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BAM Re-opens Talks
BAM hopes to broaden the scope of the talks by drafting in civil society organisations such as NGOs, pressure groups and worker's unions as permanent observers. But when contacted Setshwaelo said very little has happened so far because it has taken a...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Heroic Send-Off For Koma
Koma's cousin Maipelo Senai narrated how she grew up with him. She said he was a humorous person with no hatred from his early days up to the time he went to school and came back to join politics. "If we are to talk about my cousin, we will spend the...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Debswana Set To Axe 100 Workers?
Although the diamonds company's spokesperson Jacob Sesinyi would not disclose the exact number, Monitor has learnt that company intends to prune a third of its workforce or 100 employees at the headquarters as part of its restructuring programme....
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Parley Passes Empowerment Motion
The debate on the motion was on its fourth week and a majority of MPs supported it saying that the economy of Botswana is in the hands of foreigners. Only MP for Letlhakeng East Gordon Mokgwathi was skeptical saying that such motions have...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Succession Disputes Have Always Dogged Bakwena
Presently, there are two factions - one belonging to incumbent Kgosi Kgari Sechele III - and the other one led by Ngwanaamotho Kgosientsho Masilo and George Moeng. The claimants charge that Kgari is a 'careless regent' who should make way for the...
By Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Lay-Off, Nkate Warns Teachers
"I do not see it as any of their business in criticising policies like privatisation. Even though they have unionised, they are still public servants and are guided by statutes and regulations that they have to comply with," Nkate said. He...
By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Climate Change Affects Botswana
Selebi-Phikwe Mayor Benjamin Bagayi said this during the World Meteorology Day commemoration last Friday. He said that Botswana suffered prolonged droughts during the 1960s and 1980s, which were worsened by the El Nino in 1982/3. He said these...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
UB Students Launch Newspaper
We've worked as a very dedicated team to do everything from writing stories to advertising to layout, and it's been a lot of work. Our advertising team had only two weeks to find advertisements," she said. The paper addresses a wide range of...
By Gordon Kembley
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Mayor Billy Hails Belgian Links
Seven delegates from the Belgian city were in Francistown last week and installed new telemetry system at the Mambo pump station. The Belgians also donated an unspecified amount to Phatlogo Primary School and Heaven of Hope in Francistown...
By Kopano Olesitse
Correspondent 26 March 2007
BDP Triumphs In Sefophe
Thatayaone Segona of the ruling party survived his Botswana Congress Party (BCP) opponent Mokwaledi Bagwasi in a tensely contested seat with a margin of 17 votes, only three votes difference from the 2004 general elections. Of the 1042 votes that...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Institute Cracks Down On Bogus Estate Agents
He said the police are cooperating with them to curb the illegal practice of fly-by-night estate agents. He added that unlike in the past, the police are now treating swindles by estate agents seriously. He said an estate agent has to be registered...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Baka-Nswazwi Home And Dry
This exercise earned the two countries showers of praise and accolades from the international community. For the concerned individuals this was merely an emotionally-charging operation that they viewed as a mere "return to their ancestral land'....
By Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Well Done Barloworld
Barloworld has been a loyal servant of sports in Botswana having associated with the BNSC eight years ago. The sponsorship rose from a meagre P30,000 to a staggering P250, 000 this year. This is a commendable effort by Barloworld and this should act...
EDITOR 26 March 2007
The Winners Code
The world order and its systems are all products of ideas. Even democracy is an idea from ancient Greek philosophy. Allow me to digress and state that, perhaps it is an indictment on the state of thinking in the world that many centuries after the...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 26 March 2007
Issues In Education
It is argued that for teachers to upgrade themselves, to not be stuck in a rut, but to master new approaches that help learners to learn, they should constantly engage in a process of re-education by assuming the role of a learner. This helps the...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 26 March 2007
Etcetera II
The origin of these differences and some understanding about them must be found not least in the differing responses to the last election in Zimbabwe when the SADC Ministers team adjudged the election to have been generally free and fair whilst the...
SANDY GRANT 26 March 2007
Monday Meeting
The key to the liberation of Afrika and its people from the yoke of the White enslavers and oppressors lies in freeing the Afrikan mind from colonial mental slavery. Only when we start to believe in ourselves; see our oppressors for what they really...
BUGALO A. CHILUME 26 March 2007
The Tragedy In Zimbabwe Is Not For Sale
Thus, I was totally flabbergasted to read, in the Mmegi / Monitor (March 12, 2007), two facile and painfully simplistic, not to mention insulting, interpretations of the tragedy in Zimbabwe. Making it worse is the fact that these two obnoxious...
26 March 2007
Cartoon Strip-26-03-07
26 March 2007
New Station To Hit The Airwaves As Others Expand Coverage
If the three bidders, Yarona FM, Gabz FM and new entity Duma FM agree to undisclosed conditions of the offers, they could be licensed by next month. NBB Chairman Dr Masego Mpotokwane confirmed that the board had given draft licence conditions to the...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Aussie Partners To Boost BR Recovery
The ailing operator has enlisted the Rail Projects Group (RPG) and Ansaldo Union Switch and Signals of Australia and InfraDev Botswana to advance the strategy adopted by BR last year. Under an eight-year contract with Ansaldo, the Aussie entity will...
26 March 2007
SADC Readies For Economic Integration
With the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area set for launch in 2008, the SADC Council of Ministers was meeting in Maseru, Lesotho to assess progress on the region's economic integration agenda. The ministers were also...
26 March 2007
Out To Lunch
What is the ideal? As a realist, my opinion is that as a subordinate, you would do well to identify what type of leader you have, and consciously choose to deliberately support him, warts and all, as long as you work in that team. A natural...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 26 March 2007
New Look Sarafina Showing At Maitisong
Brincat, who hails from Durban, happens to be the director of the new look play as well as the director of this year's Maitisong festival. What is eye catching about this political play is the way the director has fashioned out some of the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 26 March 2007
Talking Musika
One would think that in the first stages of the contest it would be advantageous to take as many as possible into the second round as possible rather to eliminate the greater number. That way you allow the contestants to 'warm up' into the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 26 March 2007
Food For The Soul
Tofu, what is it anyway? Well it's not quite a village on the coast of Mozambique. Have you heard of Soya beans? Then you might have an idea of what this strange sounding thing is. Needless to say, tofu is tops when it comes to energy-revving foods,...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 26 March 2007
Zebras In Dull Win
At the time of going to press, the victory against Burundi had taken the Zebras to second place as the game in the group between Egypt and Mauritania had not kicked off. The Zebras have themselves to blame for not beating Burundi with a convincing...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Maposa Out For Six Weeks
The goalkeeper has been a pillar of strength for the Dream Team and when he left the pitch, he received a standing ovation. He was replaced by Itumeleng Selapa from Palaye FC. Due to the injury, Maposa will miss both legs against South Africa in the...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 26 March 2007
Why Police XI Went On A Slump
The diminutive play-maker said that his team struggled in the first round because of complacency and overconfidence. He revealed that after winning the title, the players started to believe that they were unbeatable. "It just went to our heads. We...
26 March 2007
Two Enter Fray For BSA Top Post
He added that he has learnt much under the leadership of current president Marumo Morule, who is not seeking re-election. He said he has learnt much about what he calls 'softball politics' and he is now better positioned to address BSA's problems. He...
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 26 March 2007
House adopts Intelligence Bill
MP for Gaborone North, Keletso Rakhudu, tabled a motion without notice that the Bill should be committed to a special parliamentary select committee to incorporate the concerns MPs had raised. However, his idea was defeated when 25 MPs, most of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 March 2007
Time to arrest escalating violent crime
Femicides or 'passion killings' became somehow fashionable in the past few years but after a slump in recent times due to harsh criticism by society, it appears the vice is now boldly on the come back trail. For instance, in this issue, we carry a...
EDITOR 27 March 2007
AS I SEE IT
The whips give two different grounds for failure of quorums. One is that MPs waste time in the pub; the other is that cabinet ministers choose to perform their office chores while Parliament is on. The solution to these two problems is simple: close...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 27 March 2007
Is history as a discipline dying a natural death?
The state in which the subject finds itself in is not helped by, the fact that history is not a core. It is an option and its continued existence in the school curriculum depends on 'market forces'. The future of the subject lies in the ability of...
27 March 2007
Getting to 'yes' with Iran
Yet the six governments seem determined to continue with what has been their strategy so far. Their condition for negotiating with Iran is a prior halt of its nuclear enrichment activities. Only in exchange for Iran's permanent renunciation of...
*Christoph Bertram 27 March 2007
Cartoon Strip-27-03-07
27 March 2007
Xstrata agrees to buy LionOre
Xstrata, based in Zug, Switzerland, will pay C$18.50 a share for LionOre, it said yesterday in a statement, 5.8 percent more than the company's closing share price in Toronto on March 23. LionOre's stock rose 6.1 percent to 802.5 pence, or C$18.27,...
27 March 2007
BSE makes the top 10 markets' list
The recent edition of The Motley Fool quoting reputable Birinyi Associates, a US money management and research firm, puts Botswana at position seven in the top 10 performers in 2006. However, Tim Hanson, writing for the publication, revealed that it...
27 March 2007
Mosu sole winner of mines' first awards
Mosu, a mining engineer specialising in drilling and blasting, won the Diamond Award and the Centaurus Award in recognition of his innovative pipes used to protect the mine wall during blasting. Mosu's creation eliminates the need for a second...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 27 March 2007
SA airports get money for 2010 facelift
Addressing the annual conference of the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa in Hermanus last Friday, Radebe said Acsa expected to handle 31-million passengers at its nine airports by 2010 when SA hosts the Soccer World Cup. Acsa's...
27 March 2007
Hollywood movie to be shot in Botswana
An elated director of Camelthorn film production company, Enrst Engels, says the good news is that the multi-million Pula movie will be shot in Botswana in May. It will be the first time ever that a Hollywood movie would have been shot in the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Radibe gets top BFTU post
Radibe polled 100 votes while Tlhagale got 97.President of the Botswana Secondary Teachers' Union (BOSETU), Eric Ditau, is the new BFTU vice president. It was a good outing for teachers' unions which participated in a BFTU national congress for...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 March 2007
BACK STAGE
This outstanding Russian film won a Grand Prize at Cannes and an Oscar in 1995 for "Best Foreign-Language Film". Burnt by the Sun is set in 1936. It is the time of Stalin's heightened paranoia and the purges of those he fears might turn against him....
SASA MAJUMA 27 March 2007
Poor sound system spoils pop idols' show
By that time both the audience and the singers' patience had worn out. Even when the show eventually kicked off poor sound from the microphone could still be heard, in forcing the cameramen to stop the recording while the embarrassment was being...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Bright might leave Dream Team
He would have left the Under-23 side sometimes back to join Township Rollers but they failed to agree on terms with the Premiership giants. "Some Township Rollers' officials did approach me recently. That is not a secret. But we could not reach an...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Rowe gets his own medicine?
But when a repentant Rowe approached the player to come back to the Zebras' fold, he was snubbed. News from the Zebras' camp say Rowe had a change of mind after watching Moatlhaping score in the Olympic qualifier against Tunisia on Thursday. He named...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Chess tournament ends in stalemate
However, Notha was crowned champion when tie-break was employed to unlock the deadlock. The tournament was initially billed to be a rapid chess event with each player given 25 minutes. But this was changed to a blitz event with each player getting 15...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Naughty Boys outwit Tlokweng United
Tlokweng United players were still celebrating Sholo Moilwa's goal when Male surprised everybody by awarding a goal-kick. This caused an uproar from players and supporters who felt the referee should have stood by his ground as he was close to the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 27 March 2007
Woman makes grisly find
Detective Superintendent Mosalagae Moseki said the wife found the body sprawled on the corridor of the house. The deceased was a cobbler and worked from his house, a stone's throw from the tuckshop. "We suspect foul play in the septuagenarian's...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 27 March 2007
Passion-killing survivor sends SOS
Passion-killing survivor Resemelwang Johane, 22, of Botshabelo ward and her 18-year-old son have been left destitute after all their belongings were burnt to ashes. "This skirt and top I'm wearing and what my son is wearing is all we have....
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 27 March 2007
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