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Mogae Slams MPs
"While MPs have the right to criticise and correct whatever may be going wrong in their view, they should not forget that they are part of a collective," he told a packed hall at Maharaj Restaurant in Gaborone. Mogae said that there is a disturbing...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Total Humiliation As BDP Sweeps SRC Posts
The victory coincided with a meeting of the BDP national council at the Maharaja Conference Centre in Gaborone. The new SRC committee was paraded at the council meeting by President Festus Mogae and BDP secretary general, Daniel Kwelagobe. The GS 26...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Pilots Warned Against 'Drunken- Flying'
He said that if soldiers engaged in drunken driving, they might as well engage in "drunken flying". Thokwane also had something to say on HIV/Aids: "As young officers, your contribution in fighting the HIV virus is very crucial. Botswana has...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Woman Jailed As Marathon Murder Case Ends
The High Court was so packed that tthe there was hardly any room for manoeuvre as everyone waited attentively for the judge to deliver the long-awaited verdict. People had to be asked to move to another courtroom in a bid to create enough...
By Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
AYA Programme Benefits Batswana Youth
Officially launched in 2000, the programme was targeted at young people between the ages of 10 to 24 years. Botswana's share was US $7.6 million. Deputy Programme Manager, Oguchi Daniels, said there have been positive changes in Botswana's laws and...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Gaborone School Hit By Girl Defilement
The parents got the shocking news last Wednesday when they got letters from the school asking them to an urgent meeting. On arrival, they were told that seven male pupils have been sexually abusing about 20 girls in their class. Most parents did not...
By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Every School's Worst Nightmare: Child Sexual Abuse
Two years ago, I was child protection consultant for the Federal Minister for Education's Safe School Framework. Meetings in Canberra involved representatives from all education sectors. Early childhood representatives confirmed what I already knew:...
By Freda Briggs 02 April 2007
A Woman In An Infernal Job
Kalabeng's company turns out fire marshals to be at the ready in the event of a fire in the workplace. Her first job was with a bank. She says companies that do not have people trained in fire-risk often get ripped off by unscrupulous companies in...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Newly -Born Dead In A Bookcase
The apparently traumatised children informed people in the neighbourhood of their school, who in turn alerted the police. Selebi-Phikwe Station Commander, Isaiah Makala, has confirmed the dreadful news.Preliminary examinations of the body indicate...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
TB Bigger Public Health Problem In Botswana
Speaking at a one-day seminar organised by BOTUSA and Botswana Media Women Association (BOMWA) in Gaborone recently, Oaitse Motsamai said from 1989, there was an annual increase of 10 to 15 percent. Motsamai said the TB notification rate increased...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Tswana Documentaries Frustrate Expatriate Audience
Except for one documentary on veteran politician Motsamai Mpho which had some English subtitles, other films on former President Sir Ketumile Masire and the former opposition Botswana National Front leader Dr Kenneth Koma were in vernacular...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Africa's Blight Is In The Environment
World Health Organisation country representative to Botswana, Dr Jean Kalilani, made these observations at a consultative meeting of Environmental Health Strategic Plan Stakeholders held at the University of Botswana recently. The...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Stray Jumbos Killed
Marotsi says years ago, the area where the three elephants' tracks were spotted last week used to be home to elephant populations that later spread to the Motloutse/Shashe area. However, the three elephants found different conditions in their...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Is There Life Out There?
DISTURBING because you may never get to know if, indeed, there is life beyond earth.Astronomers are generally agreed on the probability of life in outer space. Renowned astronomers such as Bill Cochran of the University of Texas in the United States...
By Gordon Kembley
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Empty BDC Factory Shells Worry Council
Addressing a press conference last week, Mayor Benjamin Bagayi said the council has asked BDC chiefs to come and address them on the issue. He noted that they have also urged BDC to consider subdividing the factory shells so small-scale business...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Come To Sebina For A Sip Of Morula Beer
In front of them are multi-coloured buckets and various containers - cups, dishes, and used mayonnaise bottles. From time to time, they lean over the buckets as if performing a ritual. Politics dominates their conversation. Well-dressed men alight...
By Dan Moselaphofu
Correspondent 02 April 2007
SADC Fails Zimbabweans
The summit has not done any good to the Zimbabweans. They still find themselves having to live with the monster. SADC has for a long time failed to take action on Mugabe. The silent diplomacy has drastically failed because Mugabe continues to do as...
02 April 2007
The Winners Code
How many people out there are clinging to and crying for relationships, and yet they fully know that those same relationships are dysfunctional and leading nowhere? How many companies, individuals and nations are tenaciously holding onto solutions...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 02 April 2007
Issues In Education
HIV and AIDS cause an eventual loss of educated and irreplaceable human resources. What societies will look like in the future when orphans predominate in adult age groups is not yet known. Contracting HIV and AIDS becomes a threat to the pupils'...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 02 April 2007
Etcetera II
Once started, such a process cannot easily be stopped so that tolerance of other peoples' views - a defining characteristic of any democracy - rapidly disappears. By chance, the announcement of the action taken against those 17 was made within a few...
SANDY GRANT 02 April 2007
Monday Meeting
Western powers and media associations are quick to protest over the suppression of press freedom in Afrikan countries not because they are interested in the rights of people in these countries to have unfettered access to information. Their concern...
BUGALO A. CHILUME 02 April 2007
A Case Of Mistaken Identity
Of late I have been inundated with calls from friends and relatives wanting to know if I am now a politician. When I said no, some of them said, "then you must be operating by remote control or else you are in the habit of denying the...
02 April 2007
Is Rowe Undermining Local Journalists?
I listened to him last recently on Radio Botswana's Legae la Metshameko displaying all the arrogance and disgust one can think of. He flatly refused to answer questions fielded by journalists, citing negative reporting. After every game, Rowe shuns...
02 April 2007
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02 April 2007
Botswana Dam Levels Continue To Decline
The statistics for March show that the most important dam in the country, the Gaborone dam that supplies the city and its environs is currently 56.2 percent full and could supply the city for the next 20 months without new flow. Bokaa Dam is 38.9...
The level of water in Botswana dams is continuing to decline as shown by statistics from Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) released last week. 02 April 2007
Botswana, De Beers Headed For New Fight
Sources familiar with the situation say De Beers' London-based Diamond Trading Company (DTC) has approached several diamond-cutting licence holders in Botswana to sign separate supply arrangements. This is contrary to the agreement that all such...
02 April 2007
Minister Annoys Moolman Employees
The employees say they are in the dark about the appointments because Moolman has no such programme in place and does not have even a single Motswana understudying the 25 expatriates in the company. They said the only available programme closer to...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 02 April 2007
A Blast Master
Two weeks ago, his brilliant innovation won him honours at the first ever awards at the Orapa and Letlhakane Mines. He won 'Out of the Box Diamond Award' and the overall Centurus Award for his creation of pipes that protects the mine walls from...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Out To Lunch
Other times, the outcome is devastating, especially when I get my fingers burnt and perhaps even lose everything I invested in that prospect. Anyhow, I hope the outcome of this piece will be positive, because it was written with a positive attitude....
SHAMEELA WINSTON 02 April 2007
Tshepo's Votes Irk Pop Idols Judges
The audience 's shock was clear as they could be heard complaining when Tshepo's name was announced alongside Selapiso Mosinyi and the two female singers Ester Mosika and Bame Kopong. Tshepo has been perhaps the most outstanding talent in...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Rapping The Street Anger
Tsotsi tlola re go tshwara ka dit%$ri, ka dikhiri o ka re tsa phiri, (thug retaliate and we hold you still, we are the big boys, like big hyenas) he says alongside the somewhat rough-edged but jewel of an instrumental. He expresses anger...
By Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff Writer 02 April 2007
Talking Musika
For lack of proper access to television and other pieces of the white man's technology I have not been able to keep accurate records of who the contestants in this earth-shaking debate are. Save that, two filmmakers in America have decided to make a...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 02 April 2007
Food For The Soul
I say visible because most of the victims of these conditions start to experience their 'diseases' after a rise in their weight. We can never hide those extra kilos, can we? The point is that obesity is one of the major, if not the root cause of...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 02 April 2007
Matebele Gun Down Santos
Their game with Santos stared in attacking mode but chances were few. Santos' goalkeeper, Thabo Ntsiapane made a good save from Nelson 'Viola' Gabolwelwe in the 16th minute but Mpho Mabogo failed to capitalise on the rebound. With BDF XI's...
By Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Correspondent 02 April 2007
BNSC Boss Warns Netball Officials
She lamented that netball is dying a slow death and drastic action is needed to rectify the situation. She said the excitement has gone out of the game amid poor motivation, lack of criteria for voting executive committee members and lack of funds....
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Fighters Tighten Grip
MedRescue South First Division pacesetters, Mogoditshane Fighters consolidated their lead at the top when they trounced Mochudi Buffaloes 1-0 at the SSG Grounds on Saturday. The Mochudi side never fought like wounded buffaloes even after Fighters...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 02 April 2007
Rising food prices hit hard
Basic foodstuff such as mealie meal, bread and other household items have already gone up due to high production costs. Millers say that with the rising cost of production and foodstuffs like wheat from South Africa, they would pass the cost to...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 03 April 2007
New 'slave wages exacerbate poverty'- Unions
The rates, gazetted by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Charles Tibone last week, have been roundly condemned for denying workers a decent quality of life and ensuring their homelessness. The basic minimum wage for most sectors is P3.55 per...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 April 2007
Women criticise BDF recruitment conditions
The deputy chairperson of the Francistown gender committee, Emma Moatswi said that this particular conditions is a serious violation of the rights of women. "The BDF is recruiting women as cadet officers of the ages 18-24 and this is a stage when...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 April 2007
Down with Francistown CC female-bashers
In a statement, the Francistown women said they recently gathered at a capacity building workshop on Policy Development and "read with great grief and disappointment the article that appeared in the Mmegi of 2nd March 2007 entitled "Female Bashing...
03 April 2007
Brigades pioneer hails takeover move
Speaking in an interview, Van Rensburg, who is still involved in Education With Production (EWP) projects, said he is not against the government move. Government might have been influenced by the fact that with limited resources, communities were...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 April 2007
World Health Day debate on international health security
A foreign agent that invades sovereign territory, evades detection, kills civilians, and disrupts the economy is a security threat by most definitions. Not all new diseases are highly lethal, contagious, and able to spread internationally, inciting...
03 April 2007
TEC focuses on cost of teaching
According to the Council, a total of nine tertiary institutions, amongst them UB, BCA, BAC, two Colleges of Education, three Institutes of Health Sciences/nursing schools and two private tertiary institutions, will be involved in this exercise....
03 April 2007
A statement in response to the article-Botswana, De Beers headed for a new fight
This is necessary to avoid delaying those companies that are ready to begin cutting and polishing to do so before Diamond Trading Company Botswana becomes operational in 2008. Presently out of the 16 factories there are five that are currently ready...
03 April 2007
BDP kills democracy
As the ruling party, BDP forums generate a lot of interest because BDP policies become national policies. As a newspaper, we are naturally interested in what goes on in political parties, especially the ruling party like the BDP. One of the...
EDITOR 03 April 2007
AS I SEE IT
A mixture of intuition and experience, told me: 'bunkum!' In the SADC of my acquaintance, since little Lesotho was invaded and crushed for protesting the unfair election results in 1998, any form of intervention in Zimbabwe was remote. Lesotho could...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 03 April 2007
Act on Zimbabwe
Details of situation:Amnesty International is concerned that activists from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) who plan to go on a job "stay away" action on 3 and 4 April 2007 are at risk of being beaten by police and tortured while in...
03 April 2007
BCP sets the record straight
It is indeed true that we held a Leadership Forum over the weekend of the 19th of March where among other things we discussed the BCP General election preparation for 2009. Under this broad theme, the issue of primary elections was only but a part of...
03 April 2007
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03 April 2007
Air Botswana steps up security
The new security measures specify strictures on the carrying of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGS). They were to be effected yesterday (Monday). The directive says passengers on international flights out of South Africa must comply with the new...
03 April 2007
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