Vol.21 No.115

Thursday 29 July 2004    

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SADC hailed for malaria control
ROLL Back Malaria (RBM) Executive Secretary, Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck, has hailed the recent expansion and integration of malaria control partnerships in the region. She asserted that the RBM partnership in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is now ready to integrate with its operational equivalents in East Africa, West Africa, the Mekong (Vietnam), Amazon and Hispaniola (Spanish speaking countries).

Pact tested in Maun East
THE marriage between the three opposition electoral pact members was almost shaken in Maun East constituency after one of the partners protested the ‘imposition’ of a parliamentary candidate.

Court official fears for security of magistrates
FRANCISTOWN: The Registrar and Master of the High Court, Godfrey Nthomiwa, has said that the current spate of burglarles at court premises might be targeted at destroying evidence. He said that the department of the Administration of Justice suspects that the thugs are out to destroy evidence related to criminal cases.

New tobacco bill in the offing
THE Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi is scheduled to present to Parliament the Control of Smoking (Amendment) Bill, 2004. The Bill seeks to amend some of the clauses of the present Smoking Act and ban smoking in public places.

‘I prefer death to relocation’ - witness
A Mosarwa witness who gave evidence yesterday vowed that he would rather be killed by the government than move out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).

The football diplomat
THERE is a diplomatic streak in the man widely credited with improving the fortunes of Botswana’s national football team. This comes out at various stages throughout the interview. For instance, he does not see the conditions in local football as “poor”. In his book, the conditions are “very modest”.

  

 
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