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Tuesday January 30
Wednesday January 31
Mothei saga divides BNF?
Information reaching Mmegi indicates that in the emergency executive committee meeting, party president Otsweletse Moupo was the lonely voice that called for the suspension. The meeting was attended by four of the six executive committee members...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 January 2007
AS I SEE IT
Questions in the aftermath of the cabinet reshuffle are: Did the President pull the rug from under Khama's feet? Will the expanded cabinet deliver better and more efficient service? Should the President have been guided by "national" rather than...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 30 January 2007
BNF statement on Mothei's suspension
After the discussions, the President, bestowed on him by section 19 (3) of the party constitution, instructed as follows;1. That Comrades Leano Matseka, Malema Phaladi, Segakisa Phoi and Harry Mothei be charged with the following count;a) disobeying...
30 January 2007
New brooms in the Cabinet
We earnestly hope that this new Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture will prove a success, even if it is bound to cost the average Motswana taxpayer more of his hard-won Pula. Well, we must all make concessions for our young people and their...
30 January 2007
Expel Mothei
It is shocking for Mothei to connive with our political enemies only to coup his fellow comrade. Disappointingly, Ramaotwana's name was constantly agreed at the BNF councillors caucus as the suitable one for the position. So what Mothei and another...
30 January 2007
Chronicle of a death foretold
By going it alone BNF rejected the possible incarnation as the explicit partner of the BCP and any other opposition party. These results (mayoral and council chairmanship) come amid the much talked about party caucus meetings deciding on the...
30 January 2007
Will the real plaintiff please stand up?
In the last two weeks or so the same Ministry has been running press releases cum adverts on the local newspapers. They have a logo in there that goes 'thinking 2016'. I guess that is an attempt to align their objective with those of Vision 2016. The...
30 January 2007
Cartoon Strip-30-01-07
30 January 2007
Liquor Association to take govt to court
Speaking at a one-day consultative workshop for liquor traders, a Gaborone attorney Marvin Torto advised the members to wait for the law to be gazetted lest the government change tactic and deny that they will implement the regulations as they...
TUDUETSO SETSIBA
Staff Writer 30 January 2007
Sigwele advises young farmers
He also added that to administer these skills, the fund needs better people to train the farmers. "It is important that we guide the youth," said the agriculture expert. Sigwele also told the workshop that it is bad for young people to copy each...
STAFF WRITER 30 January 2007
African Copper does not require govt assistance - CEO
"In our case, the government elected to allow African Copper to develop the mine on a 100 percent basis. African Copper is fully financed to develop the mine as currently designed and does not require any government assistance," he said. Hamilton...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 30 January 2007
MP keen to help improve living standards
He told Mmegi in Bere at the weekend that improving food security particularly at the family level is among issues high on his agenda. He said this week he would be addressing a series of kgotla meetings to explain various development projects to...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Punah stages an unforgettable show at the Lizard Lounge
Puna Gabasiame is not your ordinary jazz artiste; she is the best female jazz artiste. Even those who are not hard-core jazz lovers have been lured to her music. If you choose to ignore her then you probably do not know how much you are missing. The...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Sister Bertinah controversy reaches Botswana
In Mahalapye, one group going by the name of Mogarimbe, featuring Jabu, claimed to be the original Sister Bertinah performers. Interestingly. Jabu's name appears frequently in the track. He happens to be the man behind most of all those vulgar lyrics...
30 January 2007
Promoters must protect musicians from adoring fans
For the backstage to be accessed as easily as that was testimony to the fact that the show 's organisers did not view security as seriously as they should have. It looked like the fans never had problems going back and forth between the hall and the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 30 January 2007
BACK STAGE
Lovers of the Artic Circle is Julio Medem's fourth film. His first Cows (1992) is a Basque film full of silence and communication by gestures and from the eyes. When showing it at the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Lapland he got the idea for Lovers....
SASA MAJUMA 30 January 2007
Santos taste victory against Gunners
Gunners were the first to open the scoring seven minutes into the second half through talented winger Ofentse "Schalkwyk" Mmipi. The youngster received a pass on the right, dribbled past a defender before putting the ball past an advancing Thabo...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Gaealafshwe crushes all opposition
Gaealafshwe finished a clear point ahead of Jona Chaka, Tebogo Pitlagano and Kenneth Boikhutswane in the seven-round tournament. Going into the last round, both Gaealafshwe and Pitlagano were joint-first with six points, while Chaka and Boikhutswane...
30 January 2007
Budding moto-cross star faces bleak future
His progression from a hot prospect in 2004 is being hampered by lack of finances that could see him compete against his peers in South Africa and Namibia. Although he has always beaten visiting Namibian and South African riders, Malebogo is yet to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Bright puts his money on Mamoja-diskie
Bright was last week one of the victims of the Mamoja-diskie's massacre as they hammered his side 5-1, a heavy defeat that resulted in the coach being dismissed. "They are the most physically fit side in the Premiership at the moment. They work...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Shashe old age pensioners complain
They charged that sometimes some of them return empty handed because of insufficient money dispensed to Shashe post office. The pensioners made the claim during the come together party they organized for themselves at the post...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Goods train crushes donkeys
Mphoeng said the train crushed a donkey cart, killing three donkeys on the spot while another one suffered serious injuries. He could not discuss what happened to the two passengers on the donkey cart, an old man and a child. At the time of...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Ghana chosen AU chair
"By consensus vote, President (John) Kufuor of Ghana has been elected to the presidency of the African Union," Konare said. Earlier, Konare was among the speakers who addressed the opening session of the eighth ordinary summit of the AU. Other...
30 January 2007
Sefhophe councillor dies in car accident
The District Traffic Officer, Superintendent Bonolo Ookame, confirmed the incident, saying the deceased was alone in the car and might have lost control and hit the tree beside the road. Botshabelo Police Officers who were on patrol in Sefhophe,...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 30 January 2007
Husband and wife sentenced for fraud
The two were charged with forgery and attempting to obtain money by false pretences.The facts of the case are that Vincent Mooketsi, who is the managing director, and his wife Doreen, a director of the same company, in October 2003 acted jointly and...
30 January 2007
First wife wins estate of late estranged husband
This ruling was made in a case in which Gasefele Tape had appealed against the decision of the High Court In its findings, the Court of Appeal ruled that Ratsie Tape and Kebihetswe Matoso were never legally divorced and their marriage was based on...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 January 2007
Bashir snub step in right direction
The Khartoum regime's excesses are well documented and it could have been a travesty of justice to reward it with the chairmanship of the African Union. Since its genocidal campaign, spearheaded by Arab militias of Janjaweed against the black...
EDITOR 30 January 2007
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