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Botswana: Tati Land Board Negotiates With Farm Owners

[Botswana Daily News] Masunga -- Tati Land board is negotiating with farm owners with a view to buying land for onward allocation to people on the waiting list.
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Namibia: Sampofu Wants Plans for One-Stop Border Post Fast-Tracked

[Namibian] Zambezi regional governor Lawrence Sampofu has called for the fast-tracking of plans to turn the Katima Mulilo border post into a one-stop border post (OSBP), as well as for it to start operating on a 24-hour basis.
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South Africa: Methane Gas Identified as Cause of Joburg CBD Explosion

[SAnews.gov.za] An investigation has found that methane gas was the cause of the deadly Lillian Ngoyi Street (formerly known as Bree Street) explosion that rocked the Johannesburg city centre last month.
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Rwanda: Why New U.S.$100 Million Cement Plant is Set to Impact Rwandan Market

[New Times] Rwanda is now home to a $100 million new cement manufacturing plant, thanks to a joint venture with West China Cement subsidiary, Anjia Cement.
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Malawi: Govt Warns Against Overcharging on Cement Prices

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Competition and Fair Trading Commission, have warned traders against taking advantage of the scarcity of cement to overcharge the product.
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Rwanda: Ten Hectares of Land Allocated for Construction of Muhanga Stadium

[New Times] The government has completed expropriation of families on a 10-hectare piece of land in Muhanga District to pave way for the construction of a stadium.
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Ghana: Government to Constructs 8,000 Affordable Housing Units At Pokuase

[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched the National Affordable Housing Program, and broke ground for work to begin on some 8,000 affordable housing units at Pokuase, a suburb of Aacra in the Greater Accra region.
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Kenya: Kuria Confident About 47 County Industrial Parks in a Year

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has exuded confidence that all the country's 47 counties will have industrial parks by August 2024.
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Liberia: Govt, Development Partners Break Grounds to Construct Fisheries Science Facilities

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The government of Liberia, in partnership with the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), the University of Liberia, and development partners, held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 28, 2023, for the construction of two separate facilities at the T.J R. Faulkner College of Science, Technology, Environment, and Climate Change at the University of Liberia.
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Liberia: Liberia’s Traffic Deaths Among the Highest in the World, So Why Did the Government Halt a U.S.$50 MillionFacility Meant to Make Roads Safer?

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- It's a tragedy that has touched almost every Liberian family. With one of the highest death rates from traffic accidents in the world, most Liberians feel a sense of fear when they enter a vehicle. That tragedy arrived for Erica T. Smart in March when her junior brother Lucky was riding from school on a tricycle when he was run over by a defective truck on the Monrovia-Robertsfield highway.
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