Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL) in collaboration with Regional Psychosocial Support Initiatives (REPSSI) awarded certificates to 53 graduates of the Community Based Work with Children and Youth (CBWC&Y) programme in Gaborone at Tlotlo Conference Centre on Friday the 11th July 2014. This is the first certificate of its kind in the country. The programme was developed by REPSSI and UNICEF Esaro in partnership with the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Stanbic Bank sponsored ten (10) of the students on the programme. “The initiative is in line with BOCODOL’s mandate to extend education and training to…
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Kimberley Diamonds Ltd (KDL) says its wholly owned Botswana subsidiary, Lerala Diamond Mines Limited, has entered into a Farm-In and Joint Venture Agreement in respect of two tenements located in north-eastern Botswana, close to the Orapa Diamond Mine. The Joint Venture has been entered into with Tilwane Services (Pty) Limited, a Botswana based exploration company. According to KDL, the Joint Venture covers Prospecting Licence 267/2013 and Prospecting Licence 268/2013 located some 55km and 75km respectively east of the Orapa Diamond Mine. The Orapa Diamond Mine is one of the largest open pit diamond mines in the world and produces approximately…
MICROmega Holdings’ Limited is to provide occupational risk management services to the City of Phoenix Water Services Department (WSD), a service that will be provided by NOSA, a subsidiary company of MICROmega. Phoenix is the capital city of the United States state of Arizona and is the sixth most populous city in the United States. NOSA will work closely with WSD to maintain and enhance the existing Five Star Health and Safety Program which was implemented over the last five years. NOSA will assist WSD in complying with the standards of the 5-Star Safety and Health Management System, including annual safety audits ofwork areas, a review of their…
Bank of Botswana has released the dates of when it intends to remove old coins from circulation following the issuance of new unpopular ones early in the year. Head of Communications at the Central Bank, Andrew Sesinyi reminded the public in a statement that following the launch and issuing of the new family of coin in February 2014, the old coin will be demonetised with effect from August 28, 2014.”Thereafter, the old coin will be exchanged only at the Bank of Botswana in Gaborone and Francistown for a period of five (5) years until August 28, 2019. The public is requested to exchange old coin at the nearest commercial bank…
Jonathan Kendall, President of the International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has announced that the Automated Melee Screening (AMS) instrument is now being dispatched to Sightholders of The De Beers Group of companies across the globe, with the first installation and training sessions having successfully taken place at the end of June with Tasaki and Rosy Blue in Japan. Kendall said focus has now shifted to installing the AMS in Sightholder facilities across key diamond trading hubs such as Antwerp, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. “This is a phased roll out with IIDGR technicians working in parallel…
Discovery Metals Limited announced the appointment of Royston Denysschen as a Non-Executive Director of the company following the its announcement of 29 May 2014, where it agreed to appoint a nominee of Transamine to the company’s Board. “The partnership with Transamine Trading S.A. and the additional technical skills that are expected to be added to the Board by the appointment of Royston Denysschen are anticipated to deliver significant benefit to the Company,” Discovery Metals’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Bob Fulker, said. Denysschen has 18 years’ experience in commerce and logistics in Southern Africa. He has been key to the start-up, development, management and as director of successful…
Botswana Metals Limited (BML), a minerals exploration company focused on Botswana says the third and fourth holes of the 6000m drilling program designed to test the mineralisation at depth and down dip of the known nickel-copper and platinum group element mineralisation at Maibele North in Botswana have now commenced. The company said the first two holes, MADD0057 and MADD0058, have been completed to planned target depth after intersecting significant thicknesses of sulphides. “The core is currently being scanned with a portable XRF and a summary of these results will be reported to the ASX when available,” it reported. BML revealed…
fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 53,386 passengers and achieved a load factor of 79%, representing a 24% increase in passengers compared with the previous month. Compared with the same month last year, the number of seats has increased by 95%. Month on month, capacity has increased by 12% with 67,425 seats flown in June compared to 60,320 in May. Specifically, capacity on the Dar-es-Salaam to Mbeya route increased by 37% (June vs May) and Dar-es-Salaam to Mwanza by 16% (June vs May). Punctuality for the month was excellent, with 91% of flights arriving on time Note…
Perenco Rep and Mioc General Manager Reza Mered says the company’s “win-win” partnership that it maintains with the DRC government is essential to achieve set growth targets, adding “in particular the implementation of a serene business climate and a solid and modern legal framework in respect to the commitments of the State, which guarantees stability.” Perenco Rep is the gold sponsor of the upcoming iPAD DRC Oil & Gas Forum taking place in Kinshasa from 10-11 September. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, HE Crispin Atama Tabe, is heading up the high-level gathering which will also include government regulators, industry experts, regional stakeholders and prospective investors. Only operator in…
Standard Bank’s provision of USD 170 million in debt financing to help build a 118 Megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Ressano Garcia, Mozambique, is the final piece in unlocking the complete gas-to-power value chain in development across Mozambique. Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest lender by assets and market value acted as sole mandated lead arranger to Gigawatt, a Mozambican company that was awarded a gas power generation concession by the country’s Government which is expected to supply power to the capital city of Maputo. The project will supply approximately 12% of Mozambique’s total power demand upon completion. This will help reduce the country’s reliance on neighbouring South Africa, which…