Botswana: Phikwe Hit By MDR TB Dec 2, 2008
He said patients have been referred to Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital in Francistown for isolation and treatment. He encouraged people to report to health facilities if they experience persistent coughing so they can be tested for TB and get treatment if necessary. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: Disabled Are Poor And Marginalised Nov 27, 2008
Patricia MaganuFrancistown ... These were the words of Dennis Alexander, CEO of BOMAID, while giving a speech at the National Disability Awareness Day commemorated in Francistown stadium on Monday. (allAfrica.com)
Zimbabwe: Botswana Stance On Deadlock Threatens Diplomatic Relations Oct 16, 2008
Speaking in the second city of Francistown near the border with Zimbabwe, Khama said that weeks after the parties in the Zimbabwe crisis signed a power sharing deal, the impasse still continues "due to what I consider to be selfish desires by one of the parties" an indirect reference to Mr Mugabe and ZANU-PF.. Instead of former South African president Mr Thabo Mbeki, Khama has called for an immediate deployment of SADC, African Union and United Nations mediators to resolve the Zimbabwe impasse. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: Zimbabwe Shoppers Stream In Aug 21, 2008
During the 90 day suspension, Botswana experienced an increase in the number of Zimbabweans visiting Botswana, especially Francistown and Gaborone, to buy basic commodities which are in short supply at home. More did their shopping in other neighbouring countries - South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia - as Zimbabweans took advantage of the relaxation on imports. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: BCP and BAM Arrange to Wed Jul 19, 2008
Oarabile MosikareFrancistown ... The BAM-BCP PACT was taken with a pinch of salt by a section of BCP followers especially in Francistown West, which was awarded to BAM. Secretary for economic affairs, Whyte Marobela, who lost in the 2004 general election, demanded that primary elections be contested at the troublesome constituency ... But as far as Modise is concerned there is no issue regarding his candidacy at Francistown West. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: HIV Puts Strain On Blood Reserves Jun 19, 2008
Blood donation drives and volunteers who visit centres in Gaborone and Francistown account for 40 percent. Mbere said through improved donor screening and testing, the rate of discarded blood has been reduced by 10 percent in the last four years. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: P3bn Tati Project Crashes Jun 12, 2008
Ryder GabathuseFrancistown ... The site of the halted plant construction is about 30 kilometres east of Francistown, near the Tati Nickel mining site. (allAfrica.com)
Critics predict flawed Zimbabwe vote Mar 30, 2008
Tembo spoke from Francistown, Botswana, a border town that has absorbed thousands of Zimbabwean refugees looking for jobs, food and health care. Nurses in Francistown say so many pregnant Zimbabweans are flooding Botswana that they're delivering more Zimbabwean babies than local ones ... "There are few doctors," Lydia Chishike, a pregnant Zimbabwean, said in Francistown. (CNN -- World)
Botswana: How 'Illegals' Survive Mar 4, 2008
Gale NgakaneFrancistown ... Since the beginning of this week, security forces have been out in force combing the streets of Francistown looking for illegal immigrants, who are mostly Zimbabweans. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: Construction of Country's Largest Dam Starts Next Month Jan 30, 2008
Motshegwa says once the dam is complete, it will provide water to meet the demands of Gaborone, Francistown, Selebi-Phikwe, Mahalapye and other towns and villages, "along the route of the North-South Carrier". Other sectors to benefit from this dam, she said, are the mines and power plants in the vicinity of Gaborone. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: Corruption in Project Implementation [editorial] Jan 21, 2008
Take, for instance, the issue of the P11 million renovation of the Francistown College of Education (FCE). As we understand it, the court ruled way back in May last year that the tender was erroneously awarded to a Chinese construction company, Unik Construction, instead of the rightful winner, Buildswana. (allAfrica.com)
SOUTHERN AFRICA: A winning recipe for PMTCT but few follow it Sep 21, 2007
"During the past two years, we have been working on early infant diagnosis, taking it out to all rural districts in the country, so that even the most distant health post can effectively collect a sample for testing and send it through to a central laboratory for testing," said Dr Molly Smit, a BOTUSA PMTCT advisor in the northern town of Francistown. Last week, health minister Sheila Tlou said that if the country kept at the same pace, their PMTCT programme could eventually reach levels of HIV... (AlertNet)
Botswana: Study Urges Measures Against Commercial Sex Work Jul 12, 2007
The assessment done on female sex workers was conducted last year in Gantsi, Gaborone, Selebi-Phikwe, Francistown, Letlhakane and Kasane ... "Although sex work is illegal, in Gantsi you don't easily recognise the sex workers because they are not organised and lack solidarity. In Francistown they are more visible, more organised and can ask for a better price," she said. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: New Border Rules Shock Foreigners Jun 27, 2007
"It will make travelling more difficult for me, especially the requirement for us to make applications first and wait for 14 days to get a reply. My problem is the time that will pass whilst I wait for my application to be processed. Relevant Links "The question of pictures and everything else is not a big deal," says Mary Machaya, a Zimbabwean informal trader who spends about one and a half months doing small jobs in Botswana.But Thomas Mlambo, an insurance consultant who has contracts in... (allAfrica.com)
Africa: World Bank Report Says Aids Epidemic Slowing Down Jun 16, 2007
In one recent household survey, a staggering 70 percent of women, aged 30-34, and men, aged 40-44, in Botswana 's second largest city, Francistown, have HIV.. In Eastern Africa, countries are facing a mixed epidemic pattern with significant numbers of new infections originating in the commercial sex trade, and in the general population. (allAfrica.com)
Africa's Aids epidemic 'slowing' Jun 15, 2007
In Francistown, a city in Botswana bordering Zimbabwe, 70% of women in their early 30s were found to be HIV-positive, according to a 2004 household survey. Last year, the epidemic killed more than 2m people in Africa. (BBC News -- Africa)
African Copper Signs 5-year Mining Contract for its Dukwe Copper Project in Botswana May 10, 2007
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(CCNMatthews - May 10, 2007) - African Copper ("African Copper" or the "Company") (TSX: - ; AIM:ACU)(BSE:AFRICAN COPPER) has signed a five-year contract with Moolman Mining Botswana (Pty) Ltd. ("Moolmans"), an operating Group of Aveng Limited, for the mining at its Dukwe project located 120 kilometers northwest of Francistown, Botswana in southern Africa. ADVERTISEMENT. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
BOTSWANA: Zimbabwean fleeing economic meltdown unwelcome Mar 14, 2007
Zimbabwean-run businesses, such as bus and truck operators, funeral parlours, vehicle repair shops and sawmills, have mushroomed in the northern city of Francistown and the satellite towns of Tati and Tonota to the south, all near Botswana's border with Zimbabwe. But the popular perception is that Zimbabweans are linked to criminality. (AlertNet)
WP: How HIV spreads so quickly in Botswana Mar 2, 2007
FRANCISTOWN, Botswana - The young and hip at ground zero of the AIDS epidemic meet, drink and pair off under the knowing gaze of bartender Brian Khumalo ... Khumalo moved from Gaborone to Francistown last March, finding a city of 85,000 with a red-brick downtown, modest concrete homes and an accommodating sexual culture ... Though he used condoms each time, he said, an alarmed friend soon drove him to the white, low-slung buildings of Francistown's biggest AIDS clinic. (MSNBC -- International)
Zimbabwe: UN Donates Millions to Fight Foot-And-Mouth Jan 19, 2007
The 2006 outbreak of FMD in Botswana forced the Lobatse and Francistown abattoirs to shut down and recall beef shipments en route to Europe, Reunion and South Africa. The losses to the beef industry were not disclosed, although the chief executive of the Botswana Meat Commission, Motshudi Raborokgwe, said at the time the outbreak threatened the survival of the industry. (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: BPP Secretary General Quits Jan 12, 2007
Ryder GabathuseFrancistown ... "We wanted the three parties to merge and we had come up with our proposal as an executive in Palapye, followed by a meeting at the Marang Hotel in Francistown and the whole thing just collapsed without any progress.". (allAfrica.com)
Botswana: Francistown Mayoral Race Spark Divisions Jan 4, 2007
Ryder GabathuseFrancistown. Bitter divisions that used to define the relationship of politicians in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)-dominated Francistown City Council (FCC) are likely to return, in 2007 ... The current mayor, Buti Billy, and his deputy, Rebecca Nshakazhogwe, are from the Francistown East constituency. (allAfrica.com)
