fastjet, Africa’s low-cost airline, will begin operating services between Tanzania and Zimbabwe in August as it expands its international route network across Africa.The airline will launch a twice weekly operation from Dar es Salaam to Harare with tickets for as low as US$50 (excluding government charges and taxes), significantly cheaper than fares from operators offering non-direct flights between the two cities. The announcement marks the third international route for fastjet which already flies from Tanzania to Zambia and South Africa.Despite strong commercial and cultural ties between the two cities, there is currently no direct air link between Dar es Salaam and Harare. The port at Dar es Salaam is…
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fastjet Plc, Africa’s low-cost airline, says it has signed an agreement to dispose of its holding in Fly540 Kenya, the loss-making investment it inherited as part of the acquisition from Lonrho Aviation, to Don Smith, a director of Fly540 Kenya. The agreement wholly removes Fly 540Kenya from the fastjet group. All legal and financial ties between the two companies have been dissolved and each group has indemnified one another against any and all liabilities relating to the segregation of the businesses.Ed Winter, Interim Chairman and Chief Executive of fastjet, said: “Following a period of complex negotiations, we are delighted to have achieved a successful outcome for all parties.…
Engen Botswana continues to testify to its unwavering dedication towards boosting subsistence farming across Botswana. The fuels and lubricants supplier, the only listed oil company in the country, launched the Farmer’s Dream Win-a-Tractor promotion in Gaborone on Wednesday 25th June 2014, with a launch in Francistown the previous day. Said Engen Botswana Managing Director, Mr. Chimweta Monga, “The Engen brand has always been one of differentiation. It should come as no surprise, then, that we refused to settle for yet another typical swipe and win car campaign favoured by so many other businesses. Rather, we wanted something truly meaningful, in…
Corporation has provided update from ongoing exploration activities at the company’s 100%-owned Pitangui gold project located approximately 110 kilometres northwest of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The project comprises 180.3 square kilometres of exploration licenses covering the Archean Pitangui greenstone belt where an estimated inferred resource of 4.07 million tonnes grading 4.88 grams of gold per tonne for 0.64 million contained ounces was recently reported for the São Sebastião discovery (see news release dated April 9, 2014). Assay results have been received for a further 27 diamond drillholes totalling 9,971 metres completed on the Pitangui…
The Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) says the relationship between Botswana and Kenya can go beyond the support the East African country gave in the Tsabong Camel project by find new ways of collaboration. The camel project is meant to diversify the product offering in a country where tourism is concentrated in the north parts of the country and based mainly on wildlife. Director of Marketing and Investment Promotion at BTO, Malebogo Morakaladi says they touched base with Kenya Tourism when they started the project in 2010. She said through Kenya Tourism, they contacted the Kenya Camel Association who then brought…
The Botswana Chamber of Mines has assured a Kenyan trade delegation in the country that the diamond rich country has the best licensing regime in terms of obtaining a prospecting or a mining licence. The Kenyan trade mission is attending a business forum in Gaborone where they will learn how Botswana does things, with the mission comprising representatives from a wide range of sectors including tourism from East Africa’s giant economy. “The process of acquiring a license is simple,” Charles Siwawa, CEO of the Chamber of Mines told the forum, advising that Geological Survey in Lobatse is a custodian of…
This past weekend, 21st June 2014, saw the Gaborone Rifle and Clay Club bring together all Club members and eager spectators for the Spar Auto ball Competition. Emerging as the victor for the competition, and taking home the gold prize, was Francois Jooste. The format, or discipline, for this weekend’s competition saw a 75-clay target competition. Squads comprised of a team of six 6, with each shooter granted two shots to break the target. Each competitor shot 25 targets within a full round, with a total of 3 rounds to complete the 75 targets. The top six shooters who made…
Debswana Diamond Company, a 50/50 joint venture between Botswana government and De Beers is celebrating its 45th anniversary on the 23rd June 2014 under the theme of „45 years of diamonds for development.‟ The commemoration will be held at all the sites of Debswana, Orapa, Jwaneng and the Gaborone Corporate Centre. The day will be marked by an address by the Managing Director, Balisi Bonyongo and the attendance of other diamond industry captains at the Debswana Corporate Centre in Gaborone. Debswana was first incorporated on the 23rd of June 1969 as De Beers Botswana Mining Company (Pty) Ltd, but has…
Cronimet Mining Power Solutions is targeting the Botswana mining sector and will use its experience from a photovoltaic (PV) powered mine it operates in South Africa as an example. Many mines in the country rely heavily on the Botswana Corporation (BPC) connections and when they are off-grid, they normally generate their own power, which becomes a major cost to these companies. “The supporting arguments for PV in the mining sector include the fact that PV is more cost effective today than it was just few years ago due to improved technology and a mature global supply chain,” Rollie Armstrong , Managing Director of Cronimet told Mining &…
The Okavango Delta in Botswana has been listed as Natural World Heritage Site during an UNESCO World Heritage Committee 38th Session taking place from 15th -25th June, 2014 in Doha, Qatar. In his acceptance speech, the Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama praised a wide range of stakeholders for making the listing a success. “We therefore assure the committee that we will continue to work with relevant stakeholders, most importantly the communities living in and around the Okavango Delta, and the riparian States of Angola and Namibia to maintain the integrity of the Okavango Delta,” Khama said. Khama…