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<title>Botswana: Risk of &apos;Fake&apos; Voters in Shoshong Bulela Di Tswe</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185712386</link>
<pubDate>30 Aug 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Shoshong is reported to be wary of &apos;imported&apos; and fake voters in the constituency ahead  ...  popularly known as Bulela Di Tswe. Former Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Phillip Makgalemele, former  ...
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<title>Southern Africa: SADC Free Trade Area Scraps Tariffs editorial</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185712375</link>
<pubDate>30 Aug 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  goods and services will be unlimited since import tariffs will be eliminated. Companies in the  ...  challenges to countries with small industries like Botswana whose manufacturing sector is still in its  ...  Botswana government sometimes imposes a moratorium on imported products to help domestic producers? The Ministry  ...
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<title>Local pump distributor adds to product range</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185517504</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  plates and some pipework. Cordeiro says that importing has been to the companys advantage, as  ...  from Southern Africa with distributors in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, but it has no distributors  ...
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<title>Botswana: Food Security Must Be Top Priority editorial</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185479795</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 19:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  negotiating with Zambezi riparian states to allow Botswana to tap into the Chobe River. This,  ...  As a matter of fact, most food exporting countries have started instituting export curbs to the detriment of consumer nations.  ...
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<title>Botswana faces imported TB calamity</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185446512</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... Fears are abound in Botswana that the country may be facing major  ...  and economic meltdown, there are fears that imported TB virus is being kept underground where  ...
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<title>Southern Africa: Maize May Suffer From High Input Costs</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185379978</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  9 million mt, and surplus maize is exported to neighbouring Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia and Mozambique, as  ...  a decade, when the country had to import more than a million tonnes. Hawkins said  ...
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<title>Botswana: Can Manufacturing Could Save Lobatse, and Country editorial</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185356834</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  that the country needs. Most companies in Botswana are in-ward looking and are seldom concerned  ...  can also succeed in the manufacturing and export market. It is gratifying that the company  ...
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<title>Botswana: Transporters Profit From Zim Economic Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185356825</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the mini trucks most of which are imported from Japan and Singapore. They have surely  ...  brought an influx of Zimbabwean buyers to Botswana has really boosted the business. &quot;They come  ...
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<title>Nigeria missing in N50.4 trillion global textile trade</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185351656</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 02:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  amount, Kenya takes $79m. South Africa, Egypt, Botswana and Lesotho are also visible on the  ...  the country has not featured on the export chart. She stated that AGOA is America&amp;rsquo;s  ...  exporting countries of the region instead of importing yarn from Pakistan as the developed countries  ...
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<title>SOUTH AFRICA: Maize may suffer from high input costs</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185267074</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  9 million mt, and surplus maize is exported to neighbouring Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia and Mozambique, as  ...  a decade, when the country had to import more than a million tonnes. Hawkins said  ...
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<title>Zambian manufacturers concerned over Free Trade Area</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185265953</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  manufacturing by regional and foreign companies currently exporting their products to the regional market. The  ...  is a regional economic bloc based in Botswana and chartered to accelerate the region&apos;s economic  ...
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<title>South Africa: &apos;Cartel&apos; Company Case May Be Weakening</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185256898</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  (Ansac) was brought by soda ash producer Botswana Ash (Botash), which alleges that the group  ...  that the group is acting as an export cartel. Ansac is a group of companies  ...
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<title>&apos;Cartel&apos; company case may be weakening </title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185237586</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  (Ansac) was brought by soda ash producer Botswana Ash (Botash), which alleges that the group  ...  that the group is acting as an export cartel. Ansac is a group of companies  ...
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<title>Botswana: Ostrich Abattoir Slaughters Cattle to Survive</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185230155</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the web 27 August 2008 The Botswana Ostrich Company (BOC) abattoir has been slaughtering  ...  birds in a day. It is an export abattoir licensed to supply the European market.  ...  Sir Seretse Khama Airport road. It started exporting to the European market in August 2005  ...
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<title>Will Zim fully enjoy FTA benefits?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185216809</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The SADC FTA bloc also includes Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Mal-awi, Lesotho, Madag-ascar, Mauritius, Mozam-bique, Namibia,  ...  that producers and consumers would pay no import tariffs on an estimated 85 percent of  ...  six months to June this year total export shipments of goods declined by 14 percent  ...
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