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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
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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
High credit rating a result of govt policies - PHK
Speaking at a project finance seminar in Gaborone on Tuesday, Kedikilwe said Botswana's credit rating and factors such as transparency in how business is done in the country should make conducting business in Botswana more attractive. He said that...
STAFF WRITER 15 February 2007
BDP accused of luring members with CEDA loans
Some residents of the village claim that the BDP activists have told them that they could get their applications for the fund approved if they joined the party. One of the youths, Bonno Lekgoanyane said the BDP activists approached her at home and...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Commission recommends BOTEC merger
It said that BOTEC board of directors, managing director and some of the senior members of the management team should be replaced. The commission that probed BOTEC said the mandate of the new institution should be sharpened to focus on national goals...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Govt made a mistake on Brigades - Magama
Magama said that instead Government should have assisted the Brigades in improving their management capacity. He said that project implementation can only be addressed through transformation of the civil service and that there is need for a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
Modubule kicked out of Parliament
The Deputy Speaker Gladys Kokorwe ordered the MP to withdraw his comments three times, to which he replied; "honourable speaker, with due respect I am unable to comply with your instruction". Kokorwe then ordered him out of the House until the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
Batswana getting poorer - Modubule
Debating the budget in Parliament this week, Lobatse MP, Nehemiah Modubule, said when delivering the 2005 budget, the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe, indicated that government had come to a point of employing a poverty...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
BDP lures Ntuane to Gaborone
However, Raletobana refuted reports linking him with the "expedition" to coax Ntuane into standing for elections in Gaborone after the specially elected MP expressed interest in the Nata-Gweta seat held by Assistant Minister Olifant Mfa. Raletobana...
STRYKER MOTLALOSO
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
Industrial Court is crippled
Confirming this in Gaborone yesterday, Deputy Industrial Court Registrar Kwena Rammekwa said: "We have a serious backlog, which is a direct result of the amendment of the Trade and Dispute Act of 2004." The Act stipulates that if a case cannot...
GORDON KEMBLEY
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Three in court for stealing a Mercedes Benz
The accused persons Joseph Nkaelang, 56, Sefitlholo Kgosiemang, 48, both of Botswana and South African Jeremiah Moreki were found in possession of a stolen Mercedes Benz near Nata. According to the charge sheet, the stolen vehicle is worth more...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Judge dismisses reduction in sentence appeal
Innocent Mazunga had filed an appeal challenging his eight-year sentence, saying that he did not understand how he was sentenced to five years in jail for stock theft in 1997, but when he committed the same offence in 2002 he was sentenced to 8...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Kgosi fights for the welfare of headmen
He said that the work of Dikgosi greatly depends on the input from the headmen as they are the link between the people and the traditional leadership. The motion will highlight the need to provide the right tools for headmen to carry out their...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Of election campaigns, voter apathy and disillusionment
He slowly taps his boot, or where the big toes would roughly be, under the thick front tip of the boot, with his walking stick. The group of old men smile. Behind them a greasy borehole engine hums. Cattle moo. Some water trickles into the long...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
Trans-Kalahari project to boost ICT infrastructure
Marking the ground-breaking launch of the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC's) Trans-Kalahari and SDH project this week in Ghanzi, Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, said that when completed, the...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 16 February 2007
BHC investment in Palapye tops P50 million
Speaking in an interview this week, Seisa said the property-developing corporation with the motto: "Accommodating your future" is committed to housing the nation. BHC's presence was first felt in the fast urbanising Palapye in the early 1980s when...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
EIA waiver could create corruption
This emerged on Wednesday at a panel discussion on the 2007/2008-budget proposal, organised by the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO).One of the panellists, Managing Director of Foliant, Thatayaone Mphatane, said if the EIA...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Analysts upbeat about MPB's pan African expansion
The pan African expansion, which has been approved by the board, will see MPB operating businesses like Letshego in Tanzania, Swaziland, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. Already Swaziland, Tanzania and Malawi are operational, while Zambia will begin...
STAFF WRITER 16 February 2007
CONSUMER WATCH DOG
Unfortunately there was not much we could do directly. We spoke to BHC who had evicted her but they were also in a difficult situation. She had run up enormous arrears and there was simply no way she would ever be able to repay them. But then along...
16 February 2007
STAYING AHEAD
Two, no one, including governments, has the right to take away anyone's life. Let's return to one briefly, where apparently, capital punishment does not deter crime. Well, apart from suicide bombers, I am not aware of people who kill others when they...
DICHABA MOLOBE 16 February 2007
Ticket to Paris for the lucky girl
When they finally leave, the talk will surely be more about the lucky female dancer who won herself a professional dance contract with Montrouge company, for such an opportunity has never come the way of a Motswana performer before. The dancers,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Seboni's love songs.... Part 2 (continued from last week)
While it caters for such occasions, one needs to approach the collection with an open mind so as to learn and be nourished by the poetry. What is love and what is to love?These are philosophical questions that, somewhere in the anthology,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 16 February 2007
BACK STAGE
The first was "Stuart Little", (1945), the adventures of a boy five centimeters tall who resembled a mouse; then came "Charlotte's Web", (1952) and "Trumpet of the Swan", (1970). They were characterized by a wry humour and the gentle exploration of...
SASA MAJUMA 16 February 2007
BOOK REVIEW
Orhan Pamuk has recently received the Nobel Prize for literature for "My Name is Red" and his other great books. His writing is most relevant to our present time and yet timeless. His most recent book is "Istanbul: Memories and the City" (2006). It...
Reviewed by Sheridan Griswold 16 February 2007
Govt should be wary of loan conditions
Without doubt local companies have gained a lot of experience over the years, but for such massive projects, they might need to be complemented by experienced international companies. This is not the only aspect of foreign resources that we would...
EDITOR 16 February 2007
QUESTION TIME
We had set up the Swaneng Consumers' Cooperative store in central Serowe with smaller branches elsewhere, and with some of the profits we built the Tshwaragano Hotel and a butchery. The Coop store handled savings for members, as well. Swaneng Hill...
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 16 February 2007
Increased productivity vis--vis project implementation
PPADB is said to have come up with standardised bidding packages for services and supplies which hopefully will improve the completion of projects. An outlay of P39m has been set aside for Local Government Technical services to improve project...
16 February 2007
Government minister
If the minister did indeed talk of disrespect, that was preposterous. Being respectful of our President does not mean supporting everything he or his government does. However, if the minister talked only of showing lack of trust, that was a valid...
16 February 2007
NITTY GRITTY
"It's the rat races, that's why marriages don't last anymore. Every rat wants to be married because every other rat is in the race. So you get all these rats running in one direction and nobody knows, least of all themselves, where they are going and...
BAROLONG SEBONI 16 February 2007
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16 February 2007
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