Botswana in no hurry to start diamond auctions - PHK

Mmegi: While Botswana is not in a hurry to start her independent diamond auctions, she will hold an inaugural tender before the end of the year, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Ponatshego Kedikilwe has said.In an interview with BusinessWeek on the sidelines of a recent mining conference in Gaborone, Kedikilwe said, close to a year after the signing of the agreement, government has not taken up  her share of the Debswana run on mine production that is to be sold outside the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) framework.

BLLAHWU, Stanchart launch loan partnership

Mmegi:The president of the Botswana Land Boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) Goretetse Kekgonegile yesterday signed a contract with Standard Chartered Bank to officially launch a loan partnership between the union and the bank.