Botswana's diamond industry touched another milestone as SA’s two largest diamond manufacturers presented a unique theme-park plan for the country’s diamond industry.

The president of the United Kingdom based Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Steven Williams visited the country on Monday on a fact-finding mission.

Domestic cement producers have benefited handsomely from the strong rise

BHP Billiton set to take the gloves off in defence of its home turf

Cement sales in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) increased 5.7 percent last month as economic growth spurred demand from the construction industry.

The North West Government has approved the expansion of the Nelson Mandela Drive to Ramatlabama border gate, the main road that links Botswana and Mafikeng in the province.

Property services company Broll Property Group announced yesterday that it had been awarded a contract to introduce a facilities and property management solution to up to 594 fuel stations across Nigeria.

Investec Asset Management Namibia has announced its merger with Fedsure Asset Management Namibia (Pty) Ltd (FedNam), in a transaction involving one of Namibia's leading black economic empowerment companies, Pamue Investments Corporation (Pty) Ltd.

Outlook for 2004

Stanbic Bank Botswana Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Standard Bank Group (SBK), has acquired Investec's (INP) private banking operation in Botswana for about 92 million Pula (about 137 million rand).