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Friday, 22 February 2013  |  Issue: Vol.30 No.28

Report on dubious land allocations 'disappears'


A savingram from the former Director of Land Board Services, G. Lekula, dated June 6, 2007, Ref: LBS 6/2/34 in possession of this publication shows that a task force was appointed in 2007 to investiga... Read more

Landboard members always had divergent views

 

Greed and money colonise Kgalagadi

Minutes of a December 2003 meeting of Kgalagadi Landboard under Item KGLB/206/03 show that members always had divergent views during their deliberatio... Land is scarce out there in Kgalagadi where small farmers find themselves eternal losers in a time and place where money buys everything and anyone, w...

Galane Gold to go underground

 

Botswana, SA seal coal rail deal

MATSILOJE: The country's sole gold miner, Galane Gold, plans to move away from open cast to underground mining in the near future.  State railway companies in South Africa and Botswana have sealed an agreement that will establish a trade corridor for the export of coal from the Cen...

Btv snubs SuperSport sub-licence proposal

 

I've already made enemies - Raditladi

National broadcaster Botswana Television (Btv) has reportedly snubbed continental pay-per-view channel SuperSport's proposal to sub-licence them for l... Hardly five months into the hot seat, Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chief executive officer (CEO) Percy Raditladi confesses he has already r...

Nigeria to the rescue!

 

The Game of 'Glof'

A courtesy visit to sister publications Mmegi and The Monitor by the Nigerian High Commissioner to Botswana this week revealed that Botswana can sourc... The Gaborone Golf Club is under siege, from forces that want it redeveloped to something, and in this impassioned plea, JAN WAREUS makes a case for th...

Implications of the Brussels diamond heist to Botswana

 
After the biggest diamond heist in the history of mankind took place in Belgium this week, it is healthy to worry that similarly daring criminals migh... 

Digging tswana roots

 

Oscar Pistorius and the media

A new history exposed  South Africa's particular brand of white masculinity depends on guns, perpetuating the fear of native threat, hunting (even if only for display), and ...

Marikana weapons were for self-defence: miners

 
RUSTENBURG: Striking Marikana miners carried weapons for protection, after hearing that NUM members had killed two miners, the Farlam Commission of In... 

Soulman searching for music

 

Former police officer's historical journey

Tsilo Baitsile composed a song in the mid-1980s called I Will Keep Searching For Music when he was studying in the United States.  He looks like a man in his 50s but make no mistake Joseph Segokgo is much older. He recently turned 81 but looks healthier and stronger for a man of ...
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