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Batswana lose millions to Ecoplexus online scam | TechCabal

A look at how an online ponzi scheme, purpoting to be backed US-based solar company Ecoplexus, costed Botswana victims millions of pulas.

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The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was a mercantile company incorporated on 29 October 1889 by a royal charter given by Lord Salisbury, the British prime minister, to Cecil Rhodes. The company was modeled on the East India Company and was expected to annex and then administer territory in

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Moshoeshoe , also spelled Mshweshwe, Moshweshwe, or Moshesh, original name Lepoqo (born c. 1786, near the upper Caledon River, northern Basutoland [now in Lesotho]—died March 11, 1870, Thaba Bosiu, Basutoland), founder and first paramount chief of the Sotho (Basuto, Basotho) nation. One of the

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Is Africa Overpopulated?

Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus

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Kenya's workplace gender parity gap growing wider

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Africa's farmer presidents – Botswana's Masisi joins Geingob, Buhari, Museveni

May 2020: Botswana president talks farming

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Africa: Idris Elba Sounds Alarm As Pandemic Threatens Food Crisis for Farmers

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Idris Elba on Friday called for urgent action and creative solutions to prevent a looming hunger crisis in poor countries, where food production and transport have been disrupted by the coronavirus

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Africa: Tobacco Bans During Lockdown Should Encourage Renewed Anti-Smoking Drives

The 2020 World No Tobacco Day is unique and historic as it comes at the time when countries across the world are on lockdown due to the COVID-19

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Stephanus Jacobus du Toit

Stephanus Jacobus du Toit , (born 1847, Paarl, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died May 29, 1911, Cape Province, South Africa), South African pastor and political leader who, as the founder of the Afrikaner Bond (“Afrikaner League”) political party, was an early leader of

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Africa: 'Hunger or Murder' - Lockdown Poverty Exposes African Sex Workers to More Violence

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Namibia is bordered on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000

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Study: New injectable PrEP prevents HIV infections

In the study, a large and carefully-designed trial, injections every two months of cabotegravir stopped seven out 10 (69 per cent) more HIV infections than what has been up till now, state-of-the-art PrEP, namely a daily dose of the pill formerly known as

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Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence

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John Vorster , original name Balthazar Johannes Vorster; also known as B.J. Vorster (born Dec. 13, 1915, Jamestown, Union of South Africa—died Sept. 10, 1983, Cape Town), far right Nationalist politician who served as prime minister (1966–78) and president (1978–79) of South Africa. He was forced

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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) (1990- )

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Schools to open at appropriate time: Mathema

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Johnson, Gregory Lee (1945- )

On August 5, 1999 President William Clinton appointed Gregory Lee Johnson U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland. He served in that post from November 16, 1999 to October 18, 2001. Johnson began his career in the Foreign Service in 1968 and has served in Vietnam (1968-1971). His next posts were in Japan

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Africa: Migration Is a Safety Net During Climate Change Disasters

Climate threats are currently high across much of Africa, with floods, droughts and the biggest locust outbreak in

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The sun rises on Africa as we mark the 57th anniversary of the OAU

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The Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902)

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Zimbabwe: Vic Falls Lodge Turned Into Quarantine Centre for Affluent Returning Citizens

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Africa: International Partnerships are Key for Africa during COVID-19

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AMHVoices: Children living with HIV/AIDS suffer Covid-19 pandemic

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Veteran Tanzanian journalist Fili Karashani dies

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