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Hisense SA grows its TV, fridge output, seeks more local suppliers
Engineering News
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Hisense South Africa (SA) deputy GM Luna Nortje says there is potential at the television (TV) and refrigerator assembler to increase the local sourcing of electronic components, compressors, wiring harnesses and LED modules – if a supporting...
Botswana designers, revelers make bold statement at Durban July
MMEGI
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July 9, 2025
Among the crowd, Botswana nationals stood out for their creative interpretations and strong presence on and off the runway. Attendees from Botswana began arriving as early as Thursday, with designers, stylists, and racegoers preparing to showcase...
Gaborone Hosts National Arts Festival
Botswana Gazette
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July 9, 2025
Thousands gathered in Gaborone for the first leg of the National Arts Festival, celebrating creativity, cultural expression, and grassroots talent GAZETTE REPORTER The National Arts Council of Botswana (NACB) successfully hosted the Gaborone...
Virtuoso Travel Tech Summit 2025 returns in August
Travel Daily Media
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July 30, 2025
Global luxury and experiential travel network Virtuoso announced the return of its annual Travel Tech Summit this August. Slated for 9th August as part of the 37th Virtuoso Travel Week, the fourth run of the Summit will be held at the Bellagio...
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)
Gabz FM
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July 9, 2025
Addressing the media this afternoon, BDP Secretary General Kentse Rammidi announced that the party will embark on an inclusive process involving all its structures, including the Central Committee, to map the way forward.
Dining with Diamonds debuts in Gaborone
MMEGI
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July 16, 2025
Dining with Diamonds, a black-tie dinner theatre experience, brought together an unlikely blend of luxury dining, live musical performance, and cultural ambition under one roof and left audiences with more than just full stomachs. Created by...
Former Sundowns star finds new club in Botswana
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 16, 2025
'The experienced playmaker has penned a 2 year deal and he will wear jersey number 8,' the club announced. Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Platinum Stars midfielder Mogakolodi Ngele has found a new club following his departure from Botswana Premier...
Greater Gaborone Honda Fit thefts surge, owners warned
MMEGI
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July 16, 2025
The warning comes after yet another Honda Fit was stolen last weekend, adding to a growing list of similar cases in which the stolen cars are rarely recovered. According to the police, thieves are believed to be operating in a well-organised...
Youthful Team Botswana completes successful Namibian mission
MMEGI
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July 16, 2025
The two-week competition was hosted by the two Namibian cities of Swakopmund and Windhoek. The team surpassed the number of medals at the 2022 edition that was held in Malawi, where they brought home 47 medals, finishing in fifth place. Sporting...
Mbachu warns Falcons against social media
Punch
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July 15, 2025
Former Super Falcons forward Stella Mbachu has cautioned the team on the use of social media, as they approach the knockout stages of the 2024 WAFCON in Morocco, PUNCH Sorts Extra reports. Mbachu, a multiple WAFCON winner believes the team must...
WAFCON 2024: Brave performances as Congo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Botswana bow out with with pride
Premium Times
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July 15, 2025
As the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) moves into the high-stakes quarterfinal phase, four nations DR Congo, Tunisia, Tanzania, and Botswana; have seen their journeys end. Yet their exits are far from forgettable. Each team delivered...
The funding scramble: countries desperately seek HIV finance solutions
Aidsmap
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How will countries fund and sustain their national HIV responses moving forward? This was a central question at the recent 13th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2025) in Kigali, Rwanda. Sweeping funding cuts from the US...
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Are your neighbours Neanderthals? They really were 300,000 years ago
Daily Mail
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July 14, 2025
Before the wheel, before language and art, before farming or anything else that made us civilised, mankind invented the Neighbours From Hell. Ella Al-Shamahi, tracing the development of Homo sapiens across 300,000 years of prehistory in the first...
BOTSWANA ARTISTS LAMENT BETRAYAL AND NEGLECT UNDER NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Botswana Guardian Sun
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July 7, 2025
Botswana’s creative sector is in turmoil as frustrations mount over the performance of the National Arts Council of Botswana (NACB). In a powerfully worded open letter to the Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport, and Culture, Jacob Kelebeng, local...
Badly behaved tourists crowd safari parks. How do you stop them from taking selfies with the lions?
The Hindu
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July 30, 2025
It was a viral video of a group of cheetahs taking down a wildebeest that triggered Big Cat People, Jonathan and Angela Scott, to put together their latest e-book, Safari Etiquette: An essential guide. “There were five male cheetahs, unusual to...
Botswana’s Mares Geared Up for WAFCON Challenge
Sunday Standard
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July 4, 2025
Botswana’s senior national women’s football team, the Mares, have set their sights on making history at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament in Morocco. Preparations are progressing smoothly with no injury concerns reported, and...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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Botswana Athletics Association Worried About Increasing Doping Violations
Sunday Standard
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July 4, 2025
For close to a decade and a half, Botswana has been enjoying an unprecedented success in the international track and field athletics arena. Due to this success, after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) was incepted by World Athletics in 2017,...
WAFCON: Super Falcons Eye La Decima With Wins Over Tunisia, Botswana
The Will
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July 12, 2025
July 13, (THEWILL) — Four minutes into the Super Falcons’ opening match at the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Asisat Oshoala rose above a crowded Tunisian penalty area, meeting Rinsola Babajide’s precise free-kick with a powerful header that...
Wafcon 2024: What Super Falcons attackers Ajibade and Ihezuo said about beating Botswana
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 11, 2025
Super Falcons attacking midfielder Rasheedat Ajibade and forward Chiwendu Ihezuo have expressed their delight following Nigeria's hard-fought 1-0 victory over Botswana in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations clash on Thursday. Ihezuo came off the...