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Opposition to revive talks
But he did not rule out the possibility that they might fail again. "We have learnt a lot through our past experience in our negotiations. We are hopeful to bring at least all the parties on board," he said at the discussion whose theme was:...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
Drivers robbed at fake roadblock
Station Commander, Stephen Kebaitse, confirmed that they had arrested the two men. He, however, was quick to point out that the two men were not in police uniforms as rumoured."They were just wearing overalls," said Kebaitse who said that the two are...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
Botswana produces 12 doctors
The dozen doctors, who were members of the first cohort of 29 pre-medical students who "transferred from UB to South African medical schools in January 2002", are already doing their one-year internship at the Princess Marina and Nyangabgwe referral...
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
Four die as two buses collide
He said that eight injured passengers were admitted to Mahalapye Primary Hospital while one was transferred to Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital in Francistown. Police investigations into what caused the accident are continuing. The...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
MoH to ensure access to safe drugs-Tlou
Presenting her ministry's budget in Parliment, Tlou stated that the (Ministry of Health) is in the process of strengthening its drug regulation and quality assurance systems to ensure drugs on the local market are safe, effective and of...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
MPs call for durable roads
MP for Kgatleng West Rakwadi Modipane said that last year's heavy rains exposed the state of roads in the country. "Those rains washed away the roads, leaving many potholes in almost all the roads. It just went to show how poor our roads are,"...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
Banned spices off, on shelves again
In fact, supermarkets such as Shoprite / Checkers, Pick & Pay, Score, Spar and Trade Centre Metsef confirmed to Mmegi yesterday that they had removed the species by Saturday before the publication of the Times article. The test commissioned by...
STAFF WRITER 08 March 2007
Moupo in Maun for tribal 'cleansing'
And believe it or not, the cultural cleansing rites seem to have worked, as the sky suddenly turned cloudy and the soft breeze cooled the hot weather. Flanked by BNF youth leader Nelson Ramaotwana, Gaborone South Member of Parliament (MP) Akanyang...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 08 March 2007
Opposition: will they or wont they?
But on Tuesday night, the four presidents of the opposition parties found themselves seated around the same table again. The event was a panel discussion organised by the Editor's Forum to do a post-mortem on the collapse of opposition cooperation...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 08 March 2007
Poetress to entertain poetry lovers in Gaborone
Over the last couple of years, she has been frequenting Gaborone at the invitation of poetry sessions' coordinators. Her melodious poetry performances have always left her audience begging for more. With a Sotho chorus here, and punching English...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 08 March 2007
Ezra wins top African film prize
Ezra, the story of a child soldier in the decade-long Sierra Leone civil war, was a popular winner at a lively closing ceremony. The film, directed by Newton Aduaka, was awarded the top prize, known as the Yennenga Stallion. The importance of the...
08 March 2007
Lennon documentary blocked by Ono
But Ono said she had a copyright interest in the film and any screening would breach copyright. The school said it still hoped to host the film. The footage was shot by Ono's former husband Tony Cox and was sold in 2000 for $1m (more than P6 m) to...
08 March 2007
Cash back for Itekanele members
Legae Investors will then invest the capital on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) and other investment portfolios.According to Itekanele, non-defaulting members can claim this after twenty-four months with interest, and members who do not fall sick...
STAFF WRITER 08 March 2007
African banks face challenges on competition
Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers in fifty-two African banks were surveyed, including South Africa's five largest banks, mass-market lender African Bank Investments Limited and foreign banks Citibank and Commerzbank. Other common themes...
08 March 2007
SA mining policies still discouraging investment - study
The South African government's mining policies and legislative environment have recently been criticised for the slowdown in mining industry's investment, with a R10-billion-a-year figure doing the rounds.Chamber of Mines chief economist Roger...
08 March 2007
Mogae should take charge of the assets bill
After the parliamentary motion was adopted, appropriate draft legislation was presented to the National Assembly with a view to putting the proposal into effect. However, it immediately became clear that the idea of a declaration of assets was not as...
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
DAN MOABI 08 March 2007
Condolences TAFIC
It is a pity that TAFIC have lost their beloved sons who were committed to the cause of the team. Their death comes only a few weeks after another football son, Shono 'Madonsela' Ngaka died after a long illness. It is disturbing that football...
Editor 08 March 2007
How MELS lost Hatsalatladi
Even the BNF could not muster this strength, the BDP continuously provided food to the residents and this made it extremely difficult for most of their old members to receive new political education from MELS which has deliberately targeted the BDP...
08 March 2007
Fed-up with councillors' infighting
The constituents per given area should be afforded the democratic right to choose from among the representatives they voted into the council the candidates they see as fit to lead the pack. The system in place does not add any value to our politics...
08 March 2007
Please contain crime
Some irresponsible people abuse school girls. They use them 'sexually', which is dangerous because they (abusers) may be spreading HIV. These adults some of them are fathers. They bring them cellphones and lunch packs. I want to advise the students...
08 March 2007
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08 March 2007
EIA delays F/town stadium
Stakeholders in the proposed 27,000-seater facility and local councillors attended the meeting meant to solicit ideas and concerns about the project. EHES representative, Tshoganetso Tiroyamodimo said after they finish their assessment, they would...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 08 March 2007
Councillors want explanation on stadium
This is because residents of Kanye and surrounding villages are concerned that the authorities keep shifting goalposts in their explanations why the project has been delayed. "First we were told that there was no land for the project. Later we were...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 March 2007
BSA postpones AGM
The meeting will now be held on April 14. BSA spokesperson Tshekiso Mokgatle said there was confusion after changes were made to the association's constitution. These affected the period required to give notice before the AGM. Mokgatle said the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 March 2007
Water restrictions coming?
Unless itrains, there are fears that water evaporation might eventually lead to water restrictions that were imposed at the height ofthe 2004-2005 drought. The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) says that with Botswana being a hot and dry country,...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Kanjabanga wants outside judge to hear case
In a letter to the High Court registrar, Godfrey Nthomiwa, attorney Shame Taimu has indicated that for justice to be seen to be done, he wanted another judge to be appointed to deal with the case, including the on-going preliminary application stages...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Molefhabangwe describes Tlou as incompetent
"You are failing in your ministry, and are very difficult to deal with," Molefhabangwe told Tlou when debating a budget request for the Ministry of Health. He said that drugs are kept for too long a time at the Central Medical Stores (CMS) and...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Split emerges in Moupo camp
In both lists, Moupo is the undisputed presidential candidate and the major difference is over the position of vice president currently held by Dr Kathleen Letshabo. While one group in the Moupo camp prefers South East North MP, Olebile Gaborone, the...
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
DCEC stalls on P80m probe?
Mid-last year, the DCEC confirmed to Mmegi that they were in the preliminary stages of the probe. However, sources fear that the momentum in the case has been lost. The graft-busting organ has been investigating principal water engineer, Ephraim...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Good news: HIV/AIDS infection rate drops
"The highest reduction is amongst the youth," she said adding, "the difficulty in behaviour change is augmented by the fact that quite a considerable number of Batswana still do not know their HIV status," she said. The Health Minister explained to...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Men have power over HIV spread
"I am very disappointed that we gather every time to discuss these issues but men still continue to be involved in passion killings, alcohol abuse and HIV/AIDS numbers continue to increase. We still have the power to curb all these problems...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 09 March 2007
Botswana to establish air-cargo hub
The Pandamatenga project will mainly comprise perishables that will require managed cool-chain handling to international standards. "This presents a distinct opportunity for becoming a specialised 'perishables hub' for the region by creating...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Dagga trafficker convicted
A bag containing about 140 small bags of marijuana and reportedly weighing 716 grams in total was exhibited in court. Passing sentence, Magistrate Thato Mujaji said that Zindoga, at 23, was a youthful offender who had pleaded guilty to the charge....
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Women, girls trafficking a concern for SADC
This year's theme "Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women" highlights the critical need to create a social and legal environment that does not tolerate violence against women and girls. While most societies publicly condemn violence against...
09 March 2007
Tibone won't hang up political boots yet
Sources in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and his home village of Zwenshambe claimed the area MP was 'tired' of the flak that he continues to get from some colleagues within the party. They claim that he now wants to quit to concentrate...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
'Looking at Africa' exhibition opens
The Botswanacraft is beaming with art works that are guaranteed to interest art lovers, especially the paintings, drawings, prints, and collages by Petra Rohr-Rouendaal, which somehow give a true depiction and reflection of African culture, not...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
BACK STAGE
When is magic an illusion and when is what is behind the artifice something unfathomable? The art of legerdemain or prestidigitation is ancient and all consuming. It is based on a sleight of hand that captures the audiences' imagination, and thrills...
SASA MAJUMA 09 March 2007
Report stalls Phikwe's development - mayor
"Anything that we would attempt to do without the report will be a duplication of efforts because it covers all areas that would catapult the town to greater heights. Its implementation will definitely give us a way forward." She revealed that...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
Drought-resistant cassava could give CEDA farmers good start
With the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) rolling out its Youth Farmers Fund, young Batswana wishing to take up commercial farming in the country would do well to consider cassava production as a viable alternative. When he addressed...
HUMPHREY NKONE
Correspondent 09 March 2007
STAYING AHEAD
The Earth would become too cold for us to inhabit. Years later, they were plunging the world into another panic mode by pointing out to a hole in the ozone layer. Throwing us into a sense of collective guilt is the stock-in-trade of this crowd....
DICHABA MOLOBE 09 March 2007
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
FNB staged a major launch of a new service that they had developed for a particular market. Yes, we hear these things all the time, but this one was slightly different. It was focussed on one particular group: Muslims. As you may be...
09 March 2007
Barclays takes the Aids battle to Palapye
The statement explains that employees of the bank in the Serowe-Palapye region contributed their time and raised funds to put up the structure. Minister of Health, Professor Sheila Tlou, will be the guest speaker at the ceremony. Among dignitaries...
09 March 2007
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09 March 2007
QUESTION TIME
In the run-up to Independence, which he notes in his Chapter 7, Creating a Nation, the role and authority of Chiefs, through whom the British had "indirectly" governed, were to be eroded by legislation setting up a range of popularly elected local...
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 09 March 2007
Are SADC govt's responding to the needs of their women citizens?
There have been several notable achievements during the last two years in the gender struggle. These include:l The SADC Heads of States (HOS) committing to a 50/50 representation of women at all levels of decision making by 2020 during the HOS...
09 March 2007
Intensify gender sensitisation - SADC
SADC has established appropriate structures, policies, and laws to prevent and eradicate Violence Against Women and Girls. SADC Heads of State and Government signed the SADC Declaration on Gender and Development in 1997 and it's Addendum on the...
09 March 2007
NITTY GRITTY
He makes me lie all the timeAbout pastures greenWhen in fact no rain has been seenFor very many weeks. He teaches me to turn the other cheekWhen he lashes me two on the buttocks.He lies on the mattress with auntyWhile I lie on the floor at nightAnd...
BAROLONG SEBONI 09 March 2007
I'll help you, Gaborone Central MP assures BABPS
The legislator gave the assurance after participating in a charity walk from Ben Thema Primary School near the Main Mall to the Gaborone Sun Hotel on March 3. Saleshando was accompanied by members of the association, students from Mochudi's...
09 March 2007
We cannot die in the silence of their noise
Many of us might not have written such letters but we are in complete agreement that this type of public nuisance has reached intolerable levels. It all starts with the incessant honking of a combi communicating with anything that walks along the...
EDITOR 09 March 2007
The unknown side of Bernard Balikani
A majority of those who attended the event at the Mass Media Complex Auditorium hailed the northern-based politician as the most candid and honest in his presentation. "The opposition is becoming more opposed to each other than the BDP. It is...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 March 2007
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