AFCON 2012 Qualifiers Preview: Some Important Fixtures
The journey to the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Gabon / Equatorial Guinea 2012 begins with a step from here… | By Kingsley Kobo | Share Share | Benin – Burundi Kick-off: Sunday, September 5. 1...
Basil Read takes eye off big acquisitions
| By Roy Cokayne | Submit your comment | JSE-Listed Basil Read, whose stated target is to become a global construction group with R10 billion in annual turnover by 2013, anticipates making only...
A brief look at SA’s coal-mining industry
| Most coal production in South Africa – about 53% – is from opencast mines, with the balance being produced by bord-and-pillar (40%), stoping (4%) and longwall mining (3%). Coal-mining operations...
Forging ahead despite bureaucratic hurdles
| South African project management and engineering company DRA Mineral Projects reports that, despite the company’s continued involvement in Zimbabwe’s only three working platinum mines – Unki, ...
AFCON 2012 Qualifiers: Togo Coach Thierry Froger Announces Squad For Botswana Clash
Togo coach Thierry Froger is confident his side can take down Botswana… | By Kingsley Kobo | Share Share | Togo will lock horns with Botswana in Gaborone on Saturday, September 4 in an important Gro...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Country
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or coun...
Today's letters
Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | Sir, | | BBMP’s step welcome | As reported in your newspaper, the initiative of the BBMP tospeed up and streamlinethe process of plan approval for a new co...
Firestone plans Botswana diamond tender, BK11 exceeds targets
| JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds expects its BK11 production plant to “comfortably exceed” its targeted capacity of 1,5-million tons a year by the fourth quarter...
African Debate: Which Is The Best North African Team?
Goal.com's Rami Ayari analyzes which North African team looks to be in the best shape at the moment and decides which one of them is deserving of first place in his rankings. | By Rami Ayari | Share S...
Operational and corporate update from Firestone Diamonds
| Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 | Firestone Diamonds plc, the AIM-quoted diamond mining and exploration company (ticker: AIM:FDI), is pleased to provide an ...
HIV-Positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed
"An HIV-positive woman must never be encouraged to breastfeed because regardless of what the doctors or researchers say - it is too dangerous for the baby," says Koziba Kelatlhe an HIV-positive mother...
Bushmen Launch Appeal Over Right To Water
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:57 am | Press Release: Survival International | SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE | September 1, 2010 | Bushmen Launch Appeal Over Right To Water | [1] | [2]The Bushm...
Miners' $20bn rush for African resources
| THE number of listed Australian mining companies with operations in Africa has tripled to 160 in the past seven years. | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Dennis Richardson said Aust...
Zimbabwe to become biggest supplier of diamonds to Surat
SURAT: Zimbabwe is likely to become the biggest supplier of rough diamonds to the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centres in Surat. The diamond output from its Marange fields is expected...
Botswana former minister charged with corruption
| GABORONE, Botswana (AP) Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption. | A court in Gaborone charged Ramadeluka Seretse on Wednesday for failing to disclose his posit...
PPC outlines Western Cape expansion plans
| Submit your comment | Pretoria Portland Cement on Wednesday fleshed out plans for an upgrade of its existing plant in the Western Cape to increase capacity by approximately 50 percent up to 2...
Botswana former minister charged with corruption
| GABORONE, Botswana - Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption. AC = 1234 | --> | A court in Gaborone charged Ramadeluka Seretse on Wednesday for failing to discl...
Botswana Former Minister Charged With Corruption
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption. | A court in Gaborone charged Ramadeluka Seretse on Wednesday for failing to disclose his posit...
Botswana former minister charged with corruption
| GABORONE, Botswana – Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption. | A court in Gaborone charged Ramadeluka Seretse on Wednesday for failing to disclose his po...
Botswana former minister charged with corruption
| GABORONE, Botswana - Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption. | A court in Gaborone charged Ramadeluka Seretse on Wednesday for failing to disclose his position...