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Botswana Misses Zim Fair
Speaking in a telephone interview from Gaborone, BEDIA's export promotion officer Maxwell Mosinyi said instead of travelling for the show, the authority would arrange contact promotion initiatives."The ZITF is not among the trade fairs that we will...
Fraser Mpofu
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Slow Start For Nigerian Elections
Printing issues meant voting papers for the landmark poll did not arrive from South Africa until Friday evening. An overnight attack on election HQ in Abuja failed when a petrol tanker laden with detonators failed to explode. The election should...
23 April 2007
Beware While In SA
This says a lot about the lack of security of Batswana's vehicles in South Africa. This is not a new phenomenon. It has been happening for a long time now. However, it appears that it gained momentum with the arrival of imported cars. Apparently a...
EDITOR 23 April 2007
Enter Through The Closed Door
When was the last time you made your way through a closed door with a "no entry" notice? Well, I urge you to introspect a little and literally and deliberately count the closed doors that you have gone through. Winning in the game of life is the art...
The Winners Code
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 23 April 2007
Wealth - Friend And Enemy
There have been major recent changes in the landscape of the diamond industry and reports of disaffection and unease in Debswana as a result of re-structuring programmes. There has been the further unrolling of the Zimbabwe tragedy. All of these...
Etcetra ll
SANDY GRANT 23 April 2007
MDC's Brutal Tyrant - Part 1
Even worse were the subsequent revelations made at the enquiry into the Guhu incident that senior ranking MDC officials and employees were either involved or sympathetic to the youths". This account was collaborated by Sokwanele, a Zimbabwean civic...
23 April 2007
Bugalo Chilume Is Incessant With The Vitriolic Mugabe
Ken Rankin, at that timeConsultant Orthopaedic surgeon at Mpilo-Hospital in Bulawayo and Dr. Davis, then mission doctor at St. Luke's Hospital in Lupane documented the atrocities and reported them directly to Robert Mugabe. However nothing changed."...
23 April 2007
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Ecco City Title Express Rolls On
Both teams started the first half at a low pace and only produced a handful of clear-cut chances. ECCO City nearly got an early goal in the seventh minute but Mandlaenkosi 'Sukunyetsa' Sibanda's shot went wide after receiving a good cross from...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
BNSC Secures Athletes' Village
Although there has been a change to the original dream, BNSC chiefs are happy that they have finally struck a deal with the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) to sell them two blocks of flats at Block Nine to be used as the athletes' village. The...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Notwane Appeal 'Defaulter' Ruling
Notwane Public Relations Officer, James "Ace" Mooki said they have filed their appeal with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) Disciplinary Committee (DC).The Premier League Committee ruled last week that Notwane should forfeit all points they...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Botswana Golf Team In Uganda
It was smiles all round for youthful debutants Marcus Smith, Mpho Orapeleng, and Ishmael Nfila as they put on national team suits and ties for the first time. The youngest team member, Smith, is based in Pretoria, South Africa, where he...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Vee As Popular As Ever
This came at a time when some critics claimed the young kwaito sensation had lost some of his magic. Vee rose to fame after he released one of his best ever albums Kasi Angel in 2003 when he was still under Eric Ramco's stable. His next album Ntja...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
I'll Write What I Know
Otherwise, music is just as good a recreational activity as playing soccer (which I also played at the level of captain of a Super League side) or playing war games at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF).l Having already played actively with some of the...
Talking Musika
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 23 April 2007
Sugar Diabetes: Basic Prevention And Management
Diabetes is a medical condition whereby the body is not able to appropriately utilise and manage glucose (the type of sugar in the blood) levels in the system. The causes are numerous, for example lack of the hormone insulin, which regulates...
Food For The Soul
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 23 April 2007
NDB Pays Govt P13m In Dividends
Mojalemotho pointed out that based on the 12-month period - between April 2005 and March 2006 - the net profit rose by P13.2 million, or 35 percent, to P51 million."That notwithstanding, the bank experienced a reduction in interest income of P2.4...
Martin Nyirenda
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Equinox Secures Funds For Huge Copper Mine
Lumwana Mine mining manager Harry Michael says that the total investment for the development of the mine is pegged at US $ 762 million.Michael said that the remaining amount of US $178 million would be sourced from shareholders. The total would be...
Given Chikeu
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Capital Securities Hosts Financial Services Conference
Head of Client Services Leutlwetse Tumelo revealed that the objective of the conference is to "provide a platform for investors to identify investment opportunities in the financial services sector".Representatives of blue chips like Barclays Bank of...
23 April 2007
Moroka Off For EPA Talks
Moroka is expected to chair the eighth SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) involving Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Tanzania.The main objective of the meeting is to prepare for the start of the negotiations between...
23 April 2007
Intelligence Service Our Baby - Batshu
It is good for a country to have someone responsible for intelligence gathering to ensure nationBatshu told a farewell press conference in Gaborone last Friday. He said at the moment the commissioner of police "is the overseer of intelligence...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
Trans-Kgalagadi Highway Fencing On Cards?
When the 595km road was completed in April 1998, it was left unfenced, primarily to accommodate wildlife's natural migratory routes. Whether those routes have changed since its opening, is one of the questions to be answered by the study. Of late...
Keto Segwai
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
Academic Lawyer Contends Minister Was Bribed
Bugalo Maripe was responding to news that the Minister of Works and Transport had received five computers from Infradev Botswana a day before her ministry and the company signed a Memorandum of Agreement under which the company will supply Botswana...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
Angolan Refugee Gets Away With Six Strokes
Prosecutor Mokiya Mokiya told court that the incident took place on Independence Day last year. The assault occurred next to a water standpipe at Etsha 6 while the estranged couple were heading to the victim's yard. Passing sentence, Magistrate...
Nomsa Ndlovu
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Canadian Universities Officials To Visit
The goal of this mission is to provide a unique opportunity for Canadian university and college representatives to identify partnership opportunities through engagement with senior University of Botswana faculty, other tertiary institutions including...
23 April 2007
SA Criminals Grab Masisi's Car
"I still have the keys with me, but the car is gone," said a flabbergasted Masisi. His main worry is that car thefts at the hospital seem to be rampant as he learned that his car was the seventh to be stolen from the health facility so far this year....
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
Domestic Violence Bill In The Offing
Kokorwe, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, told Monitor that she feels there is need for such legislation to address the escalating domestic violence in Botswana. Kokorwe is hopeful that her male colleagues will support...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 April 2007
Lifeline Botswana, Tshedisa Get Cash Boost
Explaining its role at a celebration last week, while registering appreciation for the donations, Lifeline Botswana president Elsie Alexander said they serve the community by promoting emotional well-being to people who need support.Alexander said...
Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
They Are 'As Thick As Thieves' At F/town's Bus Station
Their illicit 'business' thrives largely because people - mainly travellers - detest formalities, queues and commission charges at banks. The foreign exchange trade is mainly in the hands of foreigners of Shona stock and the Zezuru - their ethnic...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 23 April 2007
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