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Not over yet in Kweneng
"The main objective of the meeting is to announce that Bakwena Chieftainship is now returning to its rightful heirs being Kealeboga Sechele II," reads part of the press release. Moeng caused controversy in 2005 when he called a Kgotla meeting in the...
STAFF WRITERS 13 March 2007
Corruption out, warns Nganunu
Addressing magistrates at the Phakalane Resort recently, Nganunu cautioned that "If you, the judiciary, should deteriorate to that position, then we stand a great risk of being looked down upon and despised". The chief justice pointed out that the...
STRYKER MOTLALOSO
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
BFTU braces for 30th anniversary
Already, signs that the federation has started to shed its old skin has seen the mining workers' veteran, Tebogo Makhale acting as president in place of the erstwhile secretary general and incumbent leader, Dust Baipidi, of the Diamond Sorters Union....
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 13 March 2007
BPP denies BCP affiliation reports
Mmegi has learnt that in many ways, those who sponsored the move feel that the BCP and the BPP have a lot in common. But Balikani denied the existence of such an arrangement. "There is no such arrangement at all. What I can tell you is that we are...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
Molefhabangwe's goods to be auctioned
According to a Government Gazette notice of March 3, Deputy Sheriff Omphemetse Kaisara is scheduled to auction the goods at Broadhurst Police Station next week. The items include a white Mazda Drifter (Double cab), double base bed,...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
Children born with HIV survive into teens
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust set out to study the older children arriving at a clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, and have demonstrated that the numbers are significant. Half a million babies are estimated to have been infected with HIV at birth or...
13 March 2007
Mphathi's move welcomed by some Phikwe, BCL employees
The seemingly relieved BCL employees are on cloud nine about Mphathi's move. It was the talk of the town on Monday morning. For sometime now, the employees have felt that the General Manager was running the BCL mine as his personal fiefdom and always...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
Khupe-Mogwe scoops gender honours
Khupe-Mogwe received the top honours at a glittering event held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre on International Women's Day last week. Hosted by the University of Botswana (UB) under the coordination of the Gender Policy and...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
Minister emphasises private sector role in education
Speaking at the opening of the reception classroom at the Northside Primary School last week, Siele explained that the cost of education is increasing because of expansion of the system and the government needs help. He said that though the Revised...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 March 2007
Do soccer coaches deserve the boot?
This time around we want to talk about fair labour practices in sport in general and football in particular. The number of coaches sacked by football teams in the country is sickening, to say the least. Lobatse's glamour boys, the Gunners, parted...
EDITOR 13 March 2007
AS I SEE IT
Poor WAD delegation got it in the neck. "Councillors" did not spare them virulent verbal violence: "... Nowadays women want to initiate sex with man and that is wrong...it is the cause of prostitution;" killings are caused by attempts by women to be...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 13 March 2007
Your Excellency I beg to differ
1) With all due respect to our American friends and the US Ambassador, I am not sure that we as a nation need her to lecture us on gender issues. From what I can see, after 40 years of feminist/liberal "gender levelling" in America, Britain and...
13 March 2007
Survival International is a disgrace
Not long after the decision was taken by the High Court of Botswana, to allow the return of the Basarwa to the CKGR, the leader of the Basarwa, Roy Sesana, stated that he, and his people, did not care whether the Botswana Government was prepared to...
13 March 2007
BDC to empower Batswana
Officials say the envisaged plan, which will run from July 2007 to June 2011, will replace a previous one that ran from 2004 to 2007, much of whose objectives have been achieved.Briefing Members of Parliament last Thursday, BDC Managing Director...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 13 March 2007
Botswana leads Africa in gender equality
The survey findings, released on the eve of International Women's Day, showed that three quarters of Botswana companies have women in senior management positions, while just under a third of all senior management positions in the country were...
13 March 2007
Rollers' misery continues
Since the Coca-Cola saga in which they were booted out after refusing to replay their semi-final game against BDF XI, Rollers have never been consistent. Off the pitch, the Gaborone giants have been involved in a number of disputes with the Botswana...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Correspondent 13 March 2007
MedRescue deadlock
Fighters fielded veterans like former Zebras' men Masego Ntshingane, Barney Marman, Moses Moloi and Anthony Matengu. The Brazilians delighted spectators as they did their familiar Samba dance. Fighters held an upper hand for most part of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 March 2007
Who will win the BNSC/Barloworld awards?
Football's Israel Malepa, Etsogile Ngwako of boxing, and karate's Jonathan Phiri will contest the umpire of the year award. Malepa is ahead and looks set to win this one. The FIFA referee handled the CAF Confederations Cup match between Namibia's...
13 March 2007
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13 March 2007
Show business keeps Mr Tagg busy
In addition, Modubule runs his own recording company, Real Deal Records, in which he is in partnership with other young Batswana. Modubule says he is the one who discovered the likes of Kwaito sensation, Mapetla. His involvement in music goes way...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 March 2007
BACK STAGE
This is the second of four movies in the Russian Film Festival. House of Fools is an unusual film that explores the meaning of life in a variety of unique ways. "War and stupidity will feed the nation", but to a group of inmates in a lunatic asylum...
SASA MAJUMA 13 March 2007
Ntuane slams govt on Zim crisis
He said the Botswana government is failing to speak up against the ills of its Zimbabwean counterpart and must suffer the consequences. He quoted from the BBC website the latest reports on the arrest of the Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
Mine chiefs in 'sex-for-job' scandal
An official of Sladden International is also implicated in similar allegations. Both companies are sub-contracted by Messina Copper, a subsidiary of African Copper, to provide ancillary work at the Dukwi site. The issue is said to have angered the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Botswana looks for more friends
"My ministry is currently working hard to formalise relations with a number of countries in the Caribbean and Latin American regions and has already secured cabinet's approval in that regard," he said. Merafhe was presenting his ministry's P51.6...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
MPs fault govt on agriculture
He said when the agricultural sector collapses, people from the rural areas migrate to towns. The Gaborone West North and Leader of Official Opposition was speaking in Parliament on Monday during the debate on the budget allocation for the Ministry...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Magama angry at GCC over Old Naledi
"I have recently enquired about the progress and was told that the project is still in its early stages. At this point, we should be at the second phase where tenders for the reconstruction would have been out but the council is still trying to work...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
Ba Isago students complain about late allowances
"Now our parents have to cover our rent and toiletries and it is costly," lamented a student who preferred anonymity for fear of reprisals. The director of Student Placement and Welfare at the Ministry of Education, Bosele Radipotsane, said that he...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Belgians to install new sewerage system
The installation will be done at the Mambo water treatment works, some 10km from the city centre. The system, which is worth P125, 000 was donated by the city of Genk. According to a report from the Francistown City Council (FCC) about the...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Constable gets 10 yrs for armed robbery
The court heard that Jonas and a colleague, who was recently acquitted, in March 2005 robbed Security specialists of P479, 165. 30, being the property of Score Supermarket, at gunpoint along the Serule-Phikwe road. Constable Jonas was then based in...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
I will challenge Venson-Moitoi - Seretse
"Your sources got it wrong by suggesting that I may not be challenging the incumbent. The truth is that, I will be challenging her," declared Seretse yesterday. As the BDP goes into its primaries next year, Seretse, who is a BDP central committee...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
Wake up to Zim crisis
It was with a surprise and relief when the Zambian foreign minister (Mundia Sikatana) broke this heinous silence by at least admitting that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe. The regional leadership has for long hidden behind the veil of "quiet...
EDITOR 14 March 2007
Government must guard empowerment
The tabling of this motion by members of the ruling party signifies the deep-rooted anger and bitterness amongst many Batswana because of what some people have termed "taking over of our economy by foreigners". The motion requires government to...
14 March 2007
In support of military coup in Zimbabwe
The remaining 30 are appointed by the president, thus ZANU-PF goes into elections leading by 30 seats already, how can it lose? While a lot has been said about the political and economic problems in Zimbabwe, no one has come up with a solution aimed...
14 March 2007
BNF is dying
Frankly speaking, Moupo is not an inspiration and a spur for transforming the BNF from being a militant and cult movement of political lunatics embroiled in bitter tribal and ideological feuds, to being an opposition political organization and...
14 March 2007
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14 March 2007
SADC - wide search for alternative energy continues
It has been estimated that by this year's end, power shortages in the SADC region will become more pronounced, and that an investment of US $ 5.2 billion (about P32.7 billion) will be required to enhance electricity generation by 2011. This is the...
GIVEN CHIKEU
Correspondent 14 March 2007
AB's bland assurance of jobs
The negotiations were sanctioned late last year after the airline emerged as the preferred bidder over a few others, including a local company. According to a statement from the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA), SA...
STAFF WRITER 14 March 2007
Boffin on global markets visits her native Botswana
According to the bank, during her visit, Khan will give a review on global and pan-African economic developments and their implications for Botswana. Her wide audience will include corporate and retail customers of Standard Chartered Bank, as well as...
14 March 2007
Botswana's Molosi excels in US
Molosi has not disappeared. He is alive and well in Massachusetts in the United States of America where he is studying Theatre and Political Science. Molosi said that he is still very much in love with the country and its people and that he is...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Brincat's new look 'Sarafina' to debut
Brincat, head of Drama at Maru-a-Pula and the director of this year's Maitisong Festival, believes they are ready to shock or amaze people with this production. He has uniquely designed the play as the flagship production for this year's festival,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 March 2007
BACK STAGE
The great Russian writer, Anton Chekhov's (1860-1904) first play was Platonov (1881). Chekhov, who graduated from Moscow University in 1884, was a medical doctor. As a student he wrote plays and short stories to make a living. He had a unique insight...
SASA MAJUMA 14 March 2007
Musicians gather for Juba tribute
The musicians organised shows at the Lizard Lounge on Friday and Saturday dedicated to the Zimbabwean musician. Juba, who played with the local group, Abraxas, was also a renowned saxophonist. The likeable muso died last December. Some of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Tshosane keeps cool
The Matebele tactician told Mmegi Sport that their primary goal is to get maximum points though this is not going to be easy. Tshosane asserted that it was good to see his charges responding well to instructions throughout the GU game. "I...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 March 2007
BAA selects squad for world event
Meanwhile, Botswana athletes returned home empty-handed from Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday after they fared badly in their first competition of the year. The star-studded squad of 15 athletes failed to win any race or event in the Pretoria meet....
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 March 2007
BNSC chief doubts awards committee
At a press briefing this week, Kemoeng caused a surprise when he pointed out several weaknesses in the committees and then asserting that the awards for this year are the best ever as nominations came from all the 31 sports codes affiliated to the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 March 2007
Mabrano gives up on coach
He explained that the team would continue under the tutelage of assistant coach Rogers Raukebekwa and captain Robert Oagile. When Chimimba went on leave, reports emerged that he had been sacked but Stonebreakers issued a denial. Dubani said they had...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 March 2007
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