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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
Credit growth increases in February
The rate of increase is above the Bank of Botswana credit growth target range for 2007 of 11-14 percent. The rise in credit growth was due to an increase in the annual growth of credit to the household sector, which rose from 17.6 percent in...
03 April 2007
Vee drops sixth album
Now, the diminutive Odirile Sento aka Vee is about to join this elite group with the release of his sixth album in six years called, Kasiology. This follows Introloction (2001), Lamalanga (2002), Kasi Angels (2003), Ntja Mme (2005) and Ditshipi Tsame...
Sidney Baitsile
Correspondent 03 April 2007
'Sister Bertinah' controversy hits Sebina
The artist who had earlier on in the week put up placards that Sister Bertinah was going to grace Sebina fled to the truck that he had hired, when a mob of people came after him. The audience complained that Vuka otherwise known Executive Rogers, had...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 03 April 2007
I love singing Afro-pop, says exiting pop idol
" I love singing Afro-pop, that's what I intend doing in the future, I wish I had the chance to show it here, but they (directors) did not have Afro-pop instrumentals, so I had to perform international songs", she said the evening she was eliminated...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 03 April 2007
Uphill task for Dream Team
The win puts the Amaglug-glug in pole position to qualify and if their display over the weekend is anything to go by, the Young Zebras need outside intervention to cruise through. In the opening 20 minutes, the South Africans attacked from all...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 April 2007
Losses frustrate TAFIC Coach
After a good start, the Francistown side is going through rough patch. It lies 10th on the log with 25 points and Tamirepi is under fire from the hard-to-please supporters. "I am not worried but rather concerned at the way we are losing," he said....
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 03 April 2007
Nico wilt under ECCO charge
On Sunday ECCO played impressively in the first half before taking their foot off the pedal in the second half due to fatigue. The Mamoja-diskie defence was more steady after the return of lanky Zimbabwean Nkosinathi Dube who has been battling with...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 03 April 2007
Civil society mulls over Security Bill
Maverick Mps Keletso Rakhudu of Gaborone North and Duke Lefhoko of Shoshong were part of Botswana Council of Non Govermenatal Organisation (BOCONGO) emergency meeting that had been called to discuss the controversial Security and Intelligence Bill in...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 03 April 2007
MPs snub Skelemani on judges' pension
He argued that never has a Law been made to address past issues or been backdated. However, Justice Minister Phandu Skelemani insisted that there are problems in the judiciary dating back to around 2006 that they are trying to tackle through...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 04 April 2007
World Cup boom for SA a bane to local construction
However, the Assistant Minister of Works and Transport, Frank Ramsden, said no detailed research to establish the extent of the expected impact and the materials most likely to be affected by it has been conducted. Botswana is currently at the...
STAFF WRITER 04 April 2007
AB's winter timetable takes off
According to an AB statement, the extra flights are operated daily except Tuesdays and Thursdays by ATR42-500 turbo-propelled aircraft. "They are in addition to the daily service carried out through the week on the same route by BAe 146 jet...
04 April 2007
Power failure delays Splash show
However, it was not only the power cut that inconvenienced revellers, as the artistes also failed to meet the kick-off time. After the Selebi-Phikwe show on Friday Dan Tshanda and his groups only pitched up minutes after 9 pm for the Saturday show....
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 04 April 2007
A kora night as curtains fall on Maitisong festival
Thanks to the visiting Guinea group, "Ba Cissoko", the Gaborone audience was treated to a rare sight and sound of the legendary instrument as two players in the Ba Cissoko band Sekou Kouyate and Ba Cissoko, displayed how it is done. For the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 April 2007
Pop idols: Who was hot, who was not?
But what was clear is that the singers who have been giving the Btv viewers average performances are starting to step up the gear and surprise many people. In some instances some top performers are suddenly disappointing. Michael, who was saved...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 April 2007
BFA claim ignorance
This has not gone done well not only with the media houses but Batswana in general. They say the coach is arrogant. Some football supporters feel that Rowe is denying them information about the Zebras when he refuses to answer questions from the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 April 2007
We still stand a chance - Ohilwe
The Dream Team is the closest Botswana has come to qualify for a major tournament. "Chances are there that we can come back. If they managed to score two goals at home, why can't we? We did well against Angola and Tunisia and with the support of...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 April 2007
Gaborone hosts Africa squash event
The countries expected to take part in the five-day tournament that starts on Sunday at National Squash Centre are Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. On the sidelines of the event, the...
04 April 2007
Task force exposes VDC chiefs' scandal
The VDC's handling of funds allocated to community projects by the Kweneng District Council (KDC) had been a source of constant worry, prompting the internal auditor to ask the council secretary to set up a task force to investigate the problem last...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 April 2007
Lands dept cancels waiting list
He said that the decision was taken after the realisation that many non-residential plots are not developed, as the owners did not have the resources. "We end up having many spaces in Gaborone that are not developed. Even if they (applicants) are On...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 04 April 2007
Labour strike off to a slow start in Zimbabwe
Workers interviewed by ZimOnline at their work places said they reported for duty fearing to lose wages after employers threatened not to pay those who stayed at home in response to the ZCTU call to boycott work to protest deepening economic...
04 April 2007
DK warns BDP
Addressing the BDP's annual national council in Gaborone on Saturday, Kwelagobe cautioned that while Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) president Lepetu Setshwaelo might be struggling to get the Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Congress Party...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 April 2007
Deceased's family unhappy with apology
Speaking through their attorney, Charlie Tlagae, of Tlagae Attorneys at the Magistrates court, parents of the late Tuduetso Molonda of Thithoyamokodi ward said the statement published by the Ngami Times that their daughter was murdered after a bout...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 04 April 2007
A time of hunger and despondency
The farms are desolate and dry. Even those who planted at the time of the early showers have nothing to show for it. The farms that were ploughed have been parched. They remain brown and bare. Poor farmers watched in disbelief when young seedlings...
EDITOR 04 April 2007
Sir Ketumile is to be blamed for bending the rules
I was saddened by words uttered by President Festus Mogae accusing some BDP backbenchers of being individualists just because they are no-nonsense gentlemen. The President described these Sons of the Soil in all sorts of dirty words. It must be...
04 April 2007
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04 April 2007
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