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Drought Kills 15,000 Cattle In North West Botswana

Posted on February 24, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Ngamiland farmers, both pastoral and agricultural, are counting their losses against the backdrop of extreme drought situation that has hit the region hard. Ngami Times reported that the North West’s District Commissioner Chabongwa Matseka revealed to this publication that the drought has claimed more than 15 000 cattle in the district, 14 000 of which have been registered in the Maun Administrative Authority (MAA) alone while 1485 herd have been recorded in Okavango Sub-district making…

Mugabe Final SADC Speech, Attacked South Africa’s ‘Whites’ &Reminded Khama Of Strained Relations

Posted on August 18, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe yesterday used his farewell speech, as outgoing chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), to remind his successor, Botswana’s President Ian Khama, that relations between their two countries – now rather strained – were once close. He also used the podium at the opening of the annual Sadc summit in the Botswana capital yesterday to take another stab at South Africa’s white population. – Speaking at the International Convention Centre in…

‘President Ian Khama To Take Over (SADC) Chair Post , When Mugabe’s Term Ends Next Week’

Posted on August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

BOTSWANA President Ian Khama is set to become the next Southern African Development Community (SADC) chair when President Robert Mugabe vacates the position next week, reports said. Mugabe is expected to hand over the one-year chairmanship to Khama at the 35th summit of heads of state and government to be held in Gaborone. The move is viewed by analysts as giving the bloc some long-sought teeth to reject dictatorship, rights abuses and electoral fraud in…

‘Vascoda Mugabe, Arrives In Lesotho, After Brief Visit To Zimbabwe ‘

Posted on July 4, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, who is the current chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has arrived in South Africa ahead of the Double Troika summit on Lesotho, reports say. The summit, which kicks off on Friday in Pretoria, is expected to find a solution to Lesotho’s political crisis, following the death of former army commander Maaparankoe Mahao. Mahao was allegedly shot dead by members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) in his village home…