Mogae wants to put an end to their cat-and-mouse game by legalising prostitution in hopes of bringing down one of
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Gaborone - For 15 years Thato Serite has made her living as a prostitute along Botswana's busiest highway, hired by truckers plying the main route to South Africa. The 35-year-old is an expert at dodging police patrols, but Botswana's former president Festus Mogae wants to put an end to their cat-and-mouse game by legalising prostitution in hopes of bringing down
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Botswana's transport minister has sought to quell fears about safety on aircraft serving the tourist attraction of the Okavango Delta wetlands following an accident that claimed eight lives. "I would like to assure all that they are safe to travel within Botswana and should not hesitate to do so. Botswana skies are safe," Frank Ramsden said. "Botswana has one of
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Eight foreign tourists were killed when their plane crashed after take-off near an airstrip in north Botswana's Okavango Delta, the country's civil aviation authority said Monday. Four Swedes, two Britons and two French nationals were killed when the plane crashed and burst into flames on Friday, said Chris Nkwe, spokesman for Botswana's Civil Aviation Authority. "The bodies are currently in
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Gaborone - Discontent with political leaders is mounting in Botswana, which has long been held up as a model of democratic governance in Africa. Botswana's rich mineral resources have allowed the South African country to invest in its future, but many citizens now criticise President Ian Khama, 58. The former military pilot has ruled the country of two million since
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Gaborone - Botswana labour unions have asked a court to force the government to reinstate about 2 600 public service workers fired during the country's first national strike in April, an official said on Friday.
"Our comrades were participating in a legal strike and the government has no right to dismiss them, hence the decision to
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Botswana athlete Amantle Montsho ended the season on a high note by cashing $92,000 from the 2011 Samsung Diamond League.
The Batswana upped her booty in Brussels, Belgium last week by winning the finals 400m of the 2011 Diamond League.
Prior to the grand finale, Amantle had won four races and three silver.
The
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Botswana bushmen in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have revived a crucial water supply, eight months after winning a court battle to re-open a water well closed nine years ago, a spokesman said Thursday.
"You have no idea how happy we are," said Bushmen spokesman, Jumanda Gakelebone.
"It's still unbelievable that we now
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Gaborone - Botswana's indigenous people don't want to be counted by a government with whom they have long clashed.
Jumanda Gakelebone, spokesperson for First People of the Kalahari, said on Friday that Bushmen, also known Basarwa, boycotted a census that ended this week because they don't believe it will benefit them.
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Opposition parties in Botswana have "welcomed with caution" ANCYL president Julius Malema's offer to help topple President Ian Khama's government, a Botswana newspaper reported on Wednesday.
According to Mmegi Online the opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy's chair, Nehemiah Modubule, urged more organisations to "come on board and support the opposition partnership advocating for change in Botswana".
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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana says it differs with the African Union's decision to disregard the international arrest warrant for Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.
Last week, the AU called on its members to disregard the warrant, saying it "seriously complicates" its efforts to find a solution to the Libyan crisis.
Government spokesman Jeff Ramsay
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Botswana's public sector union has taken the government to court to contest the classification of diamond cutters and teachers as essential workers who cannot strike, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Hot on the heels of the country's first-ever civil servants strike closing hospitals and schools, Labour Minister Peter Siele last week expanded the list of essential workers
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Botswana's Bushmen plan to boycott the country's upcoming census in protest at the government's refusal to provide them with a polling station during the last election, a spokesman said Monday.
Jumanda Gakelebone, spokesman for the Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), said they were still bitter at their exclusion from the 2009 elections.
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Gaborone - Michelle Obama on Friday began the second leg of her week-long visit to Africa by wielding a brush to help paint a mural at a clinic that treats HIV/Aids infected children.
The disease is a major public health challenge in Botswana, a country of two million people, including about 300 000 HIV/Aids carriers.
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The Botswana Netball Association has reached the next stage of preparation for the World Netball Championships with the trimming of their squad in camp from 24 to 15.
Three players will further be dropped to make way for the final 12 for the global championship to be staged in Singapore from 3-10 July.
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Gaborone - Botswana will allow more than 1 400 health workers to re-apply for their jobs after they were sacked for ignoring a court order to end a strike, an official said on Tuesday.
But the government will give no guarantee that they will be re-hired, said Eric Molale, secretary to President Ian Khama, further enraging
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Gaborone - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Botswana's government to cut its wage bill, as public workers are staging a seven-week strike to demand an increase.
"Botswana government needs to reduce the size of the wage bill as a share of GDP as this remains rather high relative to comparator countries and is not
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Unions for striking Botswana public service workers have accepted a three percent pay rise but will only return to work once sacked employees have been reinstated, an official said Monday.
The government's offer is a fraction of the union's initial demand of 16 percent, aimed at ending a seven-week walk-out by about 90,000 workers.
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Gaborone - A Botswana union leader says his arrest on assault charges is part of government attempts to end a month-long civil service strike.
Pelotshweu Baeng, former president of the Botswana Land Boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers’ Union, was released Friday on 200 pula bail.
Baeng, who still works for the union,
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Gaborone — Patients and schoolchildren are emerging as the biggest losers from a strike by public service workers in Botswana which is entering its sixth week.
Close to a 100,000 public servants, including about 1,500 considered essential workers, are staying away from their posts while government and unions tussle over salaries.
Medical practitioners
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