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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
Govt deports Nigerian medic
However, it is said his deportation was delayed just as he was about to board a Johannesburg bound plane. Chiamonwu is now languishing at Sir Seretse Khama Airport Police cells waiting for authorities to seal his fate. His deportation...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Intelligence and Vision 2016 (part 2)
AnalysisThe function of analysis is central to the integrity of intelligence agencies. Independent and objective analysis builds on the professionalism and integrity of the agency and helps it to inform policy makers with relevant information. In the...
05 April 2007
Elephants: A living nightmare for Botswana
What started as a well thought-out elephant management strategy in the 1980s has boomeranged into a potentially environmental and socio-economic implosion. The elephant question has increasingly turned out to be the elephant burden for...
05 April 2007
Jumbos pose big threat to man, property
Deaths arising from elephant attacks have become common over the years. Recently, a man of Zimbabwean origin was trampled to death around the Mmadinare lands. In another incident also in the same location, an old man returning from the fields...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Did Skelemani hoodwink MPs?
Many commentators have said that a special committee would allow more input from other sectors compared to the normal parliamentary committee. Most MPs who indicated that they support the legislation to formally organise and recognise the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Where now for the Security and Intelligence Bill?
There is a photo of a python doing rounds on the Internet. The snake is captured comatose as a whole sheep coarses through its digestive system. A python is an animal accustomed to swallowing small hapless animals but every now and then it commits a...
05 April 2007
KBL prepares for CO2 region-wide shortages
The shortage of CO2 - a key ingredient in popular fizzy drinks and to a smaller degree in beer - started late last year, forcing SAB Miller, the parent company to KBL, to invest R100 million (about P86 million) in efforts to build...
STAFF WRITER 05 April 2007
BCL refutes reports of Zim negotiations
The refutation follows reports that BCL was likely to start refining its ore at an under-utilised facility of the Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited (BNCL) in northern Zimbabwe soon. The statements had quoted a BNCL spokesperson, James July, last...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
BCL Mine farm flourishes - manager
The farm is located behind the mine and upon its establishment it was expected to supply miners and the Phikwe community in general with vegetables and fruits. Ndlovu stated yesterday that the BCL farm has 4,000 mango trees and sizeable hectares of...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Of Samdef, Mundale and the media industry
"There was no chair; no desk," he says in between bouts of laughter. "We started the Fund without money." Samdef was set up in April 1998 as a media development arm of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, and its initial mandate was to provide...
05 April 2007
CONSUMER WATCH DOG
No, I'm not going to make any predictable jokes about psychiatrists; these were the patients, the customers, to be more politically correct. Sometimes on my bad days, I often think that this was a very useful learning experience for...
05 April 2007
Mohohlo gets P4.4million house
Finance Minister Baledzi Gaolathe said in Parliament that the monthly package of the governor is P54,153; comprising of P36,686 as basic salary and P17,467 as allowances. In addition, the governor is entitled to free housing and an official car,"...
STAFF WRITER 05 April 2007
STAYING AHEAD
I must concede one or two things from the outset. One, I understand there is lot of government-sponsored hooliganism in Zimbabwe, with police ignoring court rulings that they do not like. That notwithstanding, I do not claim to know the purpose of...
05 April 2007
Rollers go north
At the weekend, Rollers registered their third consecutive draw in a 0-0 result against another Francistown side TASC while TAFIC suffered an embarrassing 2-0 defeat to visiting Notwane. The poor performances have put coaches from both sides under...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
National chess finals get underway
The men's competition promises to be an interesting affair with the likes of defending champion and Fide Master (FM) Phemelo Khetho, talented but inconsistent Barileng Gaealafshwe, Providence Oatlhotse, Tebogo Pitlagano and the ageing Baone Kealeboga...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 05 April 2007
New president seeks to revive netball fortunes
Setlalekgosi takes over at a time when netball needs to be resuscitated. The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson Dorcas Makgato-Malesu said at the general assembly that netball is dying a slow painful death and drastic action needs to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 05 April 2007
Travelling with the Young Zebras
All Africa Games qualifier. After seeing off Angola in the last round, the spirit was high ahead of the game againstthe Amaglug-glug. Staff Writer TSHEPO MOLWANE travelled with the team and brings you his experiences. Friday 30 March 20079.15am: The...
05 April 2007
Struggling Satmos face ECCO
Once again, the Selebi-Phikwe side finds itself in the danger zone lying second from bottom with 16 points from 21 games. Since the season started, the club has never clicked amid internal woes. They meet the high-riding ECCO bruised after a 2-0...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 05 April 2007
FIRST CUT
This year there has been a lot of off-the-field problems concerning the Premier League. Fingers are, however, pointing towards the direction of the BFA for lack of vigilance and administrative acumen. On a number of occasions, the BFA has not shown...
DENNIS KEAGILE 05 April 2007
Veteran artist Mothebe weathers the storms
"Nna ke ba reile ka re ke batla go ya gae ke ya go inneela teng," he said resignedly, referring to the fact that he had been tempted to relocate many times. Born more than 25 years ago in Mochudi, Mothebe always knew that he would be an artist. He...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Director picks the best for key roles
The play, which is scheduled to open mid June, saw more than 150 actors audition to be part of the popular musical, which has space for only 50 characters. Those selected to play the lead roles include Taff Williams who will play Albert Patterson....
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Suggie Fisher in comeback bid
Her problems started when she and a friend went to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to perform at a hotel in the city. After working under duress for about eight months on almost a daily basis Suggie's frail body could not take it anymore and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Judges' Pension Bill adjourned
On Tuesday, backbench Members of Parliament (MP) and those from the opposition rejected a proposal to have the Bill backdated to April last year. Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Phandu Skelemani told the House that there are...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
BACK STAGE
The original novel by Giles Fodin captured what Uganda was like and how it was possible to be close to General Amin and remain there through adversity. Fodin participated in writing the script for the film and it, too, has a degree of verisimilitude....
SASA MAJUMA 05 April 2007
The state of the World's children
She said women are involved in the care and health economy while controlling meagre resources, which goes to the household daily expenditure. She said men make the major household decisions by selling property sometimes even without the women's...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Open season in BDP women polls
It has become obvious that this year, there will be no compromise in the polls and every post will be up for grabs. In the last elections, a compromise to effect unity in the party reduced the elections to a no-contest. But the situation is...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Rape, assault accused gets 10 years
Kamogelo Jani was charged with rape after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2005. Passing sentence yesterday, Magistrate Thato Mujaji said in both offences the accused was violent. She said that on the rape count "he led a very young girl...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
The Security Bill dissenters
NEHEMIAH MODUBULE, MP FOR LOBATSE, ABSTAINEDI abstained because neither the 'for' nor the 'against' position represents my views. I have always rejected this bill because it is purely a political instrument set-up to entrench the power of the future...
05 April 2007
Fire destroysMcConnell boys' hostels again
TUTUME: Tutume McConnell Community College boys' hostels have been gutted by fire again. Tutume police station commander Stephen Kebaitse confirmed that on March 27, they received a call that a fire had broken out in one of the dormitories. "We...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
Reluctant witness stands accused
Magistrate Thato Mujaji reversed the warrant and granted the witness bail on her own recognizance of P1,000 and told to bring a surety who will bind him or herself in the same amount. Mujaji further warned the accused that court was not to be taken...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 April 2007
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