Mortgage loans and banking services provider, Botswana Building Society (BBS), has scooped the first prize at this year's Botswana Consumer Fair under the financial services category, beating the Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency (CEDA) and the Bank of Baroda, which came out second and third runner-ups respectively.

Capital costs for the 300-megawatt (MW) Mookane Domestic Power Project (MDPP) have been pegged at P5.6 billion, with its developers aiming to pump out supply from the project by mid-2013, the Monitor has learnt.

Diamond magnate, Nicky Oppenheimer, has been appointed Debswana Chairman with effect from August 18, a position he will hold until the end of next year.

SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Pick 'n Pay franchise here has been advised to devise initiatives to purchase some of its merchandise from local farmers.

HARARE - Local banks are milking account holders through high charges to boost their income and support the infrastructure they put in place when the economy was faring better.

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MONROVIA - Moving closer to joining the growing ranks of African oil producers, Liberia has selected one of the world's largest oil companies as lead partner to explore potential offshore reserves.

MBABANE, Swaziland: Increasing strains on a century-old, five-nation southern African customs union is raising questions as to whether the sovereignty of its poorest members - Lesotho and Swaziland - is sustainable, considering their burden of HIV/AIDS and the global economic slowdown, among other factors.

An interim interdict that prohibits all members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) from embarking on a strike was granted by the Labour Court in the early hours of Thursday morning, a national police spokesperson said.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe struck a raw nerve when he refused to declare the struggle veteran, union leader and MDC stalwart Gibson Sibanda, who died on Tuesday, a national hero.

Sporadic gunfire rang out in Mogadishu on Thursday after three days of heavy battles waged by Islamist militants in their latest attempt to topple Somalia's fragile government.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo did not know about a rebel attack and mass rape in that region until more than a week after the events took place, a UN peacekeeping mission official said. But the account of the delay was disputed by a non-governmental organisation.

Kenya authorities have sentenced a Chinese national to 18 months in prison for possession of illegal ivory, the country's wildlife service said.

As the epic Nchindo corruption case heads towards a close, three weeks before Magistrate Lot Moroka is to deliver his final word on the matter, the conveyor belt continues to roll out witnesses, in proceedings characterised by colourful and often confrontational cross examination. Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA picks out some excerpts from this week's proceedings when the prosecution presented its witnesses.

Not many people would have taken you seriously if you had predicted that the Botswana National Front (BNF) stood a good chance in the Shoshong constituency in last year's general election.

There has to be more precise definition of the objectives of the 'Consumer Fair'. The country first had 'agricultural shows' for a very good reason.

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) candidate for the Tonota North parliamentary by-election, Dr Habaudi Njiro Hobona is widely tipped to emerge victorious, come September 4.

FRANCISTOWN: The Tonota North constituency has mutated under different names, sizes and shapes over the years since independence 44 years ago

Call him rude or arrogant, but Yarona fm sports presenter, MacDonald Rakgare, popularly known as 'Chillyboy', spent most of his life without a male figure because his stepfather, Samson Ruele, worked at a mine in South Africa.