Culture

Durban FilmMart 2021 Back on Track from August 13-22

After being disrupted by the civil unrest that affected parts of South Africa, Africa’s premier film industry event, the Durban FilmMart, is back on track to host its virtual event this August. The

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Celebs Culture Music

The Biggest Night in Hip-Hop The 2021 “BET Hip Hop Awards” Returns To BET Africa this October

JOHANNESBURG, 31 August 2021-Today BET Africa announced, the 2021 “BET Hip Hop Awards” will return to Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta, this October. The BET Hip Hop Awards is set to premiere in Africa on Wednesday, 06 October 2021 at 03:00CAT 02:00WAT on the channel of black entertainment, excellence and culture, BET Africa (DStv

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News

Absa Bank Botswana announce new independent non-executive director and board chair

The Board of Directors of Absa Bank Botswana Limited (“the Bank”), is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Neo Moroka as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Board Chairman of the Bank, effective

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News

Standard Bank partners with Microsoft

Creating a digital platform, application modernisation and cloud migration of the continent’s largest financial institution will enable innovation, resilience and cost-efficiencies allowing Standard Bank to respond to customer needs Standard Bank and Microsoft announced

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PwC announces new strategy: The New Equation

US$12 billion investment over the next five years, creating over 100,000 new jobs Initial commitments include new ESG Centres of Excellence, Leadership Institutes, accelerated deployment of emerging technologies and increased investment to support

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Culture Lifestyle Travel

Withdrawal Africa Travel Week’s Connect in the City Live Event 

CAPE TOWN, 14 JUNE 2021 – Africa Travel Week has taken the decision not to go ahead with its planned Connect in the City Live Event in Cape Town in September. Exclusive to

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News

Durban FilmMart programme highlights diversity and inclusivity

Africa’s premier film industry event, the Durban FilmMart, will continue its long history presenting pan-African programmes that include diverse voices with a variety of backgrounds and identities when the event commences virtually from

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Music

Sereetsi & The Natives release 3rd album

Sereetsi & The Natives has announced the release of the act’s third studio album due June 30th 2021. The album, which is entitled, I Am Afrika, presents one of Botswana’s most beloved creative

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Government opens competitive sports & pleads for good conduct amidst Covid-19

Botswana Government yesterday (Tuesday) took a decision to lift the suspension of Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC) affiliated sporting activities that were stopped more than a year ago due to the deadly outbreak of

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Wildlife

Wilderness Safaris supports Boteti Lion Conservation project in Botswana

May 2021 – Wilderness Safaris’ non-profit partner, Wilderness Wildlife Trust, is proud to provide ongoing support for human-wildlife conflict mitigation in Botswana, through the Community Guardianship and Livestock Protection Programme under the Wildlife

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Music

South African Saxophone Symposium this weekend

Hipp Media Group (Pty) Ltd in partnership with the National Arts Council presents the inaugural South African Saxophone Symposium on Sunday the 29th & 30th of May 2021 at the Gauteng Academy of

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Celebs Street Grub

Asambeni! Netflix’s JIVA! will premiere on June 24th

The highly anticipated African original, JIVA! is set to hit the groove streets on June 24th 2021! The show follows Ntombi (Noxolo Dlamini), an ambitious, but frustrated young dancer from Umlazi, Durban who

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Travel Wildlife

Africa Travel Week shines a spotlight on Animal Welfare & Tourism

Virtual Event with FOUR PAWS looks at Animal Welfare and Tourism: How the pandemic reshaped our priorities ATW throws its support behind recent South Africa Environmental Ministry announcement that bans captive lion breeding

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Culture News

Banana Club dialogues raises awareness on workplace inclusion of LGBTQ+ community

Banana Emoji Productions in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union in Botswana is set to host yet another instalment of the BANANA CLUB dialogues, on the 22nd of May 2021, under

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News

De Beers Group rough diamond sales for cycle 4, 2021

De Beers Group today announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for the fourth sales cycle of 2021. Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and

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