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May 10, 2024, 2:17 pm
African Sci-Fi - Body Hopping, Artificial Wombs and Angry Ghosts in a Future Botswana
- [The Conversation Africa] Tlotlo Tsamaase has already proved her talent for African science fiction. Her masterly short stories, one previously shortlisted for the Caine Prize, are helping put Botswana on the literary map.
Botswana President Calls for Solutions to Issues Affecting the Media in Southern Africa
- [MISA] President Masisi, who was the guest of honour, paid tribute to MISA Regional, MISA Botswana and UNESCO for organising the event, which is now a mainstay on the regional calendar.
Botswana's Diamond Industry Gets Boost Amid Global Uncertainty
- [VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana's diamond trade is on the rise despite industry uncertainty over efforts to sanction Russian stones. De Beers has relocated its auctions headquarters from Singapore to Botswana, while the secretariat of the Kimberley Process, a trade regime that certifies rough diamond exports to eliminate trade in conflict gems, also moved to the African nation.
Basotho Reject Government Restrictions On Information, Support Media's Watchdog Role
- [Afrobarometer] Most citizens favour public access to government budgets and contracts.
Botswana Rejects Controversial UK Proposal On Asylum-Seekers
- [VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Botswana says it has rejected a proposal to accept asylum-seekers from the United Kingdom, an arrangement similar to the one Rwanda has agreed to.
AFC Insurance Collaborates With Botswana Firm
- [The Herald] AFC Insurance is collaborating with Phoenix Insurance Company of Botswana to map out ways of boosting agricultural production in both countrie, a development expected to boost smallholders' resilience in the face of recurrent droughts.
Botswana Churches Oppose Gay Rights Proposal
- [VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- A coalition of churches in Botswana has voiced its opposition to parliament's latest effort to amend the constitution to include gay rights.
Why Botswana Speedster Tebogo Opted Out of Omanyala Showdown At Kip Keino Classic
- [Capital FM] Nairobi -- World 100m silver medalist Letsile Tebogo says this weekend's Kip Keino Classic was not the right time for him to compete in the men's 100m.
Botswana Objects to G7-EU Diamond-Tracking System
- [VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- African diamond producers, led by Botswana, are demanding a review of the tracking and verification system that European Union and G7 nations introduced March 1.
Presidents Ramaphosa and Masisi Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site
- [SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says the quick and compassionate local response to the bus crash which claimed the lives of 45 Botswana nationals is a testament of the warm and compassionate relations between the two countries.
Fossil Beetles Found in a Botswana Diamond Mine Help Us to Reconstruct the Distant Past
- [The Conversation Africa] When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there's much more to the global fossil record: plants, shells, minerals and insects. The study of fossil insects is called palaeoentomology. Palaeoentomologists like myself seek out and study fossil insects that were trapped in mud which later became rock sediments, and those found in amber (tree resin).
President Ramaphosa, President Masisi to Visit Bus Accident Site in Limpopo
- [SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Botswana counterpart, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, will on Thursday visit the site of a bus accident in Limpopo that claimed the lives of 45 people.
