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Botswana non-committal on US-Africa Command
Merafhe explained that it is too early to consider the idea given that the US only made the announcement recently and that Botswana may not even be among the countries whose cooperation the US would need to realize the project. The US-Africa Command...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
AIDS fight can stimulate economic growth
That path can lead not only to a much healthier nation, but also to a more prosperous and modern one. The potential for such positive spin-offs was one conclusion from an 8-day visit to your beautiful country. I came to visit my daughter Allison, a...
George Arwady* 27 February 2007
A good turn around at Botswana Police
I was really impressed by the recent development in Francistown , where members of Botswana Police Service arrested Zimbabwean nationals who are the main Suspects in a murder of an innocent woman on Orapa-Francistown road. It did not take days for...
27 February 2007
Cartoon Strip-27-02-07
27 February 2007
Business confidence in Botswana economy grows
Although below the global average of +45 percent, the business community has turned around and is more positive in their outlook on Botswana's economy. Jay Ramesh, Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Botswana credits this to the government's...
27 February 2007
BOBS urged to venture countrywide
"Expand beyond the two major cities because consumers are also found in other areas," she said at a recent stakeholders' breakfast meeting in Francistown. She encouraged BOBS to take its monitoring of the standards of goods manufactured to the rural...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Electrocuted Victim Seeks Compensation
Gobopaone Nkopane was 22 in 1992 when the freak accident that nearly took his life occurred in his home village of Moshupa. He was taking a walk when he realised that the family goats had been electrocuted by a Botswana Power Corporation (BPC)...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 27 February 2007
MPs Display Ignorance On Current Affairs
But to buttress her case on Friday, Tshireletso said that it is unconstitutional to deny the officers their right to maternity leave and it is discrimination against women. But this is not all. Without blinking, she moved that those who impregnate...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Debswana Unaware Of Changes At Orphanage
Debswana donated the facility to the 1999 Miss Universe, Mpule Kwelagobe, when she said she intended to build an orphanage for abused children. Debswana spokesman, Jacob Sesinyi, had to double-check the facts as he said he could not believe such a...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Alliances Shift In Bakwena Chieftainship Dispute
In the ever-amazing fights in the Bakwena royal family, Kgari has found himself pitted against a group that includes his mother. The paramount chief wants one of his uncles and former opponent, Keineetse Sebele to be his deputy but his mother and...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Media should assist in marketing Botswana
Dewah told attendants at the beginning of a two-day business journalist's workshop in Gaborone, that the media should assist in making the country competitively positioned as an investment destination. "BDC is a partner in the promotion of Botswana...
27 February 2007
Lesotho Polls Free And Fair
Balopi, who is also the chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, described the elections as peaceful. He said 23 of the SADC PF monitors were among the observers who had joined forces with other United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), and...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Current BOTEC Management Is Ok - Molefhabangwe
But BOTEC acting managing director Nick Ndaba and the director of technology development Tebalebo Baletlwa have found backing from an unlikely source - Robert Molefhabangwe - the Member of Parliament (MP) who tabled the motion that led to the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Prisoner Withdraws Appeal With 80 Days To Freedom
The judge thanked the convict but added that he was going to dismiss the appeal. Kolaatamo appealed saying the trial magistrate erred by accepting the testimony of the prosecution witnesses, which was hearsay. He said the investigating officer...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 27 February 2007
There Is A Zim On My Stoep
I had for sometime suspected that some people were illegally occupying my house at night and I have lost count of the number of times I had been to the Gaborone West Police to report the matter. Every time I was courteously treated by the officers...
By Gordon Kembley
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Penetrating The Man's World
As they appear in their different company regalia, with serious faces that indeed show that they are hard at work, they make a statement. As they go through their paces in the morning and the evening drill amongst their male counterparts, they...
By Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 27 February 2007
The Toilet Cash Collector
Some bother to greet her, while others choose to just throw their coins in and go into the toilet. She reacts by nodding her head coupled with a low toned whistle that shows appreciation. This is Taswika Ben of Maitengwe village, the 'revenue...
By Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Cartoon Strip-26-02-07
27 February 2007
Well Done Young Zebras
The win against the Angolans comes in the wake of another celebrated draw against fancied Tunisia in the Beijing Olympic qualifiers. A most important fact of the draw was that it was an away game in North Africa where many countries have been...
EDITOR 27 February 2007
The Winners Code
Having a product may qualify you to call on a customer but will not necessarily win you the order. Such is the nature of life. There are factors that will take you as far as the door step, and then there are other factors that will unlock the...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 27 February 2007
Issues In Education
In 2000, heads of state, ministers of education and non-governmental organisations with the support of international and multinational agencies and development banks, met in Dakar, Senegal in the Millennium Development Goal Summit. The world...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 27 February 2007
Culture Spears steal yet another show
Clad in the Mascom colours of gold and red, Culture Spears set the stage on fire and had those in attendance on their toes. Even the few Americans who attended the show wasted no time in joining the locals on the dance floor. The traditional group...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Etcetera II
From France there has come cul de sac, in lieu of, and bureau de change all of which seem here to stay. But of especial interest are those imported words and expressions which have become embedded in the country's formal language. Both the courts and...
SANDY GRANT 27 February 2007
Monday Meeting
In Botswana, however, on the whole the ruling party has shown commendable restraint, which has contributed to the prevailing political and economic stability in the country. Nevertheless, the political system in use has been a stumbling block towards...
BUGALO A. CHILUME 27 February 2007
Adopt The Same Criterion With Computer Awareness
Computer awareness in our schools is relatively a newly introduced course. It came as a recommendation of the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE). When it was pioneered in our schools not a lot of teachers had undergone direct training to the...
27 February 2007
Rural Areas To Benefit From Young Farmers Fund
Speaking at the launch of the CEDA Young Farmers Fund last Thursday, President Mogae said that the money should facilitate the creation of employment through development of sustainable agricultural activities by the youth, not their parents nor...
By Martin Nyirenda
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Out To Lunch
There are problems in every employment situation: structural problems, procedural problems and relationship problems. Stating the obvious is not necessarily going to ease the tension you may be feeling with relation to your work experience, I am just...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 27 February 2007
Career
And unlike football, people watch free of charge, hence there are very few ways of raising funds. This can mean only one thing that those who are tasked with the responsibility of uplifting and propelling it to greater heights find themselves with a...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Gaborone Gets A New Night Club In Tlokweng
The club, known as The Club Ozone and which opened to the public over the weekend, was launched in style on Wednesday. It appeared that everyone who attended the launch had a ball. Besides the music, guests were treated to finger-licking...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Promoters Vs Artistes: - Who Cheats Who?
But one local promoter, Super Letshabo, has a different story to tell. He says that some local artistes often cheat both promoters and fans with their late appearance at shows and half-hearted performance. "There are some local artistes who make...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Talking Musika
Some have approached these issues from the vantage of formal religion and the Christian scripture, many of them coming out of a church background. Others, like myself, are more intellectually persuaded by the atheistic angle on moral...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 27 February 2007
Food For The Soul
Studies have shown that oats are good for us overall as they contain soluble fibre which works to lower cholesterol and it has a low Glycemic Index (GI) which means it provides the body with a much slower, constant and sustained energy release....
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 27 February 2007
BACK STAGE
A film that is nearly all mood, captured by extraordinary cinematography. The compositions, in battered and crumbling buildings, along isolated roads, with mountain backdrops. The lack of what at first seems a coherent narrative is offset by the...
SASA MAJUMA 27 February 2007
Dream Team Thrash Angolans
After a not-so-impressive display in the opening half, the Young Zebras came back from the break with barrels blazing and forced the visitors on the back pedal. The introduction of Phenyo Mongala and Jackie Mothatego for the ineffective Kaone Molefe...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Club Cleans Vulgar School Toilets
Club chairman, Oarabile Nkwe said the initiative is part of a mini-project to renew their commitment to society and cultivate the spirit of high-level responsibility to the students. He said they have grown from a Sunday soccer team to a social club...
By Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Inaugural Zone VI Softball Tourney Postponed
"The BSA's view is that the first Zone VI Club Championships must be a success, thus postponing them will give Botswana as the host to ensure that there is quality representation at the games and expectations are that member countries will continue...
27 February 2007
Comets Will Survive The Chop - Stereo
Speaking to Monitor Sport, Balogi who works at the South East District Council in Ramotswa said that Comets needed to remain united in their quest to retain their premiership status. "The team is full of youngsters who I believe are eager to impress...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Robbery With Violence At Regional Boxing Event
But the impact of the punishment he suffered from Thamahane on Thursday were still evident the following day as he failed to show up in the ring for his semi-final bout with Simanga Shiba from Swaziland. The Swazi boxer was given a walkover to the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Whither African Opposition?
The BNF is after all the leading opposition organisation in the country. Its failure to translate its political goodwill into a change of government is in itself enough cause for discomfort. In fact that failure may very well be responsible for...
By Rampholo Molefhe
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Rollers-Notwane match fail to thrill
After an embarrassing 4-2 defeat to Notwane in the first round, Mapalastina seemed to be charged up for the Sunday match. Straight from kick off, Rollers' forward Edwin Kamwimba had his shot blocked by an alert Notwane goalkeeper, Kagiso Tshelametse....
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Zebras off to Belgium
Speaking during a press briefing at Lekidi Centre before departure, Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Phillip Makgalemele said after the coach and the technical team made it clear that they wanted more time with the players, the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Minister misled House?
The managing director of CHESSNUT (Pty) Limited Sandrah Mokgadi Jorgensen said they submitted a technical proposal and a complete manual on how the project could be implemented in cooperation with various specialists and experts from Britain and...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Bolelang's brace saves ECCO
The goals, which were scored within five minutes, came as a relief for the Francistown side after being condemned for losing stamina in the race for the Premier League title following two consecutive losses. Now 'Mamoja-diskie' have 41 points, four...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Top guns dominate schools chess championship
The Maun-based Mabetu has been showing steady improvement over the last couple of months. He missed playing his first Africa Junior Championships (AJC) last year after getting a baptism of fire in the playoffs, scoring just one and a half points. He...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 27 February 2007
BAM requests Moupo to pay up
The money was channelled through Moupo's troubled law firm to be shared equally between BAM, BNF and Botswana Peoples' Party (BPP) at the rate of P50,000 each. It became evident last year - two years after the general election - that Moupo had never...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 February 2007
Parties intensify campaigns in Sefhophe
If the weekend attendance is anything to go by, then the BDP stands a better chance of winning as their rally attracted a massive turnout followed by the BCP and BNF. The BCP team included party leaders like Gilson Saleshando, Taolo Lucas,...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 27 February 2007
Dept of Mines reveals dangers posed by old mines
The report detailed that lack of records and plans of previous operations made planning for rehabilitation of the old mines workings difficult because in any affected area, like Francistown, the department did not know where the shafts are located...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 February 2007
FCC seeks global ties to ensure growth
Billy said it was for this reason that Francistown City Council (FCC) was working flat out to benchmark councils in countries like China, Belgium and Namibia through twinning. "I must indicate that as an effort to strengthen these...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 February 2007
New ARVs strategy shortens queues
Then about 19 percent of the country's 1.7 million people were infected with HIV and many would surely die unless they received treatment. A visit to the Infectious Disease Care Clinic (IDCCs) was a heart-rending experience: emaciated bodies lying...
GORDON KEMBLEY
Correspondent 27 February 2007
It's humane to be magnanimous
In keeping with the spirit of botho this is what the Botswana government has done in the wake of the floods that have wreaked havoc upon our brothers and sisters in Mozambique. Everyday newspapers, radio and television stations show the...
EDITOR 27 February 2007
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