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The Struggles Of An Orphan
The range of clustered mud houses is situated in a home in the hub of the low-income Block One area in Francistown. The first thing one senses when entering this home is the loneliness that runs the home. It is obvious that she has no much hope for...
By Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
Al-Qaeda Terror Threatens Africa Games
Since December last year, Algiers has been hit by one wave of terror attack after another. As the Pan- African Games approach, athletes and officials across Africa the continent must be thinking twice about their participation because of the terror....
EDITOR 16 April 2007
The Winners Code
Winners are not only solvers of problems but they are also relentless creators of problems. On the surface this sounds counterintuitive, but a thorough examination of the phenomenon will yield very interesting insights. Let us, therefore, begin...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 16 April 2007
Issues In Education
There have been many studies concerned with the factors that account for longevity, but most that have looked at location or geography, work history, family structure, church attendance and friendship networks were not rigorous. In America, the rich...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 16 April 2007
Etcetera II
So rainless has it been that many trees were showing signs of major distress and shedding leaves months too early in a desperate survival attempt. But then came the rain, very localised as is so often the case, a few dribbles at first which did...
SANDY GRANT 16 April 2007
Monday Meeting
Some readers accuse Monday Meeting of relying on the Zimbabwean government's propaganda to vilify Morgan Tsvangirai, and therefore allegations that the man is a thug are baseless and nothing more than misinformation. The truth of the matter is that,...
BUGALO A. CHILUME 16 April 2007
The HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Suffering In Silence
Mainly because of the AIDS pandemic, life expectancy at birth has plummeted across these countries. A person born today can expect to live to age 35 in Botswana and Lesotho, 47 in South Africa and Namibia, 38 in Zambia, 37 in Zimbabwe and only 31 in...
16 April 2007
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16 April 2007
Mining Sparks F/town Economic Growth
Demand for office and retail space in the city has also grown quite significantly this year. Tati Company Property Manager Ogaisetse Khama said the outlook for office and retail space demand is going to get even higher as the mining boom...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Mofeja Wins Orange Salary Competition
The competition started last year October when subscribers had to send a win a salary short message at a cost of P5.00. From the many Orange subscribers that sent messages, on Tuesday 3, 2006, there was a random selection where 100...
16 April 2007
Out To Lunch
This week we look at violence. Such violence could be physical, such as where an employee physically assaults his colleague/subordinate/manager/client, or it could be verbal, where the employee either verbally attacks someone he works with, or...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 16 April 2007
Esther, Bame Pull Out Of Pop Idols
They escaped miraculously the previous week after they were up for eviction. But you could still tell after their last performance that the couple would not survive the next elimination. As expected, the couple received the least votes for the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Hip Hop Culture Alive And Well In Botswana
The trio together with their friends have decided to set up a music caf where Hip Hop followers would relax and listen to 'hard to find' CDs and videos from way back in the 80s from their music archives. The caf, which opens next month, will be open...
By Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff writer 16 April 2007
Talking Musika
Some have approached these issues from the vantage of formal religion and the Christian scripture, many of them coming out of a church background. Others, like myself, are more intellectually persuaded by the atheistic angle on moral...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 16 April 2007
Food For The Soul
Weight control has become a 21st Century biggest health problem. Before this century, excess weight was the mark of a healthy body, an affluent family, good mothering, and shapely beauty. I suppose the shapely beauty part still applies to a number of...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 16 April 2007
Bright's Advise To BFA
The coach was speaking after the Young Zebras crashed out of the last stage of the qualifiers for the All Africa Games (AAG) yesterday after losing 2-0 to South Africa in Gaborone. In the first leg, the Dream Team were beaten 2-0 by the...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
Debswana's Long Lasting Love For Sport
He added that the company has contributed money for the extension of the National Stadium following its initial construction for the Independence Day celebrations in 1966. Debswana sponsored the development and training of the Diamond...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Egypt, South Africa Dominate Squash Event
Led by the duo of Mohammed El Sahourbashy and Andrew Wageh, Egypt was unstoppable in the boys' section while South Africa was in a class of its own in the girls' competition. In Gaborone, the two Egyptian boys confirmed their reputation as the top...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Panene Laid To Rest
Speakers at the funeral described the departed coach as a loving person who knew his rights. Notwane manager Bonnie Bashe told the stunned audience that Panene never appeared to be seriously or fatally injured in the accident that involved the club...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
High Court Affirms Nigerian's Deportation
He filed the substantive case on the grounds that he has not been given reasons why he is being removed from Botswana or why he has been declared a PI. In his ruling on Friday, Dibotelo said that the defence of the respondent - the Attorney General -...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
Was It A Bribe?
The donation was made by Ansaldo Union Switch and Signals of Australia a day before she signed the Memorandum with the firm for the maintenance work for Botswana Railways (BR). The timing led to allegations that the donation might have influenced her...
By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
Mpotokwane Ponders Revival Of Unity Talks
Mpotokwane confirmed to Monitor that he has been approached by Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) president, Lepetu Setshwaelo, to bring back the BNF and BPP to the talks. "I can confirm that a request has been made by Setshwaelo though a formal...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
State House Security Very Tight - Nkoloi
Contrary to press reports, Nkoloi said the youngster never entered the State House as he was apprehended by sentries outside the guardhouse. The intruder, Thabo Letlotlo, 18, has already appeared before a customary court and convicted of criminal...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 16 April 2007
GCC Non-Motorised Transport Project Takes Shape
The manager of the project, Boatametse Modukanele told Monitor that the idea is to encourage people to walk or cycle for a reasonable distance. "We are not saying people should abandon their cars," he said. He indicated that the project was...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Litigation Slows Poverty Reduction
Kwelagobe told the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower gathering that though everyone is entitled to legal recourse when aggrieved, the situation in the construction industry was getting out of hand. In many instances,...
Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
BDP Steeps Candidacy Fees
"Following our just ended BDP National Council in which a resolution to look into the possibilities of increasing the primary elections fees was passed, the central committee has considered and (agreed) that the fees be increased," the statement...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 16 April 2007
SRC Locked Out To Avoid Fisticuffs
"We now have two rival SRCs on the verge of fisticuffs. If we allow them access to the offices, we could have bloodshed," said the mediator, Kitso Sedisa, is the Director of Student Welfare. After sweeping all thirteen seats in the elections, the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Algiers Terror Threatens All Africa Games
BAAA secretary general Rampha Mosweu over the weekend confirmed the meeting but explained that they had decided to make Botswana's stance on the issue known through the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC). Botswana sports officials fear the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 16 April 2007
'Students Of Forgery' Foil In Court
Former students, Mpho Rakodu and Kamogelo Serome's scholarships were terminated for allegedly embellishing their certificates. Justice Mphaphi Phumaphi said that when he first adjourned the case, it was obvious to the court that something did not...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Traditional Foods Lucrative Business
She may also be viewed as a true example of the creativity and innovativeness that we need as a nation to survive in this competitive and globalised world. When many of her colleagues are busy selling vegetables such as tomatoes and onions, she has...
By Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 16 April 2007
Govt plans improved terms for LPOs
The commander of the Local Police, Tlhabologo Mmolawa urged the officers to wait as their working conditions are being reviewed. "They must work and stop complaining. They know their mandate. They will get their dues when the time is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
Big Brother Africa is back
"The channel will be bringing back one of its most popular series ever and once again, DStv audiences will watch every minute of every day live. The second season will follow on from the widespread appeal of the very first series,...
STAFF WRITER 17 April 2007
Revellers throng Tebelopele Youth Life Fair
According to Thandie Valentine, Tebelopele Marketing Manager, the campaign has been a success so far because they have managed to reach a good number of young people."Although we had no sponsor for the programme, we have been able to reach a lot of...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
I am now entering freedom
Stroszek is a ballad that can be taken as light comedy, but it has a serious undertone. It is an exploration of how people may change one prison for another. The plot, what there is of it, is very straight forward, yet so spontaneous and unexpected...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 17 April 2007
The folly of targeting journalists
We fail to understand why some people - be they governments, militias or criminal syndicates - target unarmed journalists. Perhaps journalists make soft targets to perverted characters in these organisations. The journalists' soft target status,...
17 April 2007
Keep it up honourable MPs!
What might have been unclear was probably the number of the delinquents. The panelists didn't specify, trusting that listeners would not perceive it as astronomical, though the number has on occasions affected the quorum of the National...
AS I SEE IT
MICHAEL DINGAKE 17 April 2007
Waiting to see what the financial year has for us
Starting from this Friday, possibly the 6 percent salary increment would come into effect and drafted into these workers' bank accounts. For top civil servants, I am sure they will smile all the way to the bank. After all,...
17 April 2007
Cartoon 17.04.07
17 April 2007
Fighters are back
This means that the Mogoditshane side has made a quick return to the Premier League after a year in First Division soccer. At the weekend, Fighters just needed a draw to secure an unassailable 45 points and get automatic promotion to the top flight....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 April 2007
BDF XI win dull contest
Both sides exhibited schoolboy soccer in a game that did not look like the high stakes affair it was. BDF XI did not play like title contenders while Nico did not look like a side seeking to avoid relegation. Majombolo are lying 12th in the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 17 April 2007
TASC will survive the chop-coach
Seditse contended that their ultimate goal is to win at least four matches to haul themselves from the danger zone. He was speaking after his boys shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw with visiting Uniao Flamengo Santos at the weekend. The former...
17 April 2007
BNF feud over electoral board
The camp supporting BNF president Otsweletse Moupo feel that the current electoral board is partial and should hand over to an independent body such as the University of Botswana's Democracy Research Project while the allies of deputy president Dr...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
BR, Spoornet sign business agreement
The state owned BR went into discussions with Spoornet - Africa's biggest rail outfit - 18 months ago for a bi-lateral business agreement that would see Botswana benefiting from business from South Africa.After a closed-door meeting in Gaborone last...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
KRDA-Cash Bazaar deal is transparent- Monageng
"We want to make the deal as transparent as possible. We are not into secret deals," Monageng says.Under the deal, ownership of the land will revert to the KRDA after 35 years. The KRDA will then develop the property to recover their...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 April 2007
Zim seeks to amend Botswana Trade Agreement
The Botswana-Zimbabwe 1988 BPTA calls for reciprocal duty-free trade on all products grown, wholly produced, or manufactured wholly or partly from imported inputs subject to 25 percent local content requirements.Zimbabwe wanted the amendment of BPTA...
17 April 2007
Cabinet agony over MPs defiance
The situation is said to have reached boiling point after the Air Botswana privatisation impasse between cabinet and Parliament. The increasing assertive MPs recently ordered the government to halt the privatisation until certain conditions are met...
STAFF WRITER 17 April 2007
Women empowerment: Botswana tops them all
She said 31 percent of women in Botswana are in senior management positions and that the highest in the survey is the Philippines at 97 percent and the lowest, Japan, at seven percent. Sehuhula said that business confidence has increased...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
Man in trouble for disrupting minister's rally
It is said Motshabi broke a beer bottle at the rally and when confronted, he ran away but the police caught up with him. "The accused person has been charged with common nuisance. If found guilty, he is liable to be sentenced to a prison term not...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 17 April 2007
Businessman faces 20 counts of graft
Information before court is that Ramogapi is a director in seven companies that he was awarding purchase orders without declaring to authorities that he had interests in those companies. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Kenneth...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 17 April 2007
Environmental scare as fire guts oil storage
The heat from the fire, whose cause is still unknown, was so intense it could be felt some 200 metres from the scene, sending motorists into a panic. Burning were thousands of oil containers - from the small 500 ml tins to the big 200-litre drums and...
GORDON KIMBLEY
Correspondent 17 April 2007
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