March 8, 2015

Hamptons Promises to Be Jazzier

The crème de la crème of jazz musos will on March 28, descend on Duma FM grounds to serenade jazz lovers with timeless jazz tunes. The line-up which is very impressive shows that the Hamptons Promoters are setting the bar very high for local promoters to follow suit with their

Communications Dept Welcomes Digital Migration Policy Approval

The Department of Communications has welcomed Cabinet’s decision regarding the approval of the Broadcasting Digital Migration Amendment Policy, with the inclusion of the control system in the set top box (STB). With the international June deadline looming to migrate broadcasting services from analogue to digital, the department on Sunday said

Botswana Market Vital to Barclays Performance

Barclays Africa Group chief says Botswana market is important to the overall success of the group’s performance. Presenting the Group’s financial results for the year ended December 2014 via a telecom press brief from Johannesburg, South Africa, Ms Maria Ramos said the group had never been in a stronger position

Eskom Must Place Moratorium on Axing Experienced Engineers [press release]

I have today written to the Minster of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, requesting that she institute an immediate moratorium on the retrenchment of experienced engineers at Eskom. According to media reports today, Eskom must reduce the number of white engineers by 1 081 and white artisans by 2 179 in

President of Republic Receives New Ambassador of South Africa

The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Saturday at the Presidency, Mr. Dennis Thokozani Dolmo as extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of South Africa to the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Following a meeting with the President of the Republic attended by Sahrawi senior

Oba Gbenga Sonuga – Like a Gem of Purest Ray [opinion]

BEFORE a person decides to write his life-story for the public to read, he must have been well-assured that his experience is of great significance not just to himself, but to the society at large. This is the touchstone with which great biographies evaluated, and “Deep as the Ocean’, an

China to cooperate with Africa on industrialization, sanitation, security (China Daily)

BEIJING – China will enhance cooperation with African nations on three pressing issues, namely industrialization, sanitation and safeguarding security and peace, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. “We will consolidate cooperation with Africa in traditional fields, while focusing on helping Africa deal with the three most pressing issues,” he said.

MALI – Saharan Islamist group claims responsibility for Mali attack (France 24)

A Sahara-based Islamist group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a rare attack in Mali’s capital that killed five people, including two foreigners. The attackearly Saturday morning on La Terrasse, a popular restaurant with expatriates in Bamako, left a French citizen, a Belgian security officer and three Malians dead and nine

China to cooperate with Africa on industrialization, sanitation, security: FM (China Daily)

BEIJING — China will enhance cooperation with African nations on three pressing issues, namely industrialization, sanitation and safeguarding security and peace, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. “We will consolidate cooperation with Africa in traditional fields, while focusing on helping Africa deal with the three most pressing issues,” he said.

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