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Kulenyane DVD Opens To Rousing Applause
The director of the video designed a particular storyline for each song in the video. The final product looked like an opera as the guests enjoyed the storyline, dance, and music. The hit song, Kulenyane's video sent everyone roaring with laughter....
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Africans Must Return To Ancestral Worship
If the New Testament were to be adapted to accommodate the somewhat common-place possibility that one can die and rise from the dead, it might save the Christians a lot of stress even if it might deprive the film makers of some opportunities to win...
Talking Musika(br)RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 10 April 2007
Traditional Music Takes Centre Stage
The sound system on the night was also superb but it was the dramatic stories that run through the video that appeared to impress the audience most. The director of the video designed a particular storyline for each song in the video. The final...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Eskom Price Hikes Get Support
There have been concerns that South Africa does not have the electricity reserves to match its economic growth rate, which has in part been spurred on by a slew of infrastructure development projects coming on stream. Although stakeholders were...
10 April 2007
Stressed At Work And Substance Abuse
Needless to say, some people are stressed for personal reasons, infecting an otherwise stable team with their tension. Without dwelling on a strict definition or on the origin of stress, however, I'd like to talk about some of its indicators.Let us...
OUT TO LUNCH
SHAMEELA 10 April 2007
Elephant-range Nations Meet In Gaborone
They were regrouping to adopt a common position - as a counter-strategy to that of Kenya and Mali - ahead of the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES) in June. Elephant populations in the six...
Fraser Mpofu
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Rest In Peace Banks
Banks was not critically hurt in the mishap, as he was not hospitalised like the others who were with him. His death came as a shock to those who saw him after the accident. It was even reported that he was recovering well.Lately, there have been car...
Editor 10 April 2007
The Success Avoidance Syndrome 2
These are risk avoidance and failure avoidance. It was further posited that any tendency to be overly obsessed with avoiding risk and avoiding failure is in fact an accelerant towards failure and underachievement. This installment is dedicated to one...
THE WINNERS CODE(br)GORGE CHINGARADE 10 April 2007
Thug Life
Ought you not to have smelled a rat with media reports on Zimbabwe? Or have the forces of darkness succeeded in controlling your mind? Monday Meeting's endeavours to expose Tsvangirai's true personality will hopefully serve as an antidote for the...
MONDAY MEETING(br)BUGALO A.CHILUME 10 April 2007
Trading In Rights For Security
It was, of course, agreed by proponents of devaluation that whilst this measure would provide a real boost to producers of export items, it would substantially increase the cost of imported items and in particular hit hardest at the poor. Economists...
Etcetra ll(br)SANDY GRANT 10 April 2007
A Visit To The Zambian Hiking Spot
It has come to be one area that provides testimony to the fact that Botswana continues to be one of the supply centres of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. This place has also come to be perceived as a central meeting place of...
Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Should Men Be Allowed Into Delivery Rooms?
The reasons as to why women want men to be there when they deliver differ from woman to woman or more appropriately between age groups. Mavis Ramonna, a Francistown business woman, said she would love the father of her child to be present when she...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
Suffer The Children Of A Lesser Population
Like the rest, they arrive at school tired and late. In class they doze and their performance is poor. Hunger takes its tall especially when they have afternoon recreational activities and lessons. "Our parents do not give us lunch packs when we...
Nomsa Ndlovu
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Officers To Investigate Defilement Reports At School
Reports say that seven boys in Standard Four at a Gaborone primary school have been defiling their female classmates for the past three months. The parents of the children have been informed about what is going on. The police have already interviewed...
10 April 2007
'Estate Agent' Remanded For Her Own Safety
"Her life is at risk. The members of the public are very angry. If she is released, they might injure her," the prosecutor said. Kwenda appeared for mention at the Extension II magistrate court on Thursday.She has been charged with...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Land Dispute Judgement Reserved
Presiding over the case last week, Land Tribunal president Galesiti Baruti said he would reserve judgement and the concerned parties would be notified later. The two trusts, Inaphuka and Koinaphu, are challenging the land board's decision to award...
Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
Second University To Admit Non-Science Students
The second university to be constructed in Palapye has chosen the University of Howard in America as a partner. The American university said last week that it will assist its Botswana partner to develop its campus plan and undergraduate and graduate...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 April 2007
Chiefs Keep Dreams Alive
The win leaves Magosi in third spot with 41 points from 21 games. TASC are 14th in the Premier League table with 19 points from 23 games. In the match against Chiefs, TASC must thank goalkeeper Patrick 'Ace' Oremeng for pulling brilliant saves to...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
Sandaka Sinks Gunners
The Gaborone giants are now climbing up the league table while Gunners are sliding once again to the relegation zone. GU are sixth with 32 points from 22 games while Gunners are 10th on the table with 25 points from the same number of games. Despite...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff writer 10 April 2007
Football Mourns 'Banks' Panene
Before admission to Princess Marina Hospital, he was preparing to lead his side to a top-eight finish in the league. Notwane's publicity officer James 'Ace' Mooki said that the death of Panene will have a negative impact on his club as he has brought...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
Juniors Falter In ITF Tournament
Other Botswana players crashed out in the first and second round of the competition. The tournament had boys and girls Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18 categories.Despite the loss, Mabaka who was the country's only hope in the boys' Under-16 singles...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
New Twist In Air Botswana Privatisation Mess
He was concerned that the on-going privatisation requires or entails the closure or liquidation of the existing company while the law envisaged the privatisation of Air Botswana as a going concern. He said that reports of liquidation and...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 April 2007
Deportation zig-zags
On April 2, government agents served Dr Chiamonwu with a deportation order after he was declared a prohibited immigrant under section 7F of the Immigration Act. Dr Chiamonwu was to be flown out of Botswana within 24 hours via Johannesburg to...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
Physios demand better deal or else
Chairperson Kenny Boiteto and his deputy Gofemaone Mokonoono said they had been sent to Gaborone recently to present the concerns of students in Ireland and the Caribbean Islands to the Ministry of Health. Boiteto said physiotherapists are...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
Opposition thwart BDP in UB SRC
Although they went to the elections as rivals, the two main opposition parties - BCP and the BNF - have both filed protests against the BDP victory. In their separate affidavits filed with the Student Judiciary, the BCP and the BNF called for the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Church leader appeals for peace in Zimbabwe
In a sermon delivered at an ecumenical service on Wednesday evening at Trinity Church, Dandala said what is happening in Zimbabwe is a blight on the conscience of all Africans, and no one could derive pleasure from the continued misery of the...
11 April 2007
The days of pushing paper over
It should, however, be a concern that the talks had to be suspended the way they have been. The suspension came through a parliamentary motion almost at the tail end of the process. Privatisation of state asset is a new economic policy of choice...
11 April 2007
AS I SEE IT
He is right. It is most likely in 2009 the BDP might win majority constituencies, but poll less than 50 per cent of the total vote. The scenario would expose the First-Past -the-Post system as invalid and undemocratic, though he favours it for having...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 11 April 2007
Dr Kenneth Koma - sowing the socialist mustard seed
'You do not have to be poor any longer. As long as the means of producing goods were not sufficient to provide for all, perhaps this evil was inevitable. It is no longer inevitable. You are poor not because of anything you have done or anything you...
11 April 2007
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Chibuku popular despite price hike
BBL General Manager Jeremy Melvin said in a telephone interview that they were expecting a reaction from their customers in the short term. He was, however, hoping the reaction would not be sustained. "It's like any other commodity - fuel or maize....
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 11 April 2007
LionOre recommends Xstrata takeover
LionOre directors endorsed the takeover after Xstrata filed a formal offer of $C18.50 (or P99.53) a share with Canadian regulators. LionOre chairman Donald Bailey said the company had been assessing various strategic alternatives for the past twelve...
11 April 2007
Local artistes perform for charity
Proceeds from the show are intended to finance an educational trip for pupils with disabilities to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) later this year. However, not many attended the show, perhaps this had something to do with the chilly...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Zim visitors cause stampede
"The over-crowding was caused by public holidays because no extensions were being processed during the period. And these people (Zimbabweans) come in large numbers to do their shopping here," explained Majola. However, the situation was under...
11 April 2007
Moshaga to bounce back
But the tall artiste insists he is a professional musician who does not just cut albums for the sake of keeping his face in the limelight. He says that his six-year sabbatical will come to an end next September when he releases the album he is...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Kasiology: something for everyone?
The name Kasiology, taken from street lingo, kasi, immediately provokes thoughts of hardcore kwaito music, or at the very least, songs about life in the ghettos. To many who were mesmerised by Vee's 2004 smash hit, Kasi angels, Kasiology...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 11 April 2007
BACK STAGE
This feature-length documentary had its Botswana premier at the Ditshwanelo human rights film festival in 2003. "Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony" was first released in South Africa on February 14 2003. It is powerful, fast moving and...
SASA MAJUMA 11 April 2007
Olympic Games draw today
A confident Young Zebras' coach David Bright said yesterday that the qualifiers will afford his charges a chance to test their character against Africa's best. He pointed out that people should not expect much from the Young Zebras as they will be...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
BDF IX reclaims Easter title
The game was a replay after the initial encounter was called off due to darkness the previous day. The champions must have breathed a sigh of relief when the defending champions, Scramblers, disappointedly crumbled and bowed out of the tournament at...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Memorial service
Botswana Football Association (BFA) and Notwane have called on the nation at large to join them in honouring the fallen hero. Panene, 44, died on Thursday night at Princess Marina Hospital, days after he was involved in a car accident while...
11 April 2007
Trouble brewing at Naughty Boys
But reports reaching Mmegi Sport indicate that all is not well at the club with accusations and counter-accusations doing the rounds as supporters feel left out of the affairs of the team. The problems are said to have trickled down to the players...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Chiefs' future looks bright
The Under-15 side went all the way to win its category after thrashing the hosts, Winners 2-1 in the final over the Easter Holidays. The Chiefs' Under-17 team did well despite losing 9-8 to their South Africa opponents, Winners in a post-match...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
BCSA transforms into BOPEU
This follows a special conference held over the Easter holidays, which decided to dissolve the old BCSA to pave the way for the formation of BOPEU in line with article 26 of BCSA constitution. BOPEU has been formed for the purposes of...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Robbery case verdict set for April 30
Both state and the accused are anxiously waiting for Magistrate Nsikelelo Moyo's April 30 verdict. Facts of the case have been poured before the court by state witnesses while the three accused men - Metlha 'Golden Tooth' Maphanyane and his...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Govt approves new pay levels for police
The rank of sergeant has been raised from B1 to C4, sub-inspector from C4 to C3, inspector from C3 to C2, assistant superintendent from C2 to C1, superintendent from C1 to D4 and senior superintendent from D4 to D3. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of...
11 April 2007
Defilement-accused acquitted for lack of corroboration
(But) in this case, there is no corroboration," Francistown Chief Magistrate Kenneth Obeng said as he summarily dismissed the case last Wednesday. Obeng said the accused's wife, Widzani Mokgosi, who is also a cousin of the complainant, had denied...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
BDF chicken keep night crawlers on the floor
Tatitown Police station commander Superintendent Seabe Maboka confirmed the incident but could not divulge more details. Maboka said they are investigating the theft charges against a BDF junior officer and said the suspect had been released...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 11 April 2007
Why do people rape?
University of Botswana (UB) academic and social work lecturer, Log Raditlhokwa, views rape as a complex issue in the sense that rapists are different and that there are different factors that influence them. He says there are instances in which a...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 April 2007
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