Francistown youth dismiss politicians
FRANCISTOWN: The youth here have expressed disappointment at the empty promises made by politicians when speaking to Mmegi yesterday. They asserted that politics is not an option as a career because politicians are sweet talkers who never do what they say.

Fun prevails over sorrow at ARV clinic
THE scenes at the Princess Marina Infectious Disease Care Clinic (IDCC) can be daunting especially for the sick. Long queues, ailing patients lifted or supported by nurses and relatives and bureaucratic delays are the order of the day.

Confession to wife was Clinton’s worst day in office
BILL Clinton’s worst day in office came when he admitted to his wife the affair with a White House intern that would threaten his marriage and his presidency, the former president said in a television interview promoting his memoirs on Sunday.

Ntuane supports state funding of parties
FRANCISTOWN: The Executive Secretary of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Botsalo Ntuane, has joined cabinet minister Margaret Nasha in supporting the funding of political parties, contrary to the position of the BDP.

Botswana’s own speedster
BOTSWANA’S first competitor in the Toyota 1 000km Desert Race did not start driving by “stealing” his parents’ car as many young people do.

Persuasion used as strategy for immunisation
THE strategy for the second round of the polio immunisation was persuasion.

BCP man demands suspension of ministers
LOBATSE: The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) parliamentary candidate for Moshupa, Benny Stegling, has said that the law in Botswana is applied selectively.