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Companies to pay for their sloppy work

Mpho Mooka Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure Science and Technology (MIST), Dipogiso Mokotedi with his officials says they are working around the clock to eliminate all negative allegations associated within his ministry. Speaking during submissions at the Parliamentry Public Accounts Committee this week, Mokotedi says they have established different commissions to take care [...]

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Companies to pay for their sloppy work

Mpho Mooka Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure Science and Technology (MIST), Dipogiso Mokotedi with his officials says they are working around the clock to eliminate all negative allegations associated within his ministry. Speaking during submissions at the Parliamentry Public Accounts Committee this week, Mokotedi says they have established different commissions to take care [...]

All accountants to register with BICA

By Esther Amogelang Speaking at Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) corporate workshop on Monday at Gaborone International Convention Centre, Mr Duncan Majinda said his role as a CEO is to put in place strategies that will ensure that BICA becomes the qualification of choice in Botswana. Some of the goals the institution has put [...]

BHC endeavor into villages

By Esther Amogelang With its mandate to continuously house Batswana, Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) continues to spread their wings even into villages. Some of the newly built BHC products are in Lobatse, Jwaneng, Mahalapye, Serowe and Ghanzi. Boidus Focus has over the weekend toured with BHC as they introduced their houses for the first time [...]

Gaborone should be re-branded as a Diamond City

By Keeletsang Dipheko “Government needs to facilitate Gaborone to become a diamond City by formulating deliberate policies geared towards enabling the City to tap into, retain and sustain the whole value chain of the diamond industry,” said the President of Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM), Alex Monchusi. Speaking at the 32nd High [...]

Boidus Focus May Issue- Commercial Property Development in Botswana

In this Issue; we explore the Commercial Property Development Market in Botswana. We talk to industry market stake holders [Stock Fleet Bird Wood, Knight Frank and Apex Properties] Commercial Property Market Profiling Retail sector boom and market saturation Commercial property funding Future trends and investment opportunities in commercial property market Addendum-We also talk to Deputy [...]

Airport Junction complete

By Esther Amogelang The 460 million development Airport Junction Shopping Centre is opening its doors officialy to the public tomorrow. A 3600 meters square Airport Junction is a brand new up market shopping, dining and lifestyle destination, situated along the A1 Freeway leading towards the Eastern suburbs of Phakalane and the development is done by [...]

State of Our Cities Designers Forum

Botswana Craft, 24th April 2012 Hosted by Boidus Media BOIDUS FOCUS is running a feature on the ‘State of Our Cities’ for the June Edition and will hosting a ‘designer’s forum’ at the Botswana Craft on the 24th April 2012. The forum will be based on presentations from key persons who have some responsibility on [...]

Progress of Engineering Registration Board (ERB)

  By Esther Amogelang- Last week Engineers Registration Board (ERB) conducted a regional workshop to update stakeholders on progress being made towards the implementation of the Engineers Registration Act. The workshop which started at Majestic Hotel-Palapye, Francistown then Big Five Lodge aimed to bring and get views, ideas and opinions from all engineers in Botswana on [...]

Boidus Focus April Issue- Housing and Affordability in Botswana

In this issue of Boidus Focus, we brought together housing stakeholders from private sector, parastatals, academics and industry professionals around a table to discuss pertinent issues affecting housing in Botswana. The Key questions that we discussed on this roundtable discussion were based on the following broad themes: Why is Botswana failing to provide quality housing [...]

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• Over P88 mil spent on stadium projects overruns: ...The figures were revealed by the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology Honourable Johnny Swartz yesterday at the ongoing Parliament session while answering a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Shoshong Honourable Philip Makgalemele. A sum of P33, 901,481.28 was paid for the design and consultancy supervision stages while P54, 420, 104.52 was paid as cost overrun for construction...read full story here #
• Turnstar eyes P480m Tanzanian property: ....The deal will make Turnstar the first company to acquire a property of such value outside Botswana. Motlhabane indicated that once completed the deal would enable them to reach P1 billion market capitalisation at BSE. Currently the company has a market capitalisation of P574 million....via Botswana Guardian #
• Industrial Court building shows signs of structural defects: The Industrial Court building, barely one and a half years old, has structural defects which may render it inhabitable. When the Sunday Standard visited the building, it found that the twin pillars at the entrance to the court had developed gaping cracks at their bases and discovered that someone has been trying to hide what was probably taken for hairline cracks with paint but the cracks are widening. In what may be a costly sub-standard construction work of a building, which cost the government P54 million, employees at the court say the roofing of the building leaks. read full story here: #
• Gaborone – Growing from hard learned lessons: Locals like to think of Gaborone as a small town posing as a big city – Certainly, this metropolis is dwarfed in comparison to many other cities in the region, the likes of Pretoria and Johannesburg. However, it may come as a surprise to many of the residents that this seemingly undersized town has exceeded all initial expectations of its growth potential. In 1964, when the first development plan for the city was drafted, the assumption was that its population would never exceed 15, 000 people. Within six years, the population had mushroomed to 75, ooo and today, it stands at around 300, 000. This seems to be the source of many of Gaborone’s development problems – The city’s potential for growth was underestimated from the outset and subsequent development plans failed to readjust this point of view. Kibo Ngowi #
• The city: Gaborone * Alexander McCall Smith doffs his hat to a 'profoundly comfortable' place. ...The city is a new one. While many southern African cities have a good 100 years under their belt, Gaborone, as a city, really only dates back to the mid-60s. Prior to independence, the country was administered as a protectorate, initially from Mafeking (now Mafikeng), which lies over the border in South Africa. In Botswana itself, there were in those days only a handful of towns, and Gaborone was very tiny... read full essay here   #
• Corruption mars BDC multi-million pula project. An independent audit into the operations of a glass manufacturing plant by Botswana Development Corporation in Palapye has unearthed systemic abuse of money by executives at the Government’s investment arm. read full essay. #
• Consultant, govt in messy tussle over National Stadium. The controversy-ridden refurbishment of the National Stadium has hit a new low after a major disagreement between the government and lead consultant, Tectura International. read full essay here #
• P65m defective structure to be occupied by Govt Depts: Government is counting its losses after it paid over P65 million for a Kgale Mews office block later discovered to have serious structural defects that the developer refused to attend to. full story  here #
• BTV complex defects threaten structure: Only 10 years since the Mass Media Complex that houses Btv, RB1, RB2, Daily News and Kutlwano offices was built, the mass media complex is showing serious signs of structural defects and poor workmanship, amid fears of a possible collapse of the whole structure. full story here. #