Botswana continues to be lowly ranked in the travel and tourism industry mainly because of the country's poor tourism infrastructure, especially its undeveloped air transport system.

The Angolan minister of Energy, Emanuela Vieira Lopes, Thursday here expressed satisfaction at the works of construction of the sub-station and of the 400 Kw power transmission line in Lucala, northern Kwanza Norte province.

THE jury is still out on the legality of a geyser management device being marketed countrywide, which reportedly reduces energy consumption of electricity consumers significantly.

It seems to me my column of a couple of weeks ago regarding the non-payment of first time pensions has hit a few nerves. The first nerves that got hit are those understandably frail nerves of some pensioners who did

Compared to other countries in the southern African region, individual Batswana continue to shy away from investment instruments such as shares, the annual report of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) for 2008 shows.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) is currently working on new regulations to provide the framework in which a liberalised market is expected to operate.

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has appointed veteran American telecommunications executive Dr James Myers to its board as an independent director.

The Australian company Riversdale has announced that the viability study of the project to mine coal at Benga, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, has now been concluded.

Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC Qedani Mahlangu has issued a stern warning to health professionals who are indifferent to the suffering of their patients.

The annual inflation rate slowed to 9.1 percent in June from 9.6 percent in May and 10.3 percent in May last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics said. The monthly inflation rate for June was estimated at 0.4 percent, the

This presents the market with a dynamic competitive trend; today's leader can be outpaced by an innovation from a little known rival. The growth in market share and value depends on the processes that can be rolled out to gain

THE University of Zambia (UNZA) council has appealed to striking lecturers and researchers at the institution to immediately return to work to avert serious implications posed by the work stoppage.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti made further progress yesterday in sorting out Government finances, adjusting taxes to make production easier but at the same time initiating charges for users of Government services.

Workers at the sugar company Acucaraeira de Mocambique (AM) at Mafambisse, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, have called on the government to throw the main shareholder, the South African company Tongaat Hulett, out of the company, reports the

BOTSWANA Trade and Industry Minister Daniel Moroka has refuted claims by SA that border controls would have to be put up between it and three members of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu ).

WHEN international credit rating agencies rate a country's creditworthiness, they give it two rankings: one, in foreign currency, applies to any debt the country issues on international markets, in dollars, euro or yen. The other, the local currency rating, applies

CONSTRUCTION group Murray & Roberts (M&R) yesterday dismissed allegations it was involved in corrupt awarding of tenders for 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums, and said a government probe had found no pricing irregularities.

One of the world's leading hotel group, the Hilton Group, has shown interest in becoming a partner in the Eliakim Namundjebo Plaza Hotel, which is currently under construction in Windhoek, a source said.

IT WAS relief all round yesterday when thousands of striking construction workers returned to work only a week after they downed tools at various strategic infrastructure projects around the country, including stadiums, the Gautrain, roads and airports.

The Mozambican government and the World Bank on Friday signed two agreements in Maputo under which the World Bank is to provide loans of 75.6 million US dollars for projects in health and communications.