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Africa-China relations can be described as complex. With the good that encompasses industrialisation, infrastructure development and employment creation, the Chinese are also credited for crimes such as tax evasion, labour exploitation, and wildlife poaching, negatives that have since contributed to the undesirable imaging of China and the Chinese people by citizens of different African countries. […]

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The role of international aid in achieving Botswana’s economic and social transformation shrunk when Botswana was declared an upper middle income country. Some local charity organisations that were dependent on donor funding collapsed, while those that remained in existence were forced to reinvent themselves, coming up with effective fundraising initiatives, and seeking the hand of […]

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Speaking at the just ended Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), China’s President Xi Jinping said China will not stop its efforts to expand opening up and reform, nor will it close doors to the outside world. The President invited countries around the world to be a larger part of China’s economy and share benefits from […]

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Leaders in China’s motor industry have one common desire. That is to replace current cars with environmentally friendly cars in the next fifteen years, more or less. Leaders like Yasmin Kudo, the Chairman of NYK Line, at the recent Boao Forum for Asia was quoted as saying automatic drive technology is crucial as it can […]

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GABORONE, Feb. 27  – The government of Botswana today revealed its plans to ban plastic carrier, flat bags in the next 30 to 60 days. The ban follows several failed attempts to manage or control the menace caused by plastic carrier bags in the environment, informed Tshekedi Khama, the Minister of the Ministry of Environment, […]

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GABORONE, Feb. 20  – After receiving nearly two million tourist arrivals in 2016, the government of Botswana is keen to further  develop it tourism sector after realising its importance to the economy of Botswana. Vanessa Satur, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Program Manager said the tourism sector has not only provided jobs and […]

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GABORONE, Feb. 20  – The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has applauded Botswana for launching its third Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) by revealing that not many countries in Africa, let alone the world can claim to have compiled the TSA. Botswana today launched is third Tourism Satellite Account for the reference year 2016. UNWTO […]

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Given China’s consumption culture, South Africa has been urged to develop a better China strategy that will help South Africans export their products and services to China, as the country is open for business, welcoming multilaterals and small medium enterprises. However, to fully take advantage of, and benefit from the Chinese market, speakers during the […]

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When Moabi Mogorosi was a child, a Peace Corp volunteer shot a random video of him and other people in his community. While on a short holiday back home in the United States, the Peace Corp edited the film, brought it back to Mogorosi’s village and screened it for Mogorosi and his community to watch. […]

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Using CSR to influence positive perceptions of the Chinese by South Africans: Hit or Miss By Sharon Tshipa The notion of migration is as old as time. Throughout history, and to date, human migration has been spurred by varied economic, political, social and environmental reasons. In the case of the Chinese people in South Africa, […]