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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
Will the party continue?
After starting the season on a low note, GU seem to have found their footing and have recorded two consecutive wins against FC Satmos and TASC. In the two wins, they pumped six goals and conceded only two. This has seen GU supporters regaining...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 16 February 2007
Memories of Madonsela's manager
'Donzi' or 'Thutlhwa' (Giraffe) in English as Ngaka was affectionately called by Brown and team mates had unique scoring skills. Much younger team mates called him 'Abuti'. I recall the 1995 Coca-Cola Cup final with BDF XI when Donzi...
Dikgang Phillip Makgalemele 16 February 2007
Proposed F/town stadium eyes 2010 World Cup
The stadium would be located on the Francistown-Maun road opposite the airport. It would have a sitting capacity of about 27,000. Sedimo said the estimated the cost of constructing the facility to be P270 million. He explained that construction would...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 16 February 2007
AU puts Africa on road to 2010 World Cup
Launched to officially start the countdown to 2010 World Cup in South Africa and mark the 50th anniversary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the United Nations-supported event was witnessed by heads of state, including President Festus...
ALFRED MULENGA
Correspondent 16 February 2007
Squash league next month
"The main idea is to encourage business people to support one another through the sport," said Mpenya in an interview with Mmegi Sport yesterday. He pointed out that the event does not carry any prizes as the idea is to foster social interaction and...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 16 February 2007
FIRST CUT
Let me jog your mind a bit. Two seasons ago, a similar midseason camp in Brazil materialised. One then thought it was never going to be a regular occurrence. How wrong. We have had an exciting season. The fans have come back in large numbers...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 16 February 2007
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