Activist calls for joint effort in AIDS combat
THE executive director of the Coping Centre for People Living with HIV/AIDS (COCEPWA) has appealed to members of the public and organisations to set aside their differences and join hands in the fight against HIV/AIDS and the subsequent effects such as stigma and discrimination.

Church members continue to boycott Kgosiemang’s services
Members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Mochudi who were against the ordainment of Revered Mmoni Kgosiemang, continue to boycott her services. Kgosiemang, who became the first woman priest for the Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana when she was ordained earlier this year, confirmed that church members who were against her ordainment, have not been attending her services.

Defining stigma
FRANCISTOWN: The definition of stigma and what constitutes the phenomenon has emerged as an issue of contention within the Christian fraternity against what is accepted by political authority as the true working definition.

The mine boy
IN his maiden interview as the first citizen general manager of the BCL Mine in February 2003, Montwedi Mphathi was quizzed on the locals’ expectations now that one of their own had risen to the most important job in Selebi-Phikwe.

Near pandemonium at Khama rally
There was near pandemonium in Ledumang, Gaborone North, when a crowd of people jostled to shake hands or touch Vice President Ian Khama after a political rally over the weekend.

Nigerian troops leave for Darfur
ABUJA - Nigerian troops left for Sudan’s Darfur province yesterday as part of an African Union force mandated for the conflict-torn region, military officials said.

Somalia edges towards democracy
Somalia has moved closer to establishing its first central government in more than 15 years. The first step in the process, creating a parliament, came nearer to completion when 64 members were sworn in on Sunday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.