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14 more days in jail for Modise
Principal prosecution counsel, Priscilla Israel, said that so far they had recovered close to P2 million from the accused and that police had more information that could lead to the recovery of even more money. Part of the money was recovered...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
Police officer claims his life is in danger
The accused, Molokolodi Mokolokoto, 38, allegedly took leave but did not report for work for 42 days after his leave had ended. He was later arrested and charged. But Mokolokoto argues that there is proof that a sergeant at work had been threatening...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Poor need help, not rhetoric - Nasha
Debating the 2007/08 Budget in Parliament yesterday, she said that even the Bible states that the needy will always be there but what is important is what the society is doing to assist them to get out of abject poverty. Nasha said MPs from...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
Moupo calls emergency meeting
"I can't go beyond confirming the emergency central committee meeting. By the way, we are talking about an internal process which remains an internal matter," he stressed. Mmegi is reliably informed that Moupo is likely to use his executive powers to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
Lekaukau to coordinate BEAC implementation
A statement from the Office of the President says further details on the matter will follow later. Lekaukau is the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA).
14 February 2007
New policy may lead to job losses
Its endorsement would also dwarf the trust's development plans, which include poverty alleviation programmes for Sankuyo village. Environment, Wildlife and Tourism minister Kitso Mokaila is expected to table the draft policy during the current...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Teachers accuse deputy headmaster of bullying
The five-page petition says the acting deputy headmaster is running the school through intimidation and the headmaster is powerless to do anything. The spokesperson of the teachers told Mmegi that they decided to write a petition after the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 14 February 2007
University students' case against MoE postponed
In their certificate of urgency, the applicants, Mpho Rakodu and Kamogelo Serome, are requesting the High Court to issue an order to the Director of the Department of Student Placement and Welfare (DSPW) to return them back to school as soon as...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Police arrest cattle theft suspects
In another matter, a local police inspector and constable have been charged with registering 15 cattle without a permit. The case is currently being investigated by Takatokwane central police station. A local police inspector has been charged with a...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
Five die in road crashes
A total of 48 people have perished in road accidents since the beginning of the year, 11 more than the number recorded during the same period last year. In other traffic offences, police charged 804 motorists for speeding out of 2,295 cases of...
14 February 2007
Dead woman's kin bay for alleged killer's blood
The alleged killer, Bubu Sebolao, a teacher from Sebaku ward in Kanye, appeared for the first time in connection with the death of his 20-year-old girlfriend and mother of one Tuduetso Molonda of Thitoyamokodi ward, Maun, last week. The 29-year-old...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Cartoon Strip-14-02-07
14 February 2007
You articles contained inaccurate information
The unattributed article states that PEPFAR has been reluctant to allocate monies towards producing generic HIV drugs, partly because only antiretroviral (ARM) drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the U.S. Department of...
14 February 2007
The changing face of France in Africa
In the post-Cold War era, "multilateralism" has become the latest political buzzword. Moreover, mistakes in Africa during the 1990's, particularly in Rwanda, together with corruption scandals, have put pressure on French leaders to bring dramatic...
14 February 2007
Naughty boys executive fail to account!
It is the latter that has provoked me to share with other stakeholders what is prevalent at Naughty Boys today. Our team worked tirelessly through the years after a long period without appearing in the highest league, only to get there eventually in...
14 February 2007
An accidental cure for Iraq
One key factor is that, for the first time since the United States and Britain invaded Iraq, Arab Sunni leaders are backing a US military plan for that country. These Sunni leaders live in abject fear of the geopolitical earthquake that any...
Mai Yamani* 14 February 2007
Food crisis in schools can be avoided
It is not the first time that we have heard of such reports. It seems to be the trend that at the beginning of the year, schools generally receive their food rations very late or suppliers for one reason or another are unable to deliver on time. In...
EDITOR 14 February 2007
Mmamabula, Morupule agendas clarified
Kaluzi said yesterday that the two have agendas that are 'totally different'. He stated that the Mmamabula agenda would strictly be to export power, although BPC would get 25 percent export power share from the largest power project in SADC. "The...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
Street vendors dismiss budget
The vendors, who are based behind Galo Shopping mall, said the civil service six percent salary increase would not bring any profit to them because most of their customers are low-income earners. They also blamed high fuel prices and cross...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Locally manufactured chocolate proves popular
Their chocolate manufacturing shop, which is known as Huguenot, is located at Molapo Crossing mall. It has been in existence since November last year, even though Nxumalo said she conceived the idea more than 10 years ago, but could not raise the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 February 2007
DJ Fresh sues Sunday World
The full story, which was written by one Ngwako Malatji, appeared on page two of the same paper. It accused DJ Fresh of stealing a song, Kom Kyk, from a group called Thabz Le Madonga. DJ Fresh did not take kindly to this story and got his lawyers to...
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Black History month film festival launched
The celebrations, which started off as Black History Week, founded by an American historian Carter G. Woodson, first occurred on February 12 1926. For many years, the celebrations occurred during the second week of February, coinciding with the...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
'Franco' enters the hospitality industry
Speaking at the official opening of the lodge, the acting president of the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU), Bafana Pheto, urged musicians to invest the profits realised from record sales wisely. Lesokwane invested by going into the hospitality...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Mascom bash leaves out music giants
With the exception of Culture Spears and Mapetla, the line up for the Mascom bash also includes the not-so-famous Gaborone rappers, Scar and Stagga, and pop group Shalawa. Mascom Public relations manager, Odirile Motlhale, referred all questions...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 February 2007
'Madonsela' is no more
In the mid-1990s, he formed a deadly combination with Thazo Tiwayi and was part of the Notwane side, which made history by putting an impressive display in the then CAF Cup Winners' Cup in 1998. Notwane became the first Botswana side to reach the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 February 2007
BTTA tightens up financial management measures
Maifala said this has made life tough for BTTA, as they had to be strict with expenses. He asked their affiliates to pardon the association if it does not communicate with them on a regular basis. "We do not have money and please bear with us if we...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 February 2007
BAA selects regional cross country squad
Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) technical officer Bobby Gaseitsiwe, however, said they could not select the runner because he is due to participate in the Standard Chartered Bank's Greatest Race on Earth which coincides with the regional...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 February 2007
Golf finalise team for Zone VI event
He finished second in round one with 77 behind Diane Lucas, but grabbed the last two rounds (71, 78) opening a gap of 14 points between him and Lucas. Mpho Kelosiwang finished third (233), Marcas Smith was fourth (236), while Mpho...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 February 2007
A-Cap Resources releases positive drill results
Brokers says the results demonstrate the potential of the tenement to host significant uranium discoveries. The grades are by far the highest encountered during drilling. The Board of A-Cap Resources has confirmed its intention to fast track...
15 February 2007
Lizard Lounge hosts Jackson
Jackson counts, among others, Soccer Moruakgomo, Lekofi Sejeso, Malombo Mmereki, Tsilo Baitsile, Rampholo Molefe, Makhwenkwe Mengwe, Angus McNeille and Lister Boleseng as some of the artists he has performed with prior to the Kgwanyape era. It was...
15 February 2007
Cisco-B releases third album
Cisco-B released his second album, titled Manyanytha, in 2005, and has a trend in acknowledging his church (the Zion Christian Church-ZCC) in his albums. While his albums are not particularly gospel, his two latest album titles can be associated with...
15 February 2007
Maposa to join Pirates?
The custodian has been in a fine form for the Mochudi outfit and helped the national Under-23 side to secure an unexpected goalless draw against Tunisia away in the 2008 Olympic Games qualifier on February 7. Chiefs' chairman Ernest Molome...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Toronto applaud Ethiopians
Notwane returned home on Tuesday from Ethiopia after losing the decisive second leg 1-0. The two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Gaborone. Botswana clubs taking part in African competitions always have horrible stories to tell about...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 February 2007
Modubule causes havoc
He said instead of taking action, people implicated in corruption are promoted in government. He mentioned that some properties were acquired through some doubtful circumstances. He mentioned the Boswaeng Report saying that it was never...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Botswana's population to swell - Report
The report was prepared and submitted last October by the Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe) at the University of Cape Town to show the results of investigations into the possible impact of HIV/AIDS on Botswana's population over the coming...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Call for MPs to take ministers to task
He urged Parliament to look at decentralised control of the budget because it has been alluded that poor implementation has nothing to do with the Ministry of Finance Development and Planning. They only source funds and the deliverance of those...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
MP slams secrecy in military budget
"Why can't they have a clear breakdown of their expenditures so that we can know how they are using the money? They continue to be given a lot of money and we do not know whether we are preparing for a war that we do not know anything about,"...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
We still need special constables - Batshu
Commissioner of Police, Edwin Batshu, said in an interview yesterday that though the employment of special constables is supposed to be a temporary thing, their services will continue to be important in the Botswana Police service. He explained that...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
BAM denies it wants to join BNF?
"We need each other as the opposition parties and when the two parties return to the talks, it will make a bigger impact." He was insistent that they would not just fold their arms and conclude that they have failed in opposition negotiations for...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Candidates keep fingers crossed
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and MELS are all fielding candidates in the March 5 by-election. "I think this is our area. We won it in the last general election and I would like to...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Habitual burglar gets 18 months in jail
Magistrate Thato Mujaji of Francistown said that the second accused person, Fana Douglas, who had denied that he had previous convictions, delayed the sentencing. Before passing sentence, Mujaji said that she had considered the duo's ages. "They...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Correspondent 15 February 2007
Prisoner commits suicide in police cell
Tatitown police station commander Superintendent Seabe Maboka confirmed the incident but declined to give further details because investigations are still in progress. But a police source has said that the 40-year-old deceased hails from Mphani...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 February 2007
MoE to spend P1.2 million on PMS
Speaking at the orientation workshop held at the Oasis Motel in Tlokweng yesterday, performance improvement coordinator Champion Malongwa said catalyst training had to be done in US institutions. "It is not only about the presentations that will be...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Man jailed for murder
When passing judgement, Makhwade said murder is a serious offence but the sentence should show mercy because the accused was still a youth at the time of the crime. "Drinking and carrying of knives have become popular among our youth, therefore the...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 15 February 2007
Two Moshupa boys face rape charge
Sentsima told the court that he visited Matlhape on January 31, 2003 and in the evening they went to the shops where he met the complainant, proposed her and she agreed. He said that they returned to Moraka Bar later and later saw the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 February 2007
Cartoon Strip-15-02-07
15 February 2007
Our attitude is wrong
The Permanent Secretary to the President, Eric Molale, has appointed former Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) chairman Moses Lekaukau to be the head of the unit tasked with ensuring implementation of accepted recommendations of BEAC....
EDITOR 15 February 2007
WHITHER BOTSWANA
Readers will recall that Botswana Ash is situated in Assistant Minister Olifant Mfa's constituency. As the biggest employer in the constituency, the soda ash mine is a significant source of votes for the local MP. Mfa has, therefore, done his best...
DAN MOABI 15 February 2007
Are Batswana xenophobic?
A couple of weeks ago, I read an interesting letter in one of our local (The Gazette of the 17th -23rd January 2007) newspapers. The letter was addressing an increase in crime inBotswana, particularly committed by foreigners. To some, the letter may...
15 February 2007
Why are we dreaming for so long?
I think we are dreaming for far too long. Our leaders should take the vision to the people. Until the ideals of vision 2016 are taken to people and leaders accepting the diversity of their people as Batswana, the vision will remain a pie in the...
15 February 2007
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