Republic of Botswana (27/4/09) TAUTONA TIMES no 12 of 2009, The Weekly Electronic Press Circular of the Office of the President "Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline

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Highly infectious swine influenza virus in Mexico and other countries.

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The Vice President at the Opening of the of the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) Ministerial follow-up meeting held in Gaborone.

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TAUTONA TIMES no 9 of 2009The Weekly Electronic Press Circular of the Office of the President"Democracy,Development, Dignity and Discipline.

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Tautona Times No. 10 of 2009 Republic of Botswana (8/4/09): TAUTONA TIMES no 10 of 2009 The Weekly Electronic Press Circular of the Office of the President "Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline".

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President Khama to Pay Official Visit to Singapore.

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Government to establish Coordinating Office to address all matters pertaining to people with disabilities.

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The newly released 2009 Global Peace Index (GPI) has ranked Botswana as one of the world's most peaceful countries, as well as the most peaceful country in Africa.

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The Minister for Defence, Justice and Security, Hon Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse, led the Botswana delegation to the meeting of African State Parties to the Rome Statute, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8-9 June 2009.

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H.E The President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama met today with Representative for the Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Mr. Xavier Solana and European Commission President Mr. Jose Manuel Barosso.

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As of April 24, 2009 WHO reported a flu like illness in Mexico which was
responsible for more than 882 cases and 62 deaths due to pneumonia,
following the surveillance that started on the 18th March, 2009. The virus
responsible for this infection was confirmed to be Swine Influenza type
A/H1N1.

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His Excellency the President, Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, recently met with a delegation of the Editors Forum, which included representatives from major domestic print and broadcast.

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The Minister for Defence, Justice and Security, the Hon. Dikgakgamatso Seretse, is in Geneva this week, where he will be heading Botswana's delegation at the United Nations organized "Durban Review Conference" ("Durban II").

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This week the Permanent Secretary to the President, Mr. Eric Molale, began a three week consultative tour of Districts across the country.

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On April 27, 2009, Botswana's President Ian Khama made positive comments on the traditional friendship with China during his meeting with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun.

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Former President Festus Mogae yesterday joined other former African leaders in signing a communiqué calling for land reform, at an event in Berlin marking 125 years since a meeting of Europe's colonial powers in the same city set off the 'scramble for Africa'.

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As a democracy we have heard the concerns of Batswana about the 40 points cut off mark. Government has decided to drop the cut off point mark from 40 to 36. As a result 8885 BGCSE students who attained 36 points or better will be sponsored for tertiary education.

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The SADC Ministers responsible for Health note the recent reports of Swine Flu (H1N1) outbreaks in Mexico, United States of America and Canada among others. 

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating the global response to human cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic.

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In our effort to expand our base in agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture will launch a weekly Youth focused Agricultural Radio Program called "The Bread Basket" on RB2 between 2100 – 2130 hours every Tuesday.  This is a live program where young people will give us feedback on how we can improve our service to them in the Agricultural Sector.

We believe that young people are a great potential in increasing Agricultural production.

We therefore invite you to give the program an audience.  The first broadcast will be on Tuesday 5 May, 2009.