Health | Society
Botswana faces imported TB calamity
afrol News, 28 August - Fears are abound in Botswana that the country may be facing major public health crisis due to decision to exclude foreigners from free medical services, following a High Court landmark case in which a Zimbabwean multiple drug resistant tuberculosis patient is contesting his deportation from Botswana. Read more
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Politics
Botswana denies condemning MDC leader
afrol News, 22 August - Botswana foreign affairs minister has denied ever condemning leader of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai or apologising to president Robert Mugabe during power-sharing talks at recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in South Africa. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Media | Society | Technology
Fear surrounds Botswana Sim-card registration
afrol News, 11 July - Amid mounting fears of phone surveillance by state security agents, Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) remains adamant with going ahead with the registration of all prepaid mobile phone sim-cards on 15 September 2008.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society
Botswana regrets Activox flop
afrol News, 13 June - Botswana's Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources has regretted its decision to suspend the construction of the Activox plant, admitting that the "uneasy" and "painful decision" was reached after intense scrutiny by shareholders, Botswana Metals Refinery (BMR) and Norlisk. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Botswana bushmen cry for water
afrol News, 14 April - Botswana's Bushmen have been forbidden from fetching water from their own borehole reserve after several water boreholes were sunk in preparation for a diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Read more
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Technology
Big boost for Botswana telecommunications
afrol News, 19 June - Ceragon Networks Ltd, a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions has been selected by the Botswana Telecommunications Corporations(BTC)to provide a wireless solution enabling higher transmission capacity to its customer base. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Human rights
San barred from Botswana reserve despite court order
afrol News / IRIN, 4 January - Despite winning their right to return home after a long-fought court battle, the San are not being allowed back in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert, according to an advocacy group. In December, a Botswana High Court ruled that the San, also known as "Bushmen", had been wrongfully evicted from their ancestral homeland in the reserve in 2002.
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Human rights | Society
Botswana govt unhappy with San ruling
afrol News, 15 December - The government of Botswana has accepted the High Court order that the San people ("Bushmen") be allowed to access their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve with grudges. State representatives indicate they will not make the San people's return to the reserve easy, while Batswana human rights groups urge government to negotiate.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Human rights
San people win over Botswana govt
afrol News, 13 December - In an emotional court case driven by hundreds of San tribesmen ("Bushmen") against the government of Botswana, Southern Africa's indigenous people was given the right to return to lands they were expelled from and take up hunting and gathering practices again. The ruling is a major setback for authorities, which had hoped to mine diamonds on San lands.
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» 01.12.2006 - World's oldest religion discovered in Botswana
» 22.11.2006 - Botswana army rolls out carpet for women
» 10.11.2006 - Not wanted: rich, African nations
» 06.11.2006 - Africa no longer most corrupt
» 26.10.2006 - Botswana state media "muzzled" in San expulsion affair
» 06.10.2006 - Botswana, US sign 'Debt-for-Nature' agreement
» 02.05.2006 - Ecology of Botswana's Okavango Delta deteriorating
» 25.04.2006 - Non-Tswana, foreigners face tough discrimination in Botswana
» 12.04.2006 - Botswana moves forward with controversial media law
» 22.03.2006 - Media in Botswana assured of further freedom
» 06.03.2006 - Botswana strongly criticised at UN for San relocation
» 27.02.2006 - Climate forecasts help predict African malaria epidemics
» 30.11.2005 - Botswana meets national AIDS treatment targets
» 23.11.2005 - Threatened bustard hunted in Botswana
» 17.11.2005 - Botswana opposition cooperation fruitful
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